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Macquarie alumnus to lead Australia’s peak science and research organisation

Administrator — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 23:00:38 +0000

Technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist and Macquarie alumnus, Dr Larry Marshall has been appointed to lead Australia’s peak science and research organisation, CSIRO.

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Macquarie University shines in global rankings

Administrator — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 02:30:18 +0000

Macquarie University has consolidated its reputation as one of the top universities in Australia with a strong showing in recent rankings surveys. Last week, Macquarie was named one of the top 50 institutions in the world by the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject when it comes to Linguistics (43rd), Psychology (48th) and Earth […]

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Macquarie ‘still feels like home’ for environment graduate

Antra — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 01:17:08 +0000

Many children dream of future careers based on what they see on TV – cop shows and medical dramas no doubt spawning generations of police officers and doctors. For Sri Lankan Bachelor of Environment graduate Arundathi Walgama, her passion for the environment all started watching ‘nerdy’ documentaries. “It all started with the National Geographic channel!” […]

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Brazilian’s brain research boosted with scholarship

Antra — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 02:01:07 +0000

Some of Brazil’s brightest researchers are headed to Australia, thanks to the Brazilian Government’s Science Without Borders scholarship program that will see 100,000 students and researchers enrol at top universities worldwide. Macquarie’s first Science Without Borders research student is Roberta De Paula Martins, who will complete a cotutelle PhD with Macquarie and her home university […]

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Macquarie goes Brazilian

Antra — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 02:55:54 +0000

Macquarie’s campus was abuzz with excitement in July, as the University welcomed 42 Brazilian scholarship students from the Science Without Borders program. Primarily funded by the Brazilian government, Science Without Borders is a large-scale scholarship program that seeks to qualify 100,000 Brazilian students and researchers in top universities worldwide. Macquarie was identified by Brazil as […]

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Young scholar’s dreams for a better Bangladesh

Antra — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:02:57 +0000

With outstanding academic results, undergraduate student Amit Bhattacharjee had a number of universities courting him with scholarship offers. So what made him decide to study Biomolecular Sciences at Macquarie with a MUIS scholarship? “Macquarie’s reputation as a world-class, research-intensive university is what attracted me the most,” he says. “Macquarie’s teachers in this discipline are truly […]

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Biology students off to Boston

Antra — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:20:45 +0000

A group of Macquarie University synthetic biology students are competing in the world finals of a prestigious science technology event being held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston later this week. The students qualified for the world finals following a silver medal-winning demonstration of their synthetic biology research project at the Asian iGEM […]

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Advanced education for science undergraduate

Antra — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:00:58 +0000

Chinese student Zhaozheng Hou is in his first year of a Bachelor of Advanced Science at Macquarie. Here he shares his thoughts on his experience so far. What has been the highlight of your time at Macquarie? I feel very welcome at Macquarie. Student services are thoughtful and the campus life is enjoyable. The highlight […]

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Macquarie a perfect home for budding scientist

Antra — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:00:50 +0000

When Hasinika Ariyaratne heard about Macquarie’s reputation for science research, her decision to study at North Ryde came swiftly after. “Let’s just say that when Macquarie came into the picture, I couldn’t see myself anywhere else!” says the Sri Lankan. In her first semester of a Master of Biotechnology, Hasinika says the University’s perfect ERA […]

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Macquarie makes list of top science universities

Antra — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:59:02 +0000

Macquarie University has made the prestigious Leiden list of the top 500 universities in the world in terms of scientific impact. The Leiden Ranking 2011/2012 has Macquarie University ranked 202 in the world and fourth in Australia behind the ANU, the University of Melbourne and University of Queensland universities and ahead of five universities in the prestigious […]

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