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Displaying from Sunday, November 05, 2017
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November 2017
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Wednesday 08 |
12:30 - VISITING SPEAKER - What causes asthma? Genes, infections, and therapeutic choices
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12.30pm – lunch
1.00pm – 2.00pm – presentation
William Cookson is Professor of Genomic Medicine at Imperial College London and Head of Respiratory Sciences for the College. He is Head of the Asmarley Centre for Genomic Medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute. He won a (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - How Can an Archaeologist Contribute to Biodiversity Conservation?
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A public lecture by Professor R. Lee Lyman, Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia and UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
All animals die, and many are eaten by predators. If the predators include humans, owls, or carnivores (e.g., Dingoes), skeletal (...)
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Thursday 09 |
12:00 - EVENT - Spring Plant Sale! : Join us at the UWA Friends of the Grounds Spring Plant Sale
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The UWA Friends of the Grounds are holding a Spring Plant Sale next week and you're invited!
Stock up on Christmas presents, improve your Mum's herb garden or add a succulent to your study space while supporting Friends of the Grounds. All plants are $3!
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Friday 10 |
18:00 - EXHIBITION OPENING - FAM 17 Exhibition Opening : Fine Arts major and Fine Arts Honours Graduating Exhibition
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Fine Arts Major and Fine Arts Honours Graduating exhibition. Come along and view the work of our fabulous graduating Fine Arts students!
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Saturday 11 |
19:00 - EVENT - Why Wine? - a discussion with UWA Graduate Key Players and their Influence on the WA Wine Industry : Wine Appreciation a presentation by UWA Graduates and their influence on the WA Wine Industry
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UWA's graduates have had a major influence on Western Australia's wine industry, from recommending areas for expansion to developing the vineyards and making and marketing the wine. As a result WA is recognised as the premium wine state in Australia with a huge international reputation.
I (...)
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Tuesday 14 |
12:00 - PRESENTATION - World Diabetes Day Presentation 14 Nov 2017 : Looking into the Lions Eye: Insights into Diabetic Eye Disease
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Lions Eye Institute World Diabetes Day Presentation -
Diabetes in WA: The Local Story |
If you would like to attend this presentation please RSVP by visiting Eventbrite or the Lions Eye Institute Facebook page
17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Legume improvement for sustainable food production and human health : A public lecture by Professor Henry Nguyen, University of Missouri
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In this public lecture, Professor Nguyen will highlight the importance of grain legumes in sustainable agriculture and human health. Recent advances in the development of genomic resources and breeding for improve stress tolerance, adaptation to different climatic conditions, yield and nutritional (...)
17:15 - FREE LECTURE - Perth USAsia Centre - Public Presentation with Professor Simon Jackman : Trump 365 - The Inaugural Presidential Assessment
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We invite you to join us for our last public event for 2017 featuring Professor Simon Jackman, CEO of the United States Studies Centre (USSC) in Sydney who will analyse the first year of the divisive presidency of Donald J. Trump.
When President Trump first took office, illegal immigration, the (...)
19:00 - TALK - Friends of the UWA Library Speaker : The 'Works of the Old Men of Arabia'
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About the talk
For over a century aerial archaeology has been in the vanguard of archaeological discovery and recording. Thanks to a unique twenty year programme of aerial reconnaissance in Jordan combined with the growing availability of high-resolution satellite imagery we can now (...)
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Tuesday 21 |
A public lecture by Philip Ainslie, Canada Research Chair in Cerebrovascular Physiology and Co-Director, Centre for Heart, Lung & Vascular Health, The University of British Columbia and UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
Relative to its size, the brain is the most (...)
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Tuesday 28 |
17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Precision medicine, it�s promising but complex : 2017 Wesfarmers' Harry Perkins Oration
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You are invited to the 2017 Wesfarmers’ Harry Perkins Oration.
The 2017 Orator is Professor Christina Mitchell, Dean of Medicine at Monash University.
Professor Mitchell trained as a physician scientist specialising in clinical haematology. She received her medical training from (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Visas, Visits and Refusals: working in the borderzones of resilience, distress and wellbeing
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A public talk by Professor Alison Phipps, UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at the University of Glasgow and Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies.
At times of great human suffering we see extraordinary courage and compassion. Receiving (...)
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Thursday 30 |
Staff, students and all other interested parties are invited to attend the 2017 Fogarty Foundation Postgraduate Research Forum which showcases the education-related research being conducted by Higher Degree by Research students at WA universities.
The Forum will be held at the UWA (...)
17:30 - PUBLIC TALK - Social Impact Global Download : Stories and Insights from Around the World by 7 Local Change Agents
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Join the Alumni for Social Impact UWA and Centre for Social Impact UWA with special guests to hear the latest insights from around the world.
Alumni of the Centre for Social Impact UWA and special guests share their very recent experiences on fellowships, at conferences and summits, and (...)
Join Australia Indonesia Youth Association / AIYA WA for a special public screening of As Worlds Divide. 100% of funds raised via the #wafsac screenings will be used to implement the Mentawai community’s indigenous education program over the next 10 years, enabling them to preserve their precious (...)
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December 2017
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Saturday 02 |
Welcome to TEDxUWA 2017, a multidisciplinary, full-day celebration of ideas worth spreading. Our theme for this year is: The Future Blueprint
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BLUEPRINT - noun
1. a detailed program of action that describes how something might be achieved; 2. an early-stage design plan
This year, we (...)
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Thursday 07 |
15:00 - SEMINAR - Cold gas outflows and life-cycle of radio galaxies : A seminar by Prof. Raffaella Morganti (ASTRON/Kapteyn) as part of the de Laeter colloquium series (joint ICRAR/CASS event)
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AGN are episodic in nature, cycling through periods of activity and quiescence. Their life-cycle is key for understanding the impact they have on their host galaxy. On the other hand, this cycle is also the result of the intricate interplay between various, and sometimes, competing processes. The (...)
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Wednesday 13 |
18:00 - EVENT - Carols at St George's College : A service of readings and carols with the UWA Winthrop Singers
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The UWA Winthrop Singers is an auditioned student choir from the UWA Music Department, which sings regularly in the chapel of St. George's College at UWA. The choir has released several CDs and has performed extensively around WA and overseas.
This service of Christmas Bible readings (...)
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Wednesday 20 |
We invite you and your families to join us for our final concert of 2017! Set against the magnificent backdrop of Winthrop Hall, the UWA Christmas Concert will feature all your favourite Christmas classics performed by acclaimed staff and students from the UWA School of Music.
Ever (...)
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January 2018
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Saturday 20 |
17:15 - BOOK LAUNCH - Turbulence and Volatility: Australia's Foreign Aid and Security : Free Event
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In an increasingly contested world between the emerging powers of the Indo-Pacific and the growing sentiment of anti-globalisation, Australian foreign policy has recently been revised in order to evolve with the rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape.
Underpinning Australia’s foreign policy is (...)
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