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Displaying from Tuesday, June 23, 2020
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June 2020
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Tuesday 23 |
Don’t judge a book by its cover. Appearances can be deceiving. Despite these warnings, evidence shows that people can’t help but make rapid judgements of character based on a mere glimpse of a stranger’s face. These impressions really matter because they predict all sorts of social outcomes (...)
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Wednesday 24 |
Waste minimisation and byproduct reuse is a growing challenge for the global mining industry, driven by investor, regulatory, and community pressures as well as internal corporate and industry-wide goals. Responding to this challenge requires mining companies to develop strategies and technology to (...)
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Tuesday 30 |
16:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Science Exchange Series - Cropping in a changing climate
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From Geraldton to Esperance, the South-West of WA has experienced increasingly variable climate conditions for over a century. With increasingly drier winters and warmer, wetter summers affecting our state’s cropping industry; we need to gather and integrate knowledge from across Science to (...)
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July 2020
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Friday 03 |
10:00 - SEMINAR - The Vienna Dexippus: New Contributions from Multispectral Imaging to Third Century History and Literature : Digital Humanities Research Cluster seminar series
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The recovery of the ‘Vienna Dexippus’ has been one of the most significant discoveries in recent Classical palaeography. The text, recovered from the reused leaves of an 11th century manuscript, later bound into a 13th century Greek codex, now in the Austrian National Library, sheds (...)
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Tuesday 07 |
Why do we have earthquakes in WA? Why do they happen more in some areas and not at all in others? WA is a long way from a tectonic plate boundary, so our earthquakes are different in nature to those in places like California, Indonesia or Japan.
Join Prof Myra Keep and PhD candidate (...)
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Tuesday 14 |
16:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Science Exchange Series - Loving Thy Neighbour: Insights from Primates
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Conflicts between groups are deeply rooted in our society, but we also have the capacity to get along with our neighbours and ally for a common goal.
Using evolutionary theory as a navigational guide, Dr Cyril C. Grueter draws on his research on the social organisation of our primate (...)
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Tuesday 21 |
Sleep is a vital biological need. It is crucial for good health, mood stability, and high performance. Despite this, sleep loss and sleep disorder are now global health epidemics. Sleep is a vital state within which your brain ‘cleans house’ and replenishes needed energy. Sleep of poor quality (...)
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Tuesday 28 |
16:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Science Exchange Series - Chemical toolbox to observe and record the changing world
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Science investigates the world in highly methodical ways: and our scientists use different chemical markers to record and observe changes in our environment. This knowledge helps to better understand the past, observe what is happening in our present and aid in the maintenance of our future. < (...)
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September 2020
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Friday 04 |
15:30 - CANCELLED - CANCELLED - FREE LECTURE - Mentally Healthy and Resilient Workforces Event : The University of Western Australia’s Mining Innovation Network in collaboration with the School of Psychological Science are delighted to invite you to the Mentally Healthy and Resilient Workforces Event.
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This event will showcase recent insights and advances in mining workforce mental (...)
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Wednesday 30 |
Come and hear UWA’s top postgraduate students present their research in agriculture and related areas.
Opening address by Mr Simon Stead, Chairman, CBH Group.
Aernoon tea and refreshments provided.
All are welcome.
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October 2020
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Monday 19 |
October 19-25 is International Open Access Week. Come and join in some of the events organised by the Library, to learn why UWA researchers are increasingly making their publications openly available and the individual, institutional and community benefits to doing so. Events include:
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Thursday 22 |
16:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium : Control of pedestrian flows: social dynamics beyond modelling
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We propose a model-free approach to analyse the movement of pedestrians in experiments and simulations. Using concepts from control and analysis of complex dynamical systems we set up a scheme which allows us to identify dynamical unstable signatures in pedestrian flows. These signatures are the (...)
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Tuesday 27 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Evaluating Auditory function in children with learning difficulties (Please note date change to 27 October, NOT 20th) : School of Human Sciences Seminar Series
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Abstract: Children who experience poor academic performance at school have been d escribed as having learning difficulties (LD). These children are thought to show reduced performances in reading, written language and numeracy, and/or to be inactive and inefficient learners. Hearing is one of (...)
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Wednesday 28 |
13:30 - EVENT - Industry Forum 2020: Climate change and agriculture - Challenges and solutions for Australian farmers
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Globally, farmers are already seeing the effects of climate change. How are innovative Australian farmers adapting to climate change and how can we future-proof Australian farms?
Join The UWA Institute of Agriculture for a lively discussion on lessons learned and future opportunities.
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November 2020
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Wednesday 11 |
8:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Creating Crops for the Future: Challenges, Technology and Sustainable Solutions : A special International Plantae Webinar (online)
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One of the most urgent scientific challenges of the 21st century lies in ensuring that we have enough food for the growing global population. Join us for this special event where three experts in the field of plant science, including recently named GCHERA World Agriculture Prize Laureate Professor (...)
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Monday 16 |
Are you sure you want to share that data? What else is your data exposing? Researchers in a range of different fields need to de-identify or anonymise their data for a range of reasons. Join in this online panel discussion to hear how UWA researchers address these issues and more.
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December 2020
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Tuesday 08 |
8:00 - CONFERENCE - Crop Protection Forum 2020 : The Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI) is partnering with cesar (Uni of Melbourne) and the Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM) at Curtin University to deliver the CPF2020 at UWA. Join us to learn about the latest research into insecticide, herbicide and fungicide resistance affecting the Australian grains industry
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One day forum at the Wesfarmers Lecture Theatre on Tuesday 8 December. Student registrations still available at student price.
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April 2021
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Tuesday 20 |
17:15 - FREE LECTURE - 2021 Alan Sevier Memorial Lecture : The UWA Institute of Agriculture's Alan Sevier Lecture 2021 will be delivered by The University of Sydney Associate Professor of Animal Reproduction Simon de Graaf.
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The UWA Institute of Agriculture's Alan Sevier Lecture 2021 will be delivered by The University of Sydney Associate Professor of Animal Reproduction Simon de Graaf on the topic "The future of sheep artificial breeding".
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June 2021
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Wednesday 02 |
13:00 - PRESENTATION - 2021 Postgraduate Showcase: Frontiers in Agriculture : Come and hear UWA's top PhD students present their research in agriculture and related areas.
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Come and hear UWA’s top postgraduate students present their research in agriculture and related areas.
Opening address by Mr Ralph Addis, Director General of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA. Afternoon tea provided. All are welcome to attend.
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July 2021
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Thursday 08 |
16:30 - TALK - Webinar: Blue is the New Green : Philanthropy, research and community are finding solutions for climate change’s effects within WA’s iconic coastal ecosystems.
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UWA's Oceans Institute, Office of Research, and Development and Alumni Relations invite you to hear four leading UWA marine scientists discuss how their work is making a difference.
The iconic Western Australian marine parks, Ningaloo and Shark Bay, as well as the Great Southern Reef, are bio-divers (...)
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