What's On at UWA

At the invitation of the UWA Law School and the ALLY network, prominent gay activist, Rodney Croome will visit the Law School on Thursday 28 October to speak on 'The implications of the 2010 federal election for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) issues'.

Trinity Piano Trio

Rebecca White (violin), Sophie Walker (cello) and Caroline Badnall (piano) perform Dvorak's Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65

Expert panel of guest presenters from various health disciplines discussing healthy lifestyle and cancer. Topics including exercise, complementary therapies, nutrition and patient support services. Take home information available from various support groups, and information provided on current (...)

Our Oct/Nov season of free lunchtime meditation sessions has commenced at the UWA Somerville Auditorium. At the end of each week, come sit amongst the giant pine trees; take a little time to de-stress and gain clarity. (Fridays 29 Oct, 5, 12 Nov, 1.10–1.45pm) All are welcome. Please wear (...)

SymbioticA Friday Seminar> Speaker: Benjamin Forster; Title: CYNICISM - Science, Art, and Bitches. Time & Location: 3:30-5pm @ SymbioticA;

Benjamin Forster will discuss his emerging art practice and how it has evolved during his current residency at SymbioticA. This talk will (...)

Once again the WA Section of the Australian Mathematical Olympiads Committee is organising the WA Junior Mathematics Olympiad. The event will be held on Saturday, 30 October 2010 in venues centred around the Weatherburn Lecture Theatre. The prize ceremony will be in the Social Sciences Lecture (...)

As part of their studies, Graduate Diploma of Education students will present short papers that address selected works in the Gallery. This is an excellent opportunity to support UWA education students and to learn more about some of the rarely seen prints and drawings from the university art (...)

Are you a health professional interested in developing or improving your skills as an educator? Are you looking for a graduate course with flexible study options? Find out more about where our Postgraduate Courses in Health Professional Education can take you at our Course Information Session.

The course is designed as an introductory, applied course in the use of SEM using the Amos7 or Amos16 program. SEM is used widely by researchers in a diverse array of fields (including business and management, economics, epidemiology, education, marketing, nursing and health sciences, psychology (...)

Eighteen graduating students of the 2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts programme will present their final exhibition, a culmination of three years of study at UWA's ALVA Faculty, marking the end of their journey as undergraduate students and their emergence into the art world.

The 2010 (...)

An IAS public lecture By Dr Betty McLellan, Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work and Community Welfare at James Cook University, Townsville.

The principle of Freedom of Speech is much valued in democratic societies, but is it free for all?

Do all (...)

Professor Chandler is a developmental psychologist, Professor Emeritus, and Distinguished CIHR Investigator working in the Department of Psychology at the The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. His research interests include socio-cognitive development, young people’s developing ‘theori (...)

SymbioticA Friday Seminar> Title: The conditions of visibility of Artworks and their Affect; Speaker: Dr Laura D’Olimpio; Time & Location: 3:30-5pm @ SymbioticA;

"Affect, in aesthetic theory, denotes the impact of an artwork upon the viewer. At a subtle level we engage (...)

This symposium is open to all clinical and academic researchers and will be an opportunity to hear from some of the world’s experts in Melanoma clinical and academic research. With the 7th Annual International Melanoma Congress being held in Sydney this year, we have been fortunate to lure (...)

Taming the tyranny of distance:visiting the world's great archives from the comfort of home. One of problems facing researchers in Australia who need to access archives about the middle ages and early modern periods is finding the time and the funding to travel abroad, to Europe or the USA, where (...)

Our Generation is a powerfully provocative film that clearly outlines the undeniably devastating effects of the NT intervention, as told by the Galiwin’ku people in the remote far north east Arnhem Land, NT.

It looks at Australia’s ongoing policies of paternalism and assimilation (...)

SKMRC - Scott Kirkbride Melanoma Research Centre

If you are concerned about melanoma this is a valuable opportunity to hear a talk by Professor John Thompson, a world leader in the subject and the Director of the Melanoma Institute of Australia, one of the world’s largest melanoma (...)

Fossil eggshell has widely been regarded as being 'devoid' of DNA, however Charlotte Oskam from the Ancient DNA Laboratory at Murdoch University, with the help of microscopy techniques at CMCA, has isolated fossil avian DNA from eggshells. Charlotte will discuss insights into extinction processes (...)

The UWA Combined Friends Groups 2010 Annual Friends Mixer Event “Catalina Conversations” – Remembrance Day reflections of the Catalina Sea Planes on the Swan River.

SymbioticA Friday Seminar> Speaker: Tarsh Bates; Title: 'The Descent of Man'; Time & Location: 3:30-5pm @ SymbioticA;

"The aid we feel impelled to give to the helpless is mainly an incidental result of the instinct of sympathy, which was originally acquired as part of the (...)