Media Releases
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Media Releases
Contact the Macquarie University Communications Team
Phone: +61 2 9850 6766
Email: communications@mq.edu.au
Older adults’ mental health the focus of newly funded screening tool
The development of a new tool to provide mental health screening for older adults and enable early interventions has been funded by The Ian Potter Foundation.
Australia leads project that will burst the Hubble bubble
Australian scientists will help construct one of the world’s most powerful ground-based telescopes that promises to see further and clearer than the Hubble Space Telescope and unlock mysteries of the early Universe.
Sydney FC Elite Centre of Excellence to be built at Macquarie University
Macquarie University will be the new home for Sydney FC, with the club’s state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence to be constructed by next year.
Macquarie University ranks in top 100 in Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2021
Times Higher Education (THE) has announced that Macquarie University ranks 82nd and is in the Top 25 worldwide for three of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for the 2021 global Impact Rankings.
New research challenges long-held theories of Alzheimer’s Disease progression with impact for future treatment
Macquarie University dementia researchers have harnessed a system previously used for cancer research in a major discovery that debunks previous thinking on Alzheimer’s Disease development.
Three Macquarie University subjects rank in top three nationally
The QS 2021 Subject Rankings have again rated Macquarie University in the top three in Australia for Philosophy, Linguistics, and Classics and Ancient History, with a total of 14 subjects ranking in the top 150 globally.
First World Report on Hearing calls for action on a hidden public health burden
The Australian Hearing Hub at Macquarie University’s North Ryde Campus has today launched the first ever World Health Organization (WHO) World Report on Hearing.
Independent cybersecurity audit of government websites shows ongoing threats
A three-year cybersecurity audit of 1,862 externally-facing websites across Australia’s federal, state and territory governments has shown that despite improved cybersecurity, many sites remain vulnerable to malicious attacks and insecure data transmission.
Rise of online right-wing extremism mapped in landmark NSW study
Researchers from Macquarie and Victoria Universities have published the first study mapping the online activity of right-wing extremists in New South Wales.
Business innovation challenge sparks new collaboration
Macquarie University, Western Sydney University and CSIRO are uniting to deliver the Innovation Districts C19 R&D Challenges (IDC), designed to accelerate businesses working for a better future post-COVID-19.
Macquarie University’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) ranks in the top 100 globally
Macquarie University’s MBA, run by the Macquarie Business School (MQBS), has ranked 95th out of 258 MBA courses offered worldwide in the 2021 Global MBA QS World University Rankings.
Macquarie University and Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children sign long-term partnership agreement
Macquarie University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor S. Bruce Dowton, and the President and Chair of the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) Board, David Dinte, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding that capitalises on the existing mutually beneficial relationship.