What's On at UWA

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 (...)

Featuring a selection of operatic favourites from past to present, presented by UWA Vocal Studies students, with piano accompaniment.

Tickets $15 at the door!

The Institute of Advanced Studies is pleased to be hosting a Manning Clark House Day of Ideas at UWA for the first time. This year's event will focus on the Idea of Refuge.

In recent times discussion and debate has centred on asylum seekers seeking refuge in a safe haven such as (...)

Come and join us at the Cancer Council Relay For Life @ UWA. A fantastic opportunity to get together with the UWA community to Celebrate, Remember and Fight Back against cancer. Bring your tent, your family and friends and get ready for the festivities. Celebrate! Be inspired as Survivors and (...)

Featuring a selection of operatic favourites from past to present, presented by UWA Vocal Studies students, with piano accompaniment.

Tickets $15 at the door!

Looking to inspire creativity and innovation? Interested in fostering an inspired environment in your workplace? AIESEC UWA are pleased to present a special seminar presented by IE on “Creating Creativity”, presented by Professor Dirk Hopfl, Director of Asia Pacific for IE Business School. IE (...)

Most of the work on motion perception ignores the fact that the eyes move to track targets of interest. Movement in the image therefore combines object motion and self-motion. To disentangle the various sources of movement, the visual system uses ‘extra-retinal’ information from the motor (...)

‘Globalisation, Empire and Opera' Esmeralda Rocha, School of Music, UWA, PhD candidate.

The Postgraduate and Honours Expo showcases a host of opportunities for further study, including honours and postgraduate coursework and research possibilities.

Discover the courses each faculty has to offer, learn about postgraduate scholarships, attend information sessions and talk to (...)

Pink Ribbon cupcake stall- cupcakes, raffle prizes and pink ribbon merchandise. Fundraising for Breast Cancer Research supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Come along and support this good cause. Merchandise is available now at various locations on campus. Share this information with (...)

Sarah-Janet Brittenden (mezzo-soprano) and Caroline Badnall (piano) performing some of the great moments in opera.

Revealing an 'Empty'Land: An examination of the effects of the 'Frontier' on Aboriginal knowledge of the landscape in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia.

SymbioticA Friday Seminar> Speaker: Danielle Freakley; Title: The Quote Generator; Time & Location: 3:30-5pm @ SymbioticA;

Danielle Freakley will be speaking about and showing videos of her performances including ‘The Quote Generator’, in which she speaks solely in quotations (...)