What's On at UWA

It appears that the genetic programming of humans and other complex organisms has been fundamentally misunderstood for the past 50 years, because of the assumption that most genetic information is transacted by proteins. The human genome contains about 20,000 conventional protein-coding genes (...)

Recent media attention has focused on the comparative lack of philanthropy from Australia's highest earners. Our wealthy non-givers have been described as "morally bankrupt" and displaying "utter greed and selfishness". Are Australia's high net worth really that bad? Why aren't (...)

Amongst all the emotions, fear is the one with the highest impact upon human life. Safety is sought at all levels of societal organization: countries always have enemies to fear and fight; within each country, social groups differentiated by ethnicity, social class or other attributes have (...)

An information evening to learn more about the new Juris Doctor (JD) and entry pathways into Law. Faculty of Law Dean and Deputy Dean will talk about the reasons for the change and the advantages of the JD. Law graduate and 2011 Rhodes Scholar Jackie McArthur will speak about her experience (...)

Lecture title: The use of EEG-based neurofeedback of slow cortical potentials in the treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents

Professor Dr Florian Zepf is Head of the Department for Translational Neuroscience in Psychiatry and Neurology at the Clinic for Child and Adolescent (...)

A public lecture by by Joel Bernstein, Professor of Chemistry, NYU Abu Dhabi and Ben Gurion University of the Negev and 2011 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Professor-at-Large.

This talk will examine the developments leading to chemical microscopist Walter McCrone’s investigations (...)

Dr Lee is an Associate Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. She is also a Senior Consultant at the National University Hospital. Dr Lee has an active interest in lung cancer, pleural disease, obstructive airway disease, bronchoscopy and pleuroscopy (...)

Today, the Kyrgyz Manas is one of the most celebrated epic heroic poems in the world. At the turn of the new millennium it was appointed a UNESCO ‘Masterpiece in the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Mankind’, signaling its global importance. It sits alongside Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, or the (...)

Up to twelve Scholarships for Honours, Masters and PhD students at the UWA Business School are available each year, valued from $20,000 up to $153,000.

For information about the scholarships, join us and senior BHP Billiton representatives for an Information Evening. Networking and (...)

A free public lecture by Professor Lyndel V. Prott, Honorary Professor, University of Queensland.

Appreciation, accumulation, devastation? The love of beauty has inspired many great collections of works of art.

Source countries are today increasingly articulate about the (...)

In order to achieve significant reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, Australia, along with the rest of the world, must dramatically cut emissions from power generation.

Renewable energy technologies offer the potential for very low emission electricity but are currently a relatively (...)

Walking into Slavery with Open Eyes: The Descent of “Science”

You are cordially invited to the WA Book Launch of "Ali Abdul v The King" by an award-winning author Hanifa Deen. The details for the event are as follows:

Date: Wed, 3rd August 2011 Time: 4.30-5.30pm Venue: Grevillea Room, UWA Extension, UWA Claremont Campus (corner of (...)

The 2011 Reid Oration will be presented by Peter Hartley, the George and Cynthia Mitchell Chair in Sustainable Development and Environmental Economics, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University.

Professor Hartley is a 2011 Professor-at-Large at the Institute of (...)

Music for Cello and Piano with Guest Artists Niall Brown, cello and Isabelle Trub, piano

Following more than ten years of concerts, it has become clear that cellist Niall Brown and pianist Isabelle Trub have created something quite special in chamber music that the press have unanimously (...)

3 - 8 August 2011

A festival of old and new music for 1-12 cellos spanning 3 centuries

Old meets new in an exciting festival of music composed for the cello, ranging from baroque works written in the early 18th century through to world premier compositions by UWA resident (...)

Specialist performer Geoff Gartner will workshop UWA student composer pieces, as well as presenting select works from the repertoire, and give composers advice about writing for cello.

As a musicologist Gartner specializes in the American experimental scene with a particular emphasis on (...)

Dorothy Ellen Ransom Prize in Composition and Pauline Steel Prize for Solo Cello

Students competing for the Pauline Steel Prize for cello will play newly composed works for solo cello by UWA student composers especially for the Old Cello/New Cello Festival in this combined lunchtime (...)

Most of the limited research reported in Australia about community bushfire safety has focused on peoples’ intentions to prepare for bushfires. Relatively little research has focused on what people decide and do when under threat of bushfire attack. I will present findings from research following (...)

Accompaniment with Guest Artist Isabelle Trub, piano

Trub has also been closely associated as an accompanist with the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland, Freiburg Hochschule and Villa Musica in Germany, Hindemith Foundation in Switzerland and more recently Youth Music (...)