Changes on campus
With the campus master plan well underway, new construction and major refurbishment projects are reshaping the University before our eyes. The latest large-scale project will see building names and roads renamed, new signage installed and for the first time, buildings will have a street address, with roads and avenues named accordingly. Some former Macquarie students recently returned to...
In memory of memory
Music occupies a special place in our hearts and in our memories; so much so that it is being explored as a tool to help people who have lost their map to the past and their ability to remember. Macquarie University researchers Dr Amee Baird and Professor Bill Thompson are looking at how music might be used in individuals with dementia, not only to help reduce stress and anxiety, but also t...
The war on words
Ever wondered how you find yourself agreeing with outrageous political comments, even if deep down you know you feel differently? It all comes down to wordplay, and once you know the tricks, you can use them to your own advantage. When Bob Carr became foreign affairs minister in 2012, he compared Tony Abbott’s use of slogans such as ‘No more boats’ to a “trainee hypnotist trying to ...
Young guns
Chance encounters have helped inspire our graduates and students to help make the world a better place. For Susanna Matters (BA/DipEd 2013), who studied teaching, her ‘moment’ was realising it wasn’t her teaching, but rather monthly periods that made her female students at a Kenyan village miss school. “It’s not a glamorous issue, but it’s also one that isn’t goin...
Macquarie moments
Mascot stealing is all part of university games, but for Macquarie’s high profile hockey team, coming out in front in the game of mascot theft, became almost as important as winning competition matches. “Mascot stealing is part of hockey culture,” explains Ahad Malik (B Arts / B Comm 2014). “At the university games every team has a mascot: the University of New South Wales has a...
The Vice-Chancellor’s welcome
The first year of our second half-century saw a remarkable step change in our performance across the University. Last year we released our learning and teaching strategic framework, Learning for the future; achieved a 100 per cent rating for research at or above world standard in the Excellence in Research for Australia assessments; received five future fellowship awards from the Australian Rese...