What's On at UWA

UWA Multicultural Week concludes on October 8th with a fun-filled Treasure Hunt. Taking the form of a race, teams of “treasure-hunters” are required to answer riddles and complete tasks based on cultural and geographical facts around the world. At the end of the journey, prizes are hidden (...)

SymbioticA Friday Seminar; Speaker: Lisa Carrie Goldberg; Title: Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep; Time & Location: 3:30 – 5:00pm @ SymbioticA;

Have you ever wondered what you look like when you sleep? Can you imagine your body positions creating artwork while you are (...)

Thanks to the generosity of the Vose family, the annual Vose Memorial Prize for Music provides the UWA School of Music with the opportunity to select one outstanding senior performance student for the prestigious Vose Prize. In this special concert audiences will hear the outstanding finalists (...)

The Western Australian Philatelic Council's annual Swan stamp show is being held at UWA this weekend, in the UWA Guild Refectory.

The show runs over two days, Saturday 9 October 10am - 5pm and Sunday 10 October 10am - 4pm.

There will be an auction each day, along with free (...)

Prof Chen Shengwen will give a brief introduction to the Nanshan Hospital and its department of respiratory medicine. He will present a range of challenging cases his department has dealt with and discuss respiratory medicine practice in China today. There will be the opportunity for questions (...)

Last week of the UWA Co-op Bookshop Sale. Additional stock added and further markdowns in Sale stock. Academic books, fiction, general interest, cards, stationery and assorted gifts.

Dennis Lillee (DK), President of the WA Cricket Association, is best known as the legendary Australian fast bowler who terrorised batsmen all over the world during the 1970s and 1980s.

Join Dennis as he gives his insight on being a board member, an international sportsman and a (...)

Leaders play an important role in maintaining and improving safety yet little research provides a systematic view of safety leadership in complex organizations. Mark will present recent work to develop a better theoretical understanding of the way leaders integrate safety into the broader culture (...)

Tuesday 14th September 2010 and all Tuesdays through to Tuesday 12th October, 5- 6.30pm. Tunley Lecture Theatre, School of Music, UWA. List yet to be distributed. Honours presentations by School of Music BMus and BMusEd candidates.

This seminar will be presented in the context of Professor Tilbrook’s role as the Deputy Director of the Animal Welfare Science Centre (AWSC). The AWSC is recognised nationally and internationally for its leadership and contribution to animal welfare through research, teaching and training (...)

Join WA Premier’s Research Fellow, Winthrop Professor Shaun Collin, as he focuses on the vision of species of fish which inhabit the diverse Australian marine ecosystems. Shaun talks about the vital importance of light detection to the survival of any living organism. Highlighting 2010 as the (...)

Mr Kevin Coate will speak on his Kimberley connections, initially about his cousin Howard Coate, a lay missionary, who moved to the Kimberley in 1934 to work with Aboriginal people. His interests in linguistics and Aboriginal mythology brought him to the notice of Professor AP Elkin and Dr Arthur (...)

An IAS public lecture by Mike Morwood, Professor of Archaeology, University of Wollongong.

In 2003, an Australian-Indonesian research team announced the discovery of endemic hominin species, Homo floresiensis, on the East Indonesian island of Flores. The species lived at Liang Bua from (...)

If you want a guide to our carbon future: THIS IS IT. Clear, sensible, authoritative – and really interesting. I have seen few books on an issue affecting all of us that are so readable and wise. Even fun! -- Robyn Williams

Australia was the first country in the world to officially ban (...)

Priam Bacich is a well known and established entity within the Perth Jazz Community.

In this concert, he will perform some of his favourite Jazz Standards along with his own stunning compositions.

Osteoclasts are large multinucleated cells formed by the fusion of mononuclear precursors of the monocyte-macrophage lineage whose exclusive function is the degradation of bone. Excessive osteoclast numbers and/or activity underlie a number of debilitating orthopaedic-related diseases including (...)

An IAS public lecture by Professor Robert H. Layton, Department of Anthropology, University of Durham (UK).

Several attempts have been made by evolutionary psychologists to explain the evolution of art, in particular Miller’s (2000) argument that art originated during the Pleistocene (...)

Run and Refresh is a FREE fun run organised by the UWA Triathlon Club in conjunction with UWA Sports. Every Friday starting at 5.30pm from the UWA Boat Shed (Cnr Hackett and Riverside Drive) join in for a 5km or 2.5km time trial along the Nedlands foreshore. Then have a few drinks to socialise and (...)

Professor Grodon's group has discovered that lymphoma populations express multiple components of serotonergic, and dopaminergic, signaling pathways, which are potential targets of commonly used, or abused, psychotropics such as Prozac and MDMA/’Ecstasy’ and anti-Parkinson drugs L-Dopa and (...)

SymbioticA Friday Seminar; Title: 'Fashion is not for sissies!'; Speaker: Kirsten Hudson; Time & Location: 3:30 - 5pm @ SymbioticA;

This week’s Friday Seminar will be presented by SymbioticA resident Kirsten Hudson, who will discuss her project titled “mini flesh works” on (...)