Humanities

Groundbreaking new evidence suggests modern humans were present in Southeast Asia 20,000 years earlier than previously thought

11 August 2017

New dating of a cave site in western Sumatra called Lida Ajer has extended the timing of the earliest modern …

Macquarie University launches inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan

26 May 2017

Ahead of National Reconciliation Week, Macquarie University has today launched its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), developed in partnership with …

Macquarie University signs MOU with the US Cancer Moonshot program

21 July 2016

Macquarie University has signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with the Obama Administration’s prestigious National Cancer Institute to help drive …

Answering the big questions to solve the world’s problems

9 December 2015

More than 30 leading academics and researchers from around the world have converged at Macquarie University this week to take …

Macquarie University linguist elected Fellow of Academy of the Social Sciences

21 September 2015

Macquarie’s Distinguished Professor of Linguistics, Katherine Demuth, has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in …

Sports betting becoming ‘normal’ – potentially leading to peer pressure and risky gambling

8 July 2015

Sports betting is becoming a normal social group practice but could potentially lead to peer pressure and risky gambling behaviour. …

Adolescent emotions expert awarded Australian Laureate Fellowship

24 June 2015

Distinguished Professor Ron Rapee, Director of the Centre for Emotional Health and a member of the Psychology Department at Macquarie …

International psychologist to join Macquarie University leadership team

5 May 2015

Following an extensive international search, Professor Simon Handley has been appointed to the role of Executive Dean of the Faculty …

Macquarie subjects in world’s top 100

29 April 2015

Macquarie University is amongst the world’s elite institutions in 21 of the 36 subjects featured in this year’s QS World University Rankings …

Arts delivers sought after skills

17 December 2014

As the nature of the workplace changed in the last decade, so has the skill set demanded by employers. “Skills …

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