Science/Technology/Environment
New insight into history
Sometimes scientific breakthroughs are the result of happy accidents or chance encounters. At a chance meeting between Dr John Magnussen, Professor of Radiology at the Australian School of Advanced Medicine, and Roman pottery expert Dr Jaye McKenzie-Clark, an Early Career Fellow at Macquarie’s Department of Ancient History, she lamented that analysing the composition of pottery samples us...
The next level of early diagnosis
It’s a known fact that early detection of diseases saves lives. If, for instance, doctors could diagnose cancer when malignant cells are first developing, treatment could begin before they do any harm. Macquarie researcher Dr Dayong Jin, the Australian Research Council Future Fellow at Macquarie’s Advanced Cytometry Laboratories, is at the forefront of the creation of hypersensitive molecu...
Pioneers of the wired world
These days we take Wi-Fi for granted, but 20 years ago any thoughts of linking computers wirelessly were largely theoretical. A determined and hardworking team of researchers at Macquarie University and CSIRO helped turned Wi-Fi into a reality. In the early 1990s, Dr David Skellern, then head of Macquarie’s Department of Electronics, joined forces with CSIRO and Dr Neil Weste, a professor...
50 years of achievement
A track record of doing things differently and a lively, passionate campus are reflected in this Jubilee timeline, against a backdrop of significant Australian and international events. Click on the infographic below to view in full. ...
New Alumni Relations Director has big plans
Macquarie has a new Director of Alumni Relations, Bruce Mortimer. He joined the university in mid-October, and brings more than a decade’s experience managing alumni programs at the University of Melbourne and Victoria University. Professor David Wilkinson has brought him on board with a mandate to make Macquarie’s alumni program truly world class. “We would like to extend our alum...
Award season
It might not be the bright lights of Hollywood, or feature the paparazzi or a red carpet that runs for miles. But to us, awards for academic achievement or community work deserve a brighter spotlight. And this year, the light shone on a number of our extended Macquarie family as they were acknowledged across a variety of awards. Alumnus Dr Philip Foreman AM was selected in this year’s Aus...