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Alumni Profile – John Moxon
Following an accident that left him with quadriplegia and ended his engineering career, John Moxon (BA (Hons)1983) came to Macquarie to study psychology and launch a new career. “I chose Macquarie mainly because it was the most wheelchair friendly campus in Sydney and was the closest to my home,” he says, adding that once he started studying the friendship and support he received from ...
Global Leadership Program wins prestigious award
Macquarie University has become the first Australian institution recognised for internationalising its campus through the Global Leadership Program. The Institute of International Education (IIE) has announced the winners of the annual IIE Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education with Macquarie University’s Global Leadership Program (GLP) receiving the award for I...
Announcing a new project to establish a Chair of Surgical Oncology at Macquarie University, in memory of pioneering oncologist Professor Fred Stephens
In 2015, Macquarie University and pioneering surgical oncologist Professor Fred Stephens announced a partnership to establish a Chair of Surgical Oncology at Macquarie, ensuring a dedicated research and development position for this revolutionary form of cancer treatment. Professor Stephens, who sadly passed away in November 2015 at the age of 88, was a pioneer in the field of surgical onco...
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...
The key to charity success: no deadlines
New economics research from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management says charities that impose long deadlines on donations will be less successful than those that don’t. The study by Professor Maroš Servátka and his University of Otago co-authors Associate Professor Stephen Knowles and Lecturer Trudy Sullivan looked at the impact of imposing deadlines on charitable tasks, and found ...
Thank you
Philanthropy gives us the power to achieve our full potential, and in 2015 an incredible 5084 donors committed more than $15 million – more than double the previous record. We felt that such an incredible display of support deserved a new report to illustrate all that you have made possible. We would like to thank all of our donors, alumni, volunteers and the wider community for their sup...