of the day
La Trobe U’s Institute for Molecular Science appoints two deputy directors, Brian Abbey and Stephanie Gras, both are internal LT U appointments.
QUT with architects BVN, win the Queensland Government’s award for urban design. It is for the Campus to Country project, recognised “for its connection to, and engagement with, Aboriginal culture and knowledge … embedded in the daily campus experience.”
Elsdon Storey (Monash U) wins the Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation Medal for his research on neurological disorders.
Omer Yezdani is moving from Australian Catholic U to become chief data officer at Uni Sunshine Coast, from August.
of the week
AARNET announces new board appointments. Ian O’Connor (former VC of Griffith U and ex chair of the Higher Education Standards Panel) become chair. Alec Cameron (VC RMIT) and Anthony Molinia (Uni Newcastle) join the board.
Tracey Bunda joins Advance HE’s Australian Advisory Board. The UK based charity is best known for its professional recognition fellowships for HE teachers. Professor Bunda is academic director of Uni Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit.
Patricia Davidson (Uni Wollongong VC) is elected an honorary fellow by the Royal College of Nursing.
Graeme Hankey is the inaugural Perron Institute chair in stroke research at UWA
Alison Kitson will continue as ED of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders U for five more years. She is also named a Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor.
Peter McDonald (Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research) receives the 2022 laureate award from the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.
Bronwyn Parry will join ANU as dean of Arts and Social Sciences. She moves from Kings College, London. She will replace Rae Frances, dean since 2017.
The state government announces the 2022 Queensland Greats, honoured for their “social, scientific, health, environmental and cultural contributions.” They include, Stuart Pegg – burns specialist, Uni Queensland emeritus professor. Else Shepherd – engineer, QUT. Gracelyn Smallwood – First Nations health and human rights advocate, James Cook U. Peter Timms – koala conservation, Uni Sunshine Coast.
Burns specialist Fiona Wood (UWA) receives the Australian Society for Medical Research medal.