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28 Jun 2023
World rankings boost for Macquarie University Macquarie University has achieved its highest ever position in the QS World University Rankings, climbing 65 places to secure a global ranking position of 130 in the world.
27 Jun 2023
Bees make decisions better and faster than we do ... for the things that matter to them New research reveals how we could design robots to think like bees.
27 Jun 2023
Closing the gap in the legal sector A ground-breaking new program, run by Macquarie University, TAFE NSW and Legal Aid NSW, will increase the skilled and credentialled Aboriginal workforce in the legal sector.
21 Jun 2023
Three Macquarie University projects share in ARC Linkage Projects funding Macquarie University has been awarded more than $1.6 million across three research projects in the latest funding round of the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects scheme.
14 Jun 2023
Researchers get rare glimpse of our first ancestors in Southeast Asia An international team of researchers has discovered indisputable evidence of a human presence in mainland Southeast Asia between 86,000 and 68,000 years ago – thousands of years earlier than previously thought.
13 Jun 2023
King's Birthday Honours for Macquarie University staff Macquarie University is delighted to congratulate members of its community who were included on the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours List.
01 Jun 2023
Macquarie University’s sustainability impact on the rise Macquarie University has jumped 40 places to claim 39th position globally in the 2023 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings. The University has also been recognised with two Top 10 rankings across the sub-categories, including a No.1 spot.
30 May 2023
Analysis of queen Hetepheres’ bracelets reveals ancient trade networks Macquarie University researchers have led the analysis of bracelets found in the tomb of queen Hetepheres I – the largest and most famous collection of silver artefacts from early Egypt. It is the first analysis of the collection in decades.
19 May 2023
Remote and rural clinical trials to improve cancer outcomes Macquarie University has received a grant of $1.2 million from Australian cancer charity Love Your Sister to bring international standard clinical trials to regional, rural and remote Australia.
11 May 2023
Macquarie University Sport recognised as one of Australia’s most inclusive sports organisations Macquarie University Sport has been recognised for the third consecutive year at the annual Australian Pride in Sport Awards.
09 May 2023
Study finds some MND and dementia patients share genetic defects New research has discovered that some patients with motor neuron disease (MND) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) carry the same rare genetic defects that cause other neurodegenerative diseases.
05 May 2023
Groundhog Day on emergency departments in Australian media A study by Macquarie University researchers has found the media representation of Australian hospital emergency departments (EDs) is largely negative – and has not changed in the past 20 years.