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Displaying from Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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April 2011
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Tuesday 12 |
A free public lecture by Professor Antonia Finnane,School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne and 2011 Fred Alexander Fellow.
In Chinese history, the 1950s occupies a position not too different from its place in the history of the Western world. It was the (...)
18:30 - SEMINAR - Year 12 Parent Information Session : Learn about entry into UWA for Year 12 students.
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Year twelve can be a stressful time for students and parents!
Our free information session will give you a head-start on making your child's year twelve experience a positive one.
You'll have the opportunity to learn more about UWA's new course structure; how you can help your (...)
19:30 - VISITING SPEAKER - Friends of the Library talk : Recording and Records in the Roman Empire
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The Romans did not invent record keeping but they extended and developed it to a remarkable degree. The talk will look at: What was recorded and How, What survives and What it was for.
19:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Friends of the Library talk: Recording and Records in the Roman Empire
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The Romans did not invent record keeping but they extended and developed it to a remarkable degree. Many millions of individual documents were generated on every topic from simple receipts through private letters to census returns. Although most have been lost irrevocably, millions still survive as (...)
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Wednesday 13 |
How should we respond to climate change and observed changes in weather patterns; local drought and heavy flooding? Daily we are confronted with opinions, dogma and often stereotyping.
This debate has gone so as far as to label people "believers or non-believers". Yet, when I (...)
18:30 - SEMINAR - Year 12 Parent Information Session : Learn about entry into UWA for Year 12 students.
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Year twelve can be a stressful time for students and parents!
Our free information session will give you a head-start on making your child's year twelve experience a positive one.
You'll have the opportunity to learn more about UWA's new course structure; how you can help your (...)
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Thursday 14 |
10:00 - LECTURE - A Multicultural Australia : The Centre for Muslim States and Societies presents an address by Senator Kate Lundy
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Senator Kate Lundy was first elected to the Senate for the Australian Capital Territory in 1996. Following the 2010 Federal Election, she was appointed Parliamentary
Secretary to the Prime Minister and Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Citizenship. Following the launch of The People of (...)
The Adoration of the Shepherds
The Winthrop Singers trace a key theme in Western Art: the depiction of the role of common people and farm animals in the Nativity. Their program includes art music by Victoria, Guerrero and Verdi alongside carols from the Mediterranean lands.
19:00 - PERFORMANCE - Scooby-Doo Origins : The semester one UWA Pantomime Society performances
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Things have gone awry at Coolsville High! The legendary frumious bandersnatch is stealing teachers and strange things are happening to the students. Can a motley crew of students band together and solve this mystery (Inc.)?
Performances are at UWA's Dolphin Theatre on April 14, 15 and 16 (...)
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Friday 15 |
15:30 - PUBLIC TALK - To Cre or not to Cre? > A SymbioticA Friday Seminar : Speaker: Dr Rob James
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To Cre or not to Cre? > A SymbioticA Friday Seminar
Date: 15th April; Speaker: Dr Rob James; Time & Location: 3:30 - 5:00pm @ SymbioticA
Molecular solutions to ethical obstacles precluding human enhancement through genetic engineering.
Emerging biotechnologies promise (...)
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Monday 18 |
12:00 - SEMINAR - Medical Research Seminar Series : Use of the Churchill Fellowship to investigate physiotherapy for people with CF and non-CF bronchiectasis
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Mr Jamie Wood is a respiratory physiotherapist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, working with people with cystic
fi brosis (CF) and non-CF bronchiectasis.
Mr Wood was recently awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship to study physiotherapy for people with CF and bronchiectasis in the (...)
There will be a special Plant Biology seminar this Monday 18th April at 4pm in the BAYLISS Building Lecture Theatre (G33).
Emeritus Professor Winslow Briggs, from Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, will present his extensive research into "Phototropin LOV domains - serving many (...)
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Wednesday 20 |
13:00 - EVENT - Raine Lecture - Professor Chuxia Deng : "From BRCA1 to Sirtuins: Cancer, Metabolism and Aging"
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In 1992 Dr Chuxia Deng was awarded his PhD by The University of Utah, supervised by Professor Mario Capecchi, Winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Dr Deng is now Senior Investigator and Chief of the Mammalian Genetics Section, Genetics of Development and Disease Branch of (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents: : Sustainable Water Management for the 21st Century: Balancing the Environmental, Social and Economic.
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Access to sufficient quantities of fresh, clean water is a critical element in human prosperity. Globally, hundreds of millions go without this basic right. Water stress is increasing around the world as climate change, population growth, pollution, and waste take their toll.
At every level (...)
17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - The 2011 Bateman Lecture : A Public Lecture by Professor Peter C.B. Phillips, Sterling Professor of Economics and Professor of Statistics at Yale University
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A dominant characteristic of economic data is their tendency to trend over time. In Exploring the Mystery of Trends and Bubbles, Professor Phillips will examine the wandering nature of interest rates, exchange rates, and inflation, as well as the secular drift of economic aggregates like GDP. < (...)
18:30 - SEMINAR - Mature-age Information Session : Learn about the various ways that you can gain entry into UWA as a mature-age student.
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Mature-age entry provides flexibility for entering UWA, particularly if you don't have any previous academic results. Anyone who is 20 or over on 1 March of the year of entry qualifies for our mature-age entry pathways. This information session will provide guidance to mature-age students to help (...)
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Thursday 21 |
The Piece of Gold
The guitar students of UWA present a concert featuring new works by Roland Dyens, Roque Carbajo, Nadia Borislova and others.
21:00 - EVENT - Easter at St. George's College : Details of Easter Services at the chapel of St. George's College at UWA
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We invite you to join us at any of the services being offered at the Chapel of St. George's College at UWA over the Easter weekend. These are:
Holy Thursday (21st April 2011) 9.30pm Sung Compline (with the Winthrop Singers)
Good Friday (22nd April 2011) 9.30am Reflections (...)
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Wednesday 27 |
9:00 - WORKSHOP - AIESEC WA presents: INITIATE : Learn how to be a leader in the global environment.
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Ever wanted to stand out as a graduate in the global workforce? Do you want to gain access to some of Australia’s best coaches in leadership, and hear bright minds speak on global issues?
INITIATE aims to connect 150 students from across all universities in WA. Presentations, workshops (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents: : THE LITHOSPHERE, GEODYNAMICS AND METALLOGENY OF EARLY EARTH
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Subduction processes, critical for the formation of many magmatic and hydrothermal ore deposits, appear to have been active since about 3.9Ga.
However, the environment to preserve such deposits did not exist until the emergence of the Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle (SCLM) between 3 (...)
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