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Displaying from Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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August 2011
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Wednesday 10 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents: : Theory of removing energy from tidal streams – with a focus on the UK
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Tidal stream energy, which involves placing tidal turbines in locations with large tidal currents, is receiving significant attention as a potential renewable energy source in the United Kingdom. Recent estimates suggest that tidal stream energy could supply between 5-10% of the UK’s current (...)
Speaker: Eleanor Dodson, Professor Emeritus, York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, UK and 2011 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Professor-at-Large.
Highly cited scientist, Professor Eleanor Dodson, will discuss the role of women and science (...)
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Thursday 11 |
Dominic Perissinotto (organ)
Sarah-Janet Brittenden (mezzo soprano)
Clare Tunney (cello)
An assortment of old favourites for organ, voice and cello.
Public lecture by the 2011 Mahler Lecturer
Peter Sarnak (Princeton University)
will speak on
Randomness in number theory
Abstract: By way of concrete examples we discuss the dichotomy that in number theory the basic phenomena are
either very structured (...)
20:00 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music: Music Students' Society - Composition Concert
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The UWA Music Students' Society presents a concert of works composed and performed by UWA music students.
FREE for MSS members / $10 for non-members (available at the door)
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Friday 12 |
The Western Australia Chief Scientist, Professor Lyn Beazley, and the University of Western Australia's Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management are hosting a symposium in Albany to showcase the excellent science taking place in the Great Southern region.
'Great Southern (...)
15:30 - PUBLIC TALK - SymbioticA Friday Seminar with Art Oriente Objet : Informal open seminar with visiting French artists Benoit Mangin and Marion Laval-Jeantet
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The duo Art Object Oriented (Marion Laval-Jeantet & Benoit Mangin) aim to use an interdisciplinary approach to expand the amazing ability of art to communicate non-verbally. Through anthropological, environmental or biotechnological experiments, they try to understand the limits of their own (...)
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Sunday 14 |
0:00 - EXHIBITION - Recent Past: Australian painting of the 70s and 80s : Recent Past is a vibrant selection from the University's Art Collection.
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Recent Past: Australian painting of the 70s and 80s, is an engaging exhibition of art from a period of profound change in Australian painting and culture. The exhibition traces a modern history of painting through the work of 36 artists, over half of whom worked in Western Australia. Abstraction (...)
UWA opens up the whole campus to the public.
Come and find out about the courses on offer, valuable research, community programs, and facilities...all mixed with a day full of lots of fun activities for everyone!
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Monday 15 |
8:00 - EVENT - Art Under the Microscope : A showcase of the surprising physical beauty of world class pathology diagnostics and research in WA
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"Art Under the Microscope" will showcase the surprising physical beauty of world class pathology testing and research in WA and is an opportunity to see the majesty and wonder of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
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Tuesday 16 |
17:00 - SEMINAR - School of Music presents International Research Seminar - Factors affecting the performance wellness of jazz pianists in practice and performance
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Graham Wood, Head of Music, WAAPA, ECU presents an a significant performing arts medicine investigation entitled 'Factors affecting the performance wellness of jazz pianists in practice and performance.'
17:30 - FREE LECTURE - Probing the warped side of the Universe: A future Astronomy for Western Australia
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Over the next decade or so, extremely large, ground-based telescopes will be built to probe the furthest reaches of the universe - back to the earliest times in its evolution, and through its most energetic events. These instruments will span the optical and radio bands of the electromagnetic (...)
17:30 - FREE LECTURE - The Warped Side of the Universe: a future astronomy for Western Australia : ANU & UWA Collaborative National Science Week Lecture: How a gravitational wave telescope works and illuminate the exciting physics, astrophysics and cosmology that can be done with a global array of such telescopes.
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Over the next decade or so, extremely large, ground-based telescopes will be built to probe the furthest reaches of the universe - back to the earliest times in its evolution, and through its most energetic events. These instruments will span the optical and radio bands of the electromagnetic (...)
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Wednesday 17 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - ASKAP - the Australian SKA Pathfinder and the bid to host the SKA
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A public lecture by Professor Philip Diamond, Chief, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS).
Join us for a special talk for National Science Week as we welcome the Chief of CSIRO’s Astronomy and Space Science Division, Professor Phil Diamond to tell us all about the Australian Square (...)
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Thursday 18 |
This free lunchtime concert will showcase senior vocal students from the School of Music.
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - The 2011 Marshall Warren Lecture : The Next Convergence. The future of economic growth in a multi-speed world
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The 2011 Marshall-Warren lecture will be delivered by Michael Spence, Winner of the Nobel 2001 Prize in Economic Sciences with Joseph E. Stiglitz and George A. Akerlof.
In this lecture, Professor Spence will explore the main arguments of his book 'The Next Convergence'. This will appeal (...)
18:00 - FREE LECTURE - UWA Business School - "Measuring People's Willingness to Pay (WTP): 30 Years of Research" with Professor Vithala Rao : Public Lecture
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In this lecture Professor Rao will discuss some of his research on behavioral aspects of pricing. The lecture will focus on three concepts -
1) The usual measurement of WTP using a conjoint utility model may be biased due to the presence of informational effect of price
2) (...)
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Friday 19 |
13:00 - FREE LECTURE - Curator's Talk: Working across the spectrum : With John Barrett-Lennard, Gallery Director and Curator of 'Recent Past'.
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'Recent Past' represents a spectrum of Australian art, of the UWA art collection, and of ideas about painting. With this in mind, the Director and exhibition curator, John Barrett-Lennard, will trace the winding path from pinnacles of high abstraction of the late 60s to the torrid expressionist (...)
17:00 - Book Sale: - Save the Children Fund Book Sale : The annual mega book sale
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The University Branch of Save the Children Australia will hold the annual Book Sale in the Undercroft of Winthrop Hall.
The sale this year will be held from Friday 19 August – Wednesday 24 August.
Opening times:
Friday: 5.00pm - 9.30pm
Saturday: 6.00am - (...)
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Tuesday 23 |
17:00 - CANCELLED - SEMINAR - School of Music presents International Research Seminar - Student Research Seminar Presentations
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Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.
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Co-ordinated by Associate Professor Victoria Rogers, School of Music, UWA, these training seminars are presented by the School's honours-level students.
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