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24 Jul 2024
Macquarie University’s Olympians prepare to take on Paris 2024 Macquarie University staff, students and alumni will be proudly representing their country at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which start this week.
22 Jul 2024
Australian-first MND map awarded $1m government grant Macquarie University Foundation Professor of Neurology, Professor Dominic Rowe AM, from the Motor Neuron Disease Research Centre, has received a grant of $997,808 to create Australia’s first heat map showing where MND patients were living when first diagnosed.
20 Jun 2024
Productivity stable, employee health improved during Medibank four-day work week trial A four-day work week experiment is showing promising results at the midway mark, with greater flexibility, happier and healthier employees, and reduced sick leave among the positive outcomes so far.
12 Jun 2024
Impact Rankings boost for Macquarie University Macquarie University continues to climb the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings, jumping 15 places this year to secure 24th position globally.
10 Jun 2024
King’s Birthday honours for Macquarie community Vice-Chancellor Professor S Bruce Dowton has congratulated members of the Macquarie University community recognised on the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours List, announced today.
05 Jun 2024
Macquarie University retains position among world’s top universities Macquarie University has consolidated its position among the world’s top universities, placing 133rd in the 2025 QS World University Rankings released today.
06 May 2024
New ARC funding to boost industry collaboration Three Macquarie University researchers have been successful in the 2024 round of the Australian Research Council’s Early Career Industry Fellowship scheme, announced today.
03 May 2024
Macquarie University claims top prize at Australian Pride in Sport Awards Macquarie University Sport has been named Sporting Organisation of the Year at the 2024 Australian Pride in Sport Awards in Melbourne. The University also became the first organisation to achieve Platinum Tier status in the Pride in Sport Index (PSI), a national benchmarking instrument used to assess LGBTQ+ inclusion.
03 May 2024
$7.1 million to advance health and medical research Four researchers from Macquarie University have received just over $7.1 million in prestigious Investigator Grants from the Australian Government’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
02 May 2024
GenIMPACT awarded $1.5m NHMRC grant for retinal disease research Researchers from the Macquarie University Centre for Economic Impacts of Genomic Medicine (GenIMPACT) have received about $1.5m for an NHMRC Partnership Grant to further their research into the costs of Inherited Retinal Diseases (IRDs).
22 Apr 2024
Macquarie partners with Nanjing Normal University on Joint Institute proposal Macquarie University and Nanjing Normal University today announced a proposal for a new joint institute to foster academic collaboration and nurture international talent between Australia and China.
18 Apr 2024
Professor Leanne Piggott joins Macquarie University as Dean of Students Macquarie University has announced the appointment of Professor Leanne Piggott as the new Dean of Students.