What's On at UWA

Each year the School of Music celebrates the amazing talent of our perfromance and composition students in a series of senior and graduation recitals.

We invite you to join us to help celebrate our students' endeavour and enjoy some wonderful free music.

Monday 21 November

6.30pm Emma Wong (piano)

7.30pm James Dekleva (piano)

Doors open 10 mins prior.

All welcome! No bookings necessary.

Each year the School of Music celebrates the amazing talent of our perfromance and composition students in a series of senior and graduation recitals.

We invite you to join us to help celebrate our students' endeavour and enjoy some wonderful free music.

Tuesday 22 November

7.30pm Theodore Triantopoulos (viola)

Doors open 10 mins prior.

All welcome! No bookings necessary.

A public lecture by Ben Derudder, Professor of Human Geography, Ghent University and 2016 Institute of Advanced Studies Short Stay Visiting Fellow.

In this public lecture, Dr Ben Derudder will use the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research network’s state-of the-art methodology and tailored data gathering to present a large-scale analysis of the trajectories of individual cities and regions in the world city network between 2000 and 2016.

Support local publishing, writing and reading this Christmas!

Our Christmas sale is on Thursday 24 November, 10:00am-4:00pm at Love House, 28 Broadway, Nedlands.

There will be a range of fiction, non-fiction, art, photography, natural history and cookbooks available at heavily discounted prices.

New release books will be available at a 20% discount on the Recommended Retail Price.

Book buyers are welcome to phone the UWA Publishing office ahead of the sale to reserve their purchase, however payment must be made in full. Please call 08 6488 3670 to request a list of specific books and prices and to place an order.

Each year the School of Music celebrates the amazing talent of our perfromance and composition students in a series of senior and graduation recitals.

We invite you to join us to help celebrate our students' endeavour and enjoy some wonderful free music.

Thursday 24 November

5pm Sarah Brien (horn) **Eileen Joyce Studio**

6pm Cristina Filgueira (viola)

7.30pm Julia Nicholls (violin)

Doors open 10 mins prior.

All welcome! No bookings necessary.

A public lecture by Jasper Schipperijn, Research Unit for Active Living, University of Southern Denmark and 2016 Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.

In this public lecture, international expert Dr Jasper Schipperijn will discuss how neighbourhoods provide opportunities (or barriers) for people’s health and well-being. The physical design and characteristics of the neighbourhood environment influence a range of social and health outcomes. The urban environment influences the way in which we raise families and provide for our future. We can better support our health and well-being by creating more ‘liveable’, compact, pedestrian-friendly, less car dependent and more socially inclusive cities. Dr Schipperijn will discuss the latest built environment and child health research.

Each year the School of Music celebrates the amazing talent of our perfromance and composition students in a series of senior and graduation recitals.

We invite you to join us to help celebrate our students' endeavour and enjoy some wonderful free music.

Friday 25 November

5pm Johanna Kotze (cello)

6.30pm Jeremy Garside (cello)

Doors open 10 mins prior.

All welcome! No bookings necessary.

This China in Conversation public event is proudly presented by the Confucius Institute and the Business School at The University of Western Australia as part of a series of public talks that brings together renowned experts from Australia and China. We hope you can join us for this special public event where we will explore the influential Chinese strategic development policy, ‘One Belt, One Road’, and the implications for our nation.

RSVP ESSENTIAL AS PLACES ARE LIMITED

Each year the School of Music celebrates the amazing talent of our perfromance and composition students in a series of senior and graduation recitals.

We invite you to join us to help celebrate our students' endeavour and enjoy some wonderful free music.

Saturday 26 November

2.30pm Arianne Jacobs (cello)

4pm Joseph Lunardi (violin)

5.30pm Louise May (violin)

Doors open 10 mins prior.

All welcome! No bookings necessary.

R is a free and extremely powerful language and software environment for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphics. The course is designed for those who have no experience with R, but have a basic understanding of statistics. Those without this experience are encouraged to attend the Introductory Statistics course first.

- $570 for all except UWA postgraduate research students (GST inclusive)

- $132 for UWA postgraduate research students (GST inclusive)

For further information, please see the following link: http://www.cas.maths.uwa.edu.au/courses/rbasics

Each year the School of Music celebrates the amazing talent of our perfromance and composition students in a series of senior and graduation recitals.

We invite you to join us to help celebrate our students' endeavour and enjoy some wonderful free music.

Tuesday 29 November

7pm Adam Tan ( MASTERS percussion)

Doors open 10 mins prior.

All welcome! No bookings necessary.

The Forum is an opportunity to showcase education-related research and receive valuable feedback from the education research community in Western Australia. This year, a record number of works will be presented by students from The University of Western Australia, Edith Cowan University and Murdoch University in both 'Ignite' (short presentation stimulating discussion) and 'Insight' (traditional academic presentation) formats.

IBECC 2016 is Australia's premier Indigenous business and economic conference, hosted by Centre for Social Impact UWA and the UWA School of Indigenous Studies.

Since the first IBECC in 2011, the Indigenous business, enterprise and corporations sector has grown in size and scope despite the many challenges it has faced. The Australian government's Indigenous Procurement Policy has resulted in increased demand for Indigenous business, creating significant new opportunities. Native Title groups continue to develop economic opportunities from Indigenous Land Use Agreements and other sources. Indigenous innovation and entrepreneurship is stronger than ever, touching all parts of the economy. Across many of the Closing the Gap indicators, however, Australia is not making the kind of progress we all want to see. Examining the links between the Indigenous economy and social change has been an ongoing theme of IBECC since it began. The Conference also explores options for strengthening Indigenous business education.

Collaboration is a fundamental part of supporting the health and growth of the Indigenous economy, of businesses and enterprises, and of communities. Through a uniquely integrated program of strong academic contributions and lessons learned in practice, IBECC 2016 is your chance to learn from case studies and research, connect with others, and share your own experiences.

Telethon Speech and Hearing Audiologist will be on site at the UWA Exercise and Performance Centre December 1st 2016 providing free screening and Hearing Tests. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.

Speaker has a medical emergency and will not be able to be in Perth on Thursday. Apologies for any inconveniences.

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Radio galaxies and galaxy evolution

It is now widely recognised that radio jets powered by supermassive black holes can play a critical role in galaxy evolution by regulating the star-formation rate within their host galaxies. This talk will cover two distinct (but related) topics: radio galaxies and galaxy evolution.

I will first discuss the cosmic evolution of several different populations of radio AGN (including QSOs) over the redshift range 0 < z < 1, based on a new radio study of three fields from the GAMA galaxy survey. The second part of the talk will focus on the role of neutral gas in galaxy evolution, and the effects of AGN fuelling and feedback. Here, I will present some of the first ASKAP detections of redshifted 21cm HI absorption in the redshift range 0.4 < z < 1, and discuss what these kinds of measurements can tell us (now and in the future) about the amount and distribution of neutral hydrogen in individual galaxies in the distant Universe.

Without Nitrogen fertilizers there would be approximately two billion fewer people alive today, yet massive use of such fertilizers in many areas is compromising human health and natural ecosystems, and challenging the sustainability of modern agriculture.

Register online at www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/events/register

In this talk, Dr Udvardi will discuss basic and applied research and development approaches that aim to reduce the use and environmental impact of industrial nitrogen fertilizers, while maintaining or even increasing productivity.

The 2016 Ian Constable Lecture by Professor John Mattick, Executive Director, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney.

The genomic programming of human development has been misunderstood because of the initially reasonable, but ultimately incorrect, assumption that most genetic information is transacted by proteins. The human genome genome contains only ~20,000 protein-coding genes, similar in number as those in other animals, including simple nematodes. By contrast, the extent of non-protein-coding DNA increases with increasing developmental and cognitive complexity, reaching 98.5% in humans. Moreover, the vast majority of these sequences are differentially transcribed during development to produce tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands of short and long non-protein-coding RNAs.

Noncoding RNAs show highly specific expression patterns, and increasing numbers are being shown to play important roles in human development, as well as in cancer and other complex diseases. These RNAs function at many different levels of gene expression, including translational control and guidance of the epigenetic processes that underpin development, physiological adaptation, and brain function. The latter appear to be empowered by the superimposition of plasticity on RNA-directed epigenetic processes by RNA editing, RNA modifications and retrotransposon mobilisation. Moreover there is now strong evidence for transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, also mediated by RNA, which raises the possibility that RNA is not only the underlying engine of cell biology, developmental biology and cognition, but perhaps also of evolution itself.

The annual Ian Constable lecture is presented by the Lions Eye Institute and the UWA Institute of Advanced Studies and honours the work of Professor Ian Constable.

Professor Constable is recognised as one of the world’s leading ophthalmic surgeons. He was appointed the Lions Foundation Chair of Ophthalmology in 1975. In 1983 Professor Constable established the Lions Eye Institute (LEI) dedicated to the prevention and treatment of blindness and eye disease. Today the LEI is a not-for-profit centre of excellence that combines world class scientific research into the prevention of blindness with the highest level of eye care delivery, combining the expertise of researchers and ophthalmologists.

Do you know a young musician (15-25) with a passion for making music?

The UWA Summer Music Academy brings together talented young musicians for a week of intensive music making and fun! Students participate in ensembles and sectionals, develop musicianship and aural skills, sing in a combined choir all whilst getting a taste of life at UWA!

The Academy is open to instrumentalists (including pianists) who are performing at AMEB Grade 5 + (or equivalent) and has both residential and non-residential streams, with residential students enjoying the unique experience of college life at St George's College.

Students will be mentored by UWA School of Music Staff and special guests, including conductor Prof. Rob McWillimas and can expect to participate in a range of challenging and enjoyable activities culminating in a public concert on Friday 9 December.

Cost

$800 Residential (includes all tuition and musical activities, 5 nights accommodation, breakfast, morning/afternoon teas, lunch and dinners, social activities including formal academy dinner

$525 Non-Residential (includes all tuition and musical activities, morning-tea and lunch)

The Perth USAsia Centre invites you to attend a launch of Australia's American Alliance, edited by Dr Peter J Dean, Dr Stephan Frühling and Dr Brendan Taylor. This public launch will feature a discussion with our Senior Fellow, The Hon. Kim Beazley AC, and two of the book's editors from the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University. The Australia-United States Alliance has been critical to Australian foreign and defence policy since the ANZUS Treaty was signed in 1951. For 63 years it has been an enduring feature of Australian defence planning, yet the contemporary alliance is, arguably, in one of the more important phases of reinterpretation in its long history. While the Alliance by its very nature is a bi-lateral relationship, this book specifically focuses on Australian perspectives and policy choices, while providing context on the role of the United States in the Asia-Pacific and its position as a global power. To find out more about the book and pre-order a copy, please click here. Books will also be available for purchase before the event from 3.30pm and after the event at a discounted rate thanks to the Co-op Bookshop UWA. We look forward to you joining us at this special event. Perth USAsia Centre

This event celebrates the launch of Emotions3D - a three-dimensional digital heritage resource developed as part of an Associate Investigator project for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions.

Join Dr Jane-Heloise Nancarrow for a presentation about digital imaging for museums and the Emotions3D project, and hear short talks about some of the fascinating objects in the collection.

This is a free event, but registration is required