Post-traumatic stress disorder and unresolved grief are both terms that are being used frequently in the media following the release of Prince Harry’s memoir. Professor
@MariaKangas88
explains what they are and how they can be treated:
#trauma
#spare
Today on
#Earthday2020
, we're proud to announce that Macquarie University is set to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 92 per cent from July, when we will switch over to a 100 per cent renewable energy source for our North Ryde campus. Read more:
Congratulations to award-winning historian and author, Professor
@MichelleArrow1
who has been elected as a new Fellow into the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. The fellowship recognises outstanding contributions to the advancement of social science knowledge and impact.
Macquarie University has gained its highest ever world ranking 🎉
We're now ranked 195th in the latest
@timeshighered
World University Rankings, solidifying our position in the top one percent of universities worldwide:
@THEworldunirank
#THEUniRankings
Synthetic Biologist Dr Amy Cain from the Faculty of Science and Engineering was selected as one of the outstanding early career researchers to receive a New South Wales 2022 Young Tall Poppy Science Award for her work in antibiotic resistance
#YTP2022
@flamycain
@mqnatsci
We're proud to announce Macquarie University has been ranked 214th in the
@worlduniranking
released today, consolidating our position in the top one percent of universities worldwide. Read more:
#QSWUR
#rankings
#topuniversities
Scientists have successfully synthesised all 16 chromosomes of a yeast organism, achieving a world first with repercussions for health and sustainability. The breakthrough will be announced today at a conference hosted by Macquarie.
#LighthouseNewsflash
We hope all our students and staff got to explore the new Central Courtyard last week. If you haven't had a look, we've new retail outlets, beautiful green space to enjoy and teaching spaces that will be in use from this week. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for an inside look.
Following the latest Government announcements regarding
#Coronavirus
, all face-to-face and online teaching at Macquarie will pause from midnight tonight as the University transitions to online course delivery. Teaching will resume on Monday 30 March:
Our stunning Arts Precinct has won the
@LE_Aust
NSW Award for best New Construction/New Individual Facility-Over $8 Million.
The judges praised the design, saying it “is contemporary and responsive to the educational needs of now and in the future.”
#LearningEnvironments
Congratulations to our six new ARC Future Fellows announced today!
Research in quantum computing, birdsong musicology and star formation are among the
@Macquarie_Uni
projects awarded $5.4 million in the latest round of
@arc_gov_au
Future Fellowships:
As one of the first female RAAF pilots, Assoc Prof
@RClayWilliams
has been recognised in the
@RoyalAustMint
's new
@AusAirForce
Centenary coin series. Prior to leading research
@AIHI_MQ
, Robyn was a military test pilot, an electronics engineer and flight instructor 👏
#AusAirForce
We're thrilled at the announcement of Macquarie University alumna and world-renowned physicist
@DrCathyFoley
as Australia’s next Chief Scientist.
Dr Foley, who has spent the past two years as chief scientist
@CSIRO
, is the second woman appointed to the role.
#MQAlumni
Congratulations
@tzafar_astro
who's been awarded a 2020 NSW Young Tall Poppy Award 🎉
Dr Zafar is an astrophysicist and looks at what stardust can tell us about the universe.
Read more about her work 👉
#YTP2020
#WomenInStem
@TallpoppiesAIPS
We would like to congratulate NSW Australian of the Year, Macquarie University’s Professor Munjed Al Muderis for being a high-calibre contender for the 2020 Australian of the Year Award. Congratulations to the winner, Dr James Muecke AM.
📸 Salty Dingo Media
Macquarie University joins the
@ulurustatement
University Week of Action in raising our voices in support of the principles embodied in the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
Join us and show your support from 22-26 March:
#UluruStatement
Congratulations to Professor
@BronwynCarlson
from
@IndigStudiesMQ
who has been elected as a new Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. This is the highest honour for achievement in the humanities in Australia.👏
Congrats to Gamilaroi woman
@AmyThunig
from
@MQDoES
who was named the joint winner of the 'Emerging Female Leader in the Government or Public Sector' award at the 2019
@WomensAgenda
Leadership Awards.
#wala2019
For everyone missing campus, we're bringing some of our favourite (pre-lockdown) pics of Macquarie to you. Share yours using
#MyMQ
and we'll tweet another photo gallery next week.
📸 Instagram: _tahirmirza_ | lauren.marlow.144 | aeae.seeyouaround | soosing
Congratulations to Faculty of Arts researchers Professor
@MichelleArrow1
and Associate Professor Lisa Wynn who have been awarded almost $350,000 in the latest round of
@arc_gov_au
grants. Read more:
#ARC
2019 is the International Year of Indigenous Languages
@IYIL2019
, and for the first time this July the Macquarie Ancient Languages School is offering an intensive short course in Gamilaraay, an Indigenous language from Northern NSW.
Stephen Hawking, the brilliant British theoretical physicist, has died aged 76.
“However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up."
RIP
#StephenHawking
We're excited to be part of the launch of
#Fabricius
, the first tool that uses
#AI
to decode ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Our Egyptologists and Digital Humanities experts worked with
@Google
and
@Ubisoft
to create the platform. Try it out now:
Macquarie University's
@VanessaPirotta
has been crowned the winner of
#FameLabAus
for her presentation on the use of drones to collect 🐳
#whale
snot.
She'll now go on to represent Australia at the global
#FameLab
International Finals in the UK! 👏
Congratulations to
@aaeensw
2020 NSW Environmental Education Awards recipient Professor Lesley Hughes, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Integrity and Development).
Prof Hughes won the Tertiary Educator of the Year Award and Overall 2020 NSW Environmental Educator of the Year Award.
Best of luck
@geraldine_js
from
@MQMolSci
who is representing Macquarie at the 2020 Virtual Asia-Pacific 3MT Semi-Finals! 🤞🎉
Geraldine wowed the judges with her submission ‘The Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance’ to win the MQ 3MT final last month.
#3MT
#MQ3MT2020
Today, for the first time in Macquarie University history, the academic procession did not take top billing at Graduation. Instead, a group of visiting First Nations dancers and songmen, led the procession in a significant tribute to four guests of honour, and to Country.
Three Macquarie University researchers who are carrying out important brain and mental health research have been awarded almost $4 million in
@nhmrc
funding. Read more:
#NHMRC
#InvestigatorGrants
Noel Pearson recently visited our campus to lead a discussion on the upcoming
#VoicetoParliament
referendum
“It’s time for the country to press the switch to yes. Indigenous people can’t languish in an Australia that has the default setting of no.”
🎦:
Six of Macquarie University’s most promising Early Career Researchers have had projects funded in the latest round of the
@arc_gov_au
Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards announced today:
We are proud to announce Macquarie University has 14 subjects ranked in top 150 internationally in the QS
@worlduniranking
by Subject 2021. Our highest ranking subjects include Philosophy,
@MQLinguistics
and
@AncientHistMQ
Find out more:
Shorter emails, camera-off Zoom calls and deleting old photos could reduce our digital carbon footprints – but sustainability expert Dr Jessica McLean says governments and organisations need to take responsibility:
@jess_emclean
Professor
@RalphNMartins1
from the Department of Biomedical Sciences has been awarded $3.1 million by the Medical Research Future Fund to investigate whether lifestyle factors can protect brain health and reduce the risk of
#dementia
.
Read more:
Congratulations to Macquarie University’s inaugural class of medical students, who graduated this week. The 45 students began their journeys towards becoming doctors in 2019 when Macquarie began its Medical Doctor program
@MQMedicalSchool
An incredible achievement for Macquarie University alumnus
@ShaneFitzAU
, who has been named NSW
#AusoftheYear
.
As former
@NSWRFS
Commissioner, Mr Fitzsimmons (Master of Management, 2019) led a state-wide response during the 2019-20 bushfire season.
@ausoftheyear
📸: Salty Dingo
Are doctors morally obliged to act on societal issues that impact human health? Or does their responsibility begin and end with the patients in their care?
Prof Wendy Rogers considers the moral responsibilities in medicine in a new essay
@TheLancet
:
Students and staff have come together today to celebrate
#WearItPurpleDay
🌈💜
At MQ, we're proud of our diverse community and committed to providing an inclusive campus where everyone can safely work and study free of harassment or discrimination.
@MQ_Inclusion
#Wearethechange
We're delighted to see the unique collaboration between Macquarie University, led by ecologist
@EmilieEns
, and the Ngukurr Wi Stadi bla Kantri (We Study the Country) Research Team has been recognised in an
@auspost
stamp celebrating
#citizenscience
👏
The ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, whose Chief Investigator is Dr Briardo Llorente from
@MQMolSci
, has been awarded $US749,000 as part of the Gordon and Betty
@MooreFound
’s Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative. Congratulations!
#modelsystems
Our Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative is supporting 42 teams of scientists to advance
#modelsystems
in aquatic symbiosis. Teams will work collaboratively to develop & share their tools and methods with each other and with the research community.
Associate Professor Ronika Power
@RKP_Industries
–
@AncientHistMQ
bioarcheologist, deathwalker and mummy expert – has been awarded the
@HumanitiesAU
2019 Max Crawford Medal, Australia’s most prestigious award for achievement and promise in the humanities
We're proud to announce that five of our Early Career Researchers have been successful in the
@arc_gov_au
's latest
#DECRA
round, with grants totalling close to $2m.
Congratulations to Macquarie University's two outstanding
@eurekaprizes
winners!
The National Indigenous Science Education Program, coordinated by Associate Professor Joanne Jamie from
@MQMolSci
, won the Eureka Prize for
#STEM
inclusion 👏 Watch:
Macquarie researchers have been awarded $5.3m under
@healthgovau
#MRFF
schemes for three new projects focused on innovative solutions in back pain, hearing and vision in dementia patients, and cancer immunotherapy. Congratulations to all involved:
A new treatment tested in a clinical trial led by Macquarie and Curtin universities could revolutionise the management of chronic back pain, with researchers now investigating how to make it widely available:
@MarkHancockPT
@PeteOSullivanPT
@CurtinUni
What an incredible achievement by our PHD student
@VanessaPirotta
, representing Australia and Macquarie University on the international stage 👏 Congratulations!
Researchers from the Macquarie University Motor Neuron Disease (MND) Research Centre have been awarded more than $3 million in funding by Australian charity FightMND:
We are pleased to announce Macquarie University has again been ranked as a leading institution, moving up in the
@worlduniranking
2020 released today.
Read more:
#QSWUR
#rankings
Congratulations to Professor Alison Rodger, Head of Department of Molecular Sciences, who has been recognised among 22 of our nation’s most distinguished scientists as a newly elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
@Science_Academy
#FellowsAA
Three hot summers digging in Turkey revealed an ancient wine press likely to have made sweet wine used in religious ceremonies, says Graeco-Roman archaeologist Dr Emlyn Dodd
@emlynkd
from
@AncientHistMQ
@cachemq
🍷 Read more:
#LighthouseNewsflash
And that's a wrap! 🎬 Thanks to everyone who joined us at Open Day Streamed. And a huge virtual round of applause to our wonderful academics and student ambassadors - in front of the camera and behind the scenes - who made today such a huge success! 👏👏👏
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Ian Paulsen, a world leader in microbiology and a pioneer in microbial genomics, on being elected as a Fellow of the
@Science_Academy
👏
#FellowsAA
@MQMolSci
@MQSciEng
Today we are delighted to announce the election of 24 scientists to the
@Science_Academy
.
These new Fellows have made significant and lasting impacts in their scientific disciplines. Join us in congratulating them.
#FellowsAA
#auspol
Macquarie has been awarded $5m for a new
@arc_gov_au
centre that will see us working with Australia's
#bioactives
sector, using advanced
#molecularscience
to develop products that could help prevent cancer and disease, or reduce chronic pain:
I’m Josephine Touma from Macquarie University History Museum
@MacquarieMuseum
and I’ll be taking over Macquarie Uni’s Twitter account today in celebration of
#historyweek2022
When your computer can’t handle Zoom virtual backgrounds you’ve got to get creative. An appropriate backdrop to celebrate the end of semester/last virtual tutorials with my fabulous AHIS1300 students! Not only did they survive but thrived during one of the toughest semesters
Happy National Archaeology Week!
I'm Josephine, Manager of
@MacquarieMuseum
& I'm going to tell you about some of the exciting events on this week & introduce you to staff & students featuring their favourite archaeological objects in the museum collection
#2023NAW
@mq_dha
Macquarie University is proud to announce that an ARC Centre of Excellence (CoESB) will be hosted here from 2020 as we have received $35 million funding from the Australian government.
Read more:
Congratulations to Professor Ingrid Piller from the Department of Linguistics who has received an international Anneliese Maier research award of 250,000 euros (over $383,000 AUD) from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany.
Macquarie University has signed on as the Program Partner for the
@austmus
upcoming exhibition, Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs, co-curating the Gateway to Egypt program
#RamsesAM
"I always thought you had to be sort of Einstein’s relative if you were going to be a physicist."
Macquarie University alumni Dr Cathy Foley has recently been appointed
@CSIROnews
' chief
#scientist
, blazing a trail for other
#WomeninSTEM
.
#mqalumni
We're celebrating a special milestone at MQ after reaching 1 million followers across our social media channels - Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram 🎉
A huge 'thank you' to our students, staff, alumni and MQ community - we couldn’t have achieved this without you!
#MyMQ
We're proud to see Prof Anand Deva
@saferimplants
recognised by
@australian
as a global leader in the field of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Distinguished Prof Ian Paulsen
@PaulsenLab
was also named among Australia’s top 40 researchers in the Lifetime Achievers Leaderboard.
Congratulations to Dr Lea Beness from the Department of Ancient History for being elected to the role of Vice President of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies. Dr Beness is the first Macquarie appointment in over fifty years of the distinguished Association's history.
Six researchers from Macquarie University have been named alongside Nobel laureates in the Web of Science’s Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list.
Read More:
#HighlyCited2019
As a new documentary celebrating the fierce women of the liberation movement in Australia hits cinemas, Prof
@MichelleArrow1
, from the Dept of Modern History, reminds us that 50 years later, the fight for women's rights is far from over.
#LighthouseNewsflash
@Brazen_Hussies