LFR News Archive
2007
- $1 million UoM project to manage the risk of bushfire to Melbourne’s water supply (December 21)
- Melbourne hosts VIP Latin American seminar on mining, agriculture and foreign affairs (December 10)
- Climate change has new FACE (December 10)
- Illuminating carbon's unified energy - David Smith, The Age (November 19)
- The racing business: an industry places its bets on research (12 November)
- Strong global outlook for Australian Agriculture - Highlights from the LFR Postgrad Conference 2007
- Living in the Shadows - Sunday Telegraph (11 November)
- University of Melbourne researchers awarded Minister’s Prize (6 November)
- Australian grain growers missing out on $157 million annually (5 November)
- Strong global outlook for Australian Agriculture (October 31)
- The racing business: an industry places its bets on research (29 October)
- Waste wise (29 October)
- Agriculture grads reap salary harvest - The Australian (October 18)
- Wanted: 123,000 land staff - The Australian (October 18)
- Gene discovered for strength in eucalypts (1 October)
- New Masters of Forest Ecosystem Science launched (20 September)
- Strong Future for Agricultural Graduates (19 September)
- Sorting the wood from the trees in climate change - The Age (15 September)
- Eucalypt strength gene discovered (August 15)
- Family scores triple masters in historic graduation (August 13)
- Why Australia’s growers & the environment need GMO technology (August 9)
- New climate more than just 'a change in the weather' (May 14)
- Horticulture Award Announced (April 12)
- The Big Shift (March 19)
- 'Estimator' for watering plants (March 19)
- Creswick, Dookie granted $1.85m for VSU transition (March 5)
- Sex ‘switch’ in plants aids food and allergy research (March 5)
- 2007 SheppARTon Festival in countdown to launch by UoM Deputy Vice-Chancellor (March 5)
- Survival of Ag Ed calls for a collective effort: Roush (February 5)
2006
- University of Melbourne launches $5000 Drought Recovery Scholarships (22 November)
- Health of land and humans - the focus of agricultural research showcased at the University of Melbourne (7 November)
- Climate change to affect grape industry: study (18 November)
- Parents, students taste life at Dookie campus (30 October)
- Dookie, gem of the GV – icon of agri-education (2 October)
- Forestry symposium (2 October)
- Dookie's 4 star winery signals renaissance of historic wine region (September 15)
- Chancellor's prizes awarded - outstanding PhD theses recognised (5 September)
- Victorian dairy cows' diets are also good for humans (5 September)
- Land and Food Resources, partner in new '3030' project (5 September)
- Plants an untapped resource for stem cell research (August 29)
- Chemical changes turn milk protein into a listeria killer (August 21)
- Dookie student wins 2006 National Red Angus Youth Award (August 21)
- Terror trumps mad cow for food scares, and it comes down to trust (August 9)
- VC welcomes new Dean for 2007 (June 6)
- Land and Food Resources celebrates 100 years (May 1)
- Uni aids Goulburn-Murray water project (April 17)
- Vice-Chancellor visits Creswick forest science school (March 27)
- LFR Researcher attracts Gardiner Grant (February 27)
- University of Melbourne’s ‘Smart’ water systems to improve irrigation in Victoria (February 10)
- China-Australia research to reduce greenhouse emissions (January 30)
2005
- Gene research helps spread the mustard (November 28)
- Chancellor’s Prize to three top PhDs (October 31)
- Fly strike research wins RSPCA Humane Animal Production Scholarship (October 24)
- University improves pathways to agriculture and related education (September 8)
- Victorian dairy cows' diets are also good for humans (August 25)
- Production Horticulture Graduate Takes Off (August 17)
- Re-sowing the seeds of history (July 27)
- Pink heath’s special fungus friend (14 July)
- Melbourne students set to study online (July 11)
- Protecting urban humans (7 July)
- Tasmanian research shows the public sees benefits in alternatives to clearfelling (July 6)
- Melbourne to refocus LFR on higher ed (13 - 27 June)
- Creswick Forestry’s bright future (15 June)
- Creswick Time Travellers Could Save Trees (6 June)
- Conserving not Chipping (31 May)
- LFR Dean speaks on regional engagement (21 February - 7 March)
- City students seek sea change (21 January)
2004
- Researchers creating CarVY proof carrots (29 November)
- Gippsland students scoop state business awards (22 November)
- Regional courses retained (9 November)
- Glenormiston dairying student is outstanding (1 September)
- Longerenong steers win Royal Show blue ribbons (14 October)
- Rural scholarships awarded to four Melbourne Uni students (13 October)
- ILFR renamed as a faculty (16 September)
- Agriculture students awarded regional industry bursaries (10 June)
- Regional Victorian students awarded scholarships (18 May)
- Dairy course sees its first graduates (14 April)
- Gardiner bursaries help Gippsland dairy students (8 March)
- Rabobank rewards horticulture students (8 March)
- ADVC post boosts Uni's research support (3 March)
- University responds to revised Swan Street redevelopment proposal (10 February)
2003
- Bachelor of Rural Business targets Generation Y (12 December)
- War on termites calls for new house rules (10 December)
- Climate change to bring more devastating wildfires (9 December)
- War on termites heats up with world’s largest test site (25 November)
- New book: How to make Australian wine unique (13 November)
- Master plan for Dookie campus (12 November)
- Virtual reality survey will log forest systems response (12 November)
- Rural scholarships awarded to six Melbourne undergrads (15 October)
- Burnley student named world’s top tree climber (September 4)
- Plate-to-paddock approach leads to producing ‘five star’ steaks (September 4)
- Rural business course to be launched in Geelong… (August 20)
- From plate to paddock ... the secret of the five star steak.. (August 4)
- Feed the Man “Organic” Meat (August 1)
- Winner anounced for $10,000 world trip prize (July 25)
- Australian forest scientist wins top international award (July 15)
- Low water garden design wins gold (April 17)
- Top dairy students to vie for $10,000 award (April 17)
- Uni’s career mentoring programs in growth mode (April 17)
- GM canola would boost output (April 12)
- Dookie head boosts push for agri-business skills (March 19)
- Interest high for food, animal management courses (March 19)
- New leader, new vision for agricultural education (March 18)
- Crop centre to cut ‘bad’ fats in canola (March 6)
- McMillan lecturer delivers (February 12)
- Marine life under threat in Westernport Bay (February 7)
2002
- 94% of agricultural graduates find jobs (June)
- Market in transferable water rights may help to protect a dry country(May 6)
- Highest Honour in Dookie's 126 Year History (May)
- Funding for dairy industry projects brings $300,000 (March 11)
- Flexible learning a boon on the farm (March 4)
- Uni's potential allergy vaccine boosts hope for summer relief. (February 18)
- Dairy Students Bursary Bonus (February)
- Agricultural Course Offers Surge (January)
2001
- Mardi elected to top leadership in IFSA (December 17)
- Mohan Singh awarded CSIRO External Medal (December 3)
- Seedbank set up to protect native plants (December 3)
- Scholarships Support Student Stars in Land and Food (December)
- Melbourne team to design eco-trail in Galapagos (November 19)
- Royal Society honours Prem Bhalla for top plant research work (November 5)
- Food Industry Has A Lot To Learn (October)
- Gilbert Chandler students' cheeses win national Gold (September 17)
- LFR appoints new Head of the University's McMillan campus, Ms Sylvia Vagg (July 16)
- 'Hands on' award (June 4)
- Why vegies combat cancer (May 28)
- Agriculture student, Helen Dark, wins viticulture studentship (May 14)
- LFR students share in kudos for global classroom award (April 30)
- Australian Youth Ambassador for Development (March 26)
- Rural Bursaries go to top 10 students (19 Feb 2001)
2000
- Apprentice is top of the pecking order (August 21)
- LFR Dean to have rural base (February 21)
- Faculties of Medicine and Land and Food join forces to give students a vocational edge (February 12)
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