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MGSM Alumni Christmas party
Wednesday 2 December 2015 marked Jane Ferguson’s first MGSM Alumni Christmas party. More than 80 guests gathered in Sydney CBD to celebrate the festive season with an evening of cocktails, canapés and mesmerising music from performer Jake Meadows and his electric harp. Of course, the evening also offered the chance for our alumni to reconnect with old friends and to make valuable new connec...
Gillian Triggs makes strong case for social justice at Tony Blackshield lecture
“What are the safeguards on democratic liberties if Parliament itself is complicit in expanding executive power to the detriment of the judiciary and ultimately of all Australian citizens?” asked Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs in her keynote address at the recent Tony Blackshield lecture. The event, which was attended by more than 130 alumni, recognised the legal education legacy of ...
Macquarie congratulates Australia China Alumni Award winners Chenggang Zhou and Jun Zou
Macquarie alumni Chenggang Zhou and Jun Zou have taken out two of the nine awards at the prestigious seventh ACAA/IELTS Australia China Alumni Awards. Six prominent Macquarie alumni were finalists in the awards, which were held recently in Beijing, and attended by more than 250 guests, including alumni and university representatives from 18 Australian universities, Australia-China business ...
Best film reveals shocking truth about human behaviour
Professor Kathryn Millard recently won Best Australian Feature Documentary at the Antenna Documentary Film Festival for her film Shock Room, which shines a light on the dark side of human behaviour. As she previously discussed in Sirius, the film challenges Stanley Milgram’s controversial ‘Obedience to Authority’ experiment: In the wake of the Holocaust, Milgram wanted to understand how w...
Macquarie students dig into Roman archaeology
Macquarie students recently grabbed the opportunity to work with Italian archaeologists on Ancient Roman sites as part of the Australian Carsulae Archaeological Project. The month-long July trip was led by Macquarie Early Career Fellow Dr Jaye McKenzie-Clarke, and involved students learning the art of archaeological pickaxing, shovelling, trowelling, brushing and pottery washing. They were ...
Save the date: upcoming alumni events in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong
At Macquarie University alumni functions you never know who’ll be there – your next employer, employee or mentor. You could catch up with old friends you haven’t seen in a while and make new friends as you reminisce about your university experiences. Opportunities surround us all the time. They’re only wasted if we fail to act upon them, so why not come along to the next event in yo...