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Founding rugby club members’ green power reunion lunch
Calling the old and the bold – founding members of Macquarie’s rugby club will be having a 50 year reunion on Friday 16 June. Pioneer student James Lloyd (BA 1972) and other members of the club who played between 1967 and 1978 are hosting the event. “We had a great 50-year reunion last year, but when we thought about it, we realised that 2016 was only 49 years since students began ...
Holding the past in your hands
For students, holding a piece of the past in their hands can be a powerful learning experience – one that has traditionally been denied because of the fragility and value of most archaeological remains. Macquarie University has pioneered a new technique that allows superb replicas of artefacts to be created inexpensively allowing students, researchers and passionate amateur historians to ...
Macquarie alumnus named Australian of the Year
Macquarie University alumnus and biomedical scientist Professor Alan Mackay-Sim, was named Australian of the Year. Professor Mackay-Sim began his foray into the world of science with an undergraduate degree at Macquarie in 1974, and completed his PhD in behavioural biology in 1980, in what was then known as the Division of Environmental and Life Sciences. Professor Mackay-Sim is renowne...
Seals help plug Antarctic water mystery
Elephant seals have helped scientists to demonstrate that fresh water from Antarctic’s melting ice shelves slows the processes responsible for the formation of deep-water ocean currents that regulate global temperatures. The study was led by Dr Guy Williams from the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC together with Professor Rob Harcourt from...
MGSM’S Women in MBA program hits 100 sponsorship target
Macquarie University’s Graduate School of Management (MGSM) has reached an impressive goal for its Women in MBA Program (WiMBA), with 100 sponsorships established to help women complete MBAs. The WiMBA program works with corporate and government organisations to identify their top female talent and support them through an MBA. This includes not just financial support but mentorship and ca...
Alumnus Justin Morris conquers the desert – on bike
Macquarie alumnus Justin Morris recently completed the annual Simpson Desert Bike Challenge, which is the world's oldest multi day mountain bike race. “It was five days of racing 600km across Australia's largest sand dune desert. I managed to win the race after a gruelling week in the desert. The finish line is in Birdsville, QLD." The Simpson Desert Bike Challenge has been running e...