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 August 2010
Monday 02
12:00 - VISITING SPEAKER - Asthma is everybody�s business: Closing the gap through peer education in schools : Dr Shah has worked extensively within Indigenous and non English speaking communities and is internationally renowned for her work. Website | More Information
12 noon for light lunch. Presentation 12.30 - 1.30pm. Register at [email protected]
Tuesday 03
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Chemistry in the Courtroom Website | More Information
At the conclusion of a report on a patent litigation involving the drug Viagra, The Economist quoted one of the attorneys involved as saying, “Forget horse racing, patent litigation is the true sport of kings.” Indeed, patent cases involving drugs provide a meeting ground for issues involving (...)

18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - UWA Business School Public Lecture with Professor David Yermack : Fashion and Finance: Michelle Obama’s Impact on the stock price of apparel companies in the US and abroad Website | More Information
Professor Yermack will present recent research analysing changes in apparel company stock prices when Michelle Obama wears designer outfits at major events.

The First Lady's selections can create value exceeding $100 million for companies that design and market her clothing. The effect (...)
Thursday 05
17:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - UWA Business School Free Public Lecture : Electronic Business and Society Forum More Information
More Australians than ever volunteer and the online world offers new and varied ways to donate one’s time and expertise.

Come and be inspired when a panel of high-profile leaders from not-for-profit organisations (and one for-profit organisation) share their tales and the passion that (...)

18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - From Einstein's photon to Wheeler's delayed choice experiment: illuminating the inner mystery of quantum mechanics Website | More Information
A free public lecture by Alain Aspect, Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l’Institut d’Optique, Palaiseau, France.

Is light a wave or a particle? After many centuries of debate, involving giants such as Newton, Huygens, Young, Fresnel, Maxwell and Einstein, the final answer of quantum (...)
Friday 06
8:30 - SYMPOSIUM - SymbioticA Symposium> Body/Art Bioethics : A symposium exploring the culture and ethics of the use and ownership of living material Website | More Information
A symposium exploring the culture and ethics of the use and ownership of living material, from the cell to the whole body, in art, science, law and philosophy.

The body is increasingly being transformed into commodity and media, put on display, fragmented, manipulated, preserved and (...)
Monday 09
12:00 - EVENT - Afghanistan: Looking into the Future : Lunch Seminar on Afghanistan presented by Ambassador Ronald E. Neumann, former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, on 9 August More Information
Developments in Afghanistan and Pakistan have come to occupy central place in determining the future directions of global stability. The discussion of a shift from counter-terrorism to counterinsurgency, the need for an exit strategy and the future scenarios in the region have attracted attention (...)

16:30 - LECTURE - Lecture by Professor Walter Herzog from the University of Calgary : Lecture by one of the international leaders in muscle mechanics and biomechanics More Information
Professor Herzog is regarded among the international leaders in muscle mechanics and biomechanics. He is the director of the Human Performance Laboratory at the University of Calgary, where he is Dean of Reserach in the Faculty of Kinesiology, and holds a Canada Research Chair in Molecular and (...)
Tuesday 10
6:00 - PRESENTATION - 2010 Walter Neal Oration and Awards Evening : Special guest Nobel Laureate Barry Marshall AC will present. Website | More Information
The President and Committee of the Western Australian branch of the Australian College of Educators invite Fellows, Members and guests to celebrate on the occasion of the 2010 Walter Neal Oration and Awards Evening.

This evening is a chance for the College to acknowledge outstanding (...)

12:00 - Colloquium - Shifting Perceptions of Life � the Biological Art of SymbioticA More Information
Oron Catts is Director of SymbioticA, The Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts, School of Anatomy and Human Biology, The University of Western Australia. He is also a Visiting Professor of Design Interaction, Royal College of Arts, London. Oron Catts is an artist, researcher and curator whose (...)

16:00 - ORATION - THE WESFARMERS' HARRY PERKINS ORATION : LINKING MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND THE COMMUNITY Website | More Information
The Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) is proud to announce that Professor Robert Califf will take to the podium in Perth on August 10 for the 2010 Wesfarmers’ Harry Perkins Oration.

Professor Califf’s address, Linking Molecular Medicine and the Community (...)

19:45 - PUBLIC TALK - Friends of the Library talk : Productive use of saltland in Western Australia: seriously, why bother? More Information
Salinisation is one of those forms of degradation of Australia’s natural environment where the adverse effects have been overstated, and the bulk of the suggested strategies for improving sustainability have either been over-optimistic, misguided, or just plain wrong. Although most of the (...)
Wednesday 11
13:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Climate Future Q & A : An interactive forum on our response to climate change Website | More Information
On the Wednesday of Environment Week, the UWA Guild Environment Department is hosting an interactive forum on our response to climate change at a national and international level.

The forum will be held from 1-2pm on Wednesday the 11th of August, at Engineering Lecture Theatre 1.
Thursday 12
13:00 - EVENT - Christianity Explored : an introductory conversation for staff or students at UWA wanting to explore Christian faith More Information
We invite staff or students who are interested in exploring Christian faith to come to an introductory conversation. As well as providing an opportunity to ask questions, a process for adult faith exploration and formation will be outlined, for those who may wish to seek baptism and/or confirmation (...)

18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Our Galaxy, the Milky Way Website | More Information
We live in a large spiral galaxy known as the Milky Way. Living inside a galaxy in some ways helps us to understand it and in other ways makes it more difficult. We have learned a lot about what our Galaxy looks like, and we have a rudimentary idea of how it was assembled from the gas and dark (...)
Friday 13
17:00 - LECTURE - Lecture - The Abrahamic Religions: exploring common ground : 'The Abrahamic Religions: exploring common ground', presented by Dr Peter Vardy for the Centre for Muslim States and Societies More Information
Dr Peter Vardy will present 'The Abrahamic Religions: exploring common ground' on Friday 13 August, 5pm in the Fox Lecture Theatre, followed by Iftar (breaking of the fast).

The need to build understanding between different religious traditions is increasingly being felt in today's (...)
Sunday 15
10:00 - EXHIBITION OPENING - Out of the Darkness: Prints and Drawings from The University of Western Australia Art Collection : See never before exhibited prints and drawings from the UWA art collection Website | More Information
The opening day of Out of the Darkness coincides with UWA Open Day. Various activities around campus will occur throughout the day, including information sessions, demonstrations, workshops, faculty events and guided tours. The Gallery will present two free public tours that day; the first at 11.00a (...)

13:00 - FILM FESTIVAL - SCINEMA : A National Science Week event showcasing science film, video and multimedia Website | More Information
This film festival, brought to you by UWA Library, is screening in the Science Library foyer throughout National Science Week.

Screening times: Sunday (15th August): 11am and 2pm Weekdays (16th -20th August): 1pm

Each day will feature short films on a different scientific (...)
Monday 16
9:00 - EXHIBITION - Truly Bagus (Bridge of a Culture) : An exhibition of digitally reproduced works including photographs, paintings, ceramics and much more from the ISI Denpasar. Website | More Information
The cooperation between The University of Western Australia's Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts and the ISI Denpasar has been on-going for about four years now.

This relationship has included academic and cultural exchanges such as exhibitions, collaborations, student (...)

17:30 - CANCELLED - CANCELLED - SCREENING - Taste of Greece - Mikis Theodorakis Screening: The Man The Genius The Legend Website | More Information
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