Up and Coming Events
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Meditation and Buddhism
When: May 16, 2012
Every Wednesday from 22nd February, 4 – 5 pm in the Worship Centre with Buddhist nun Gen Kelsang Nampur.
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Giving Life After Death: The Posthumous Collection and Use of Gametes
When: May 17, 2012
This public forum forms part of the practical component of the undergraduate unit BMS101 and is also open to the public and the general university community.
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Weekly Catholic Mass on Campus
When: May 18, 2012
A weekly Catholic Mass is held every Tuesday at the Worship Centre
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Boer War Debate
When: May 18, 2012
Murdoch Law School’s Moot Court Bench students will be debating whether Breaker Morant and Peter Handcock deserve a posthumous pardon. Refreshments and drinks provided after the debate.
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Unisuper Seminar for Staff Potentially Affected by the Contributions Cap
When: May 22, 2012
Unisuper Seminar for Staff Potentially Affected by the Contributions Cap (Staff paid above $100,00 per annum)
You are invited to attend a special UniSuper presentation, which is tailored to the needs of the Staff of Murdoch University who will be affected by the Contributions cap (staff paid above $100,000 per annum).
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Developing the Scalable Open-Access Digital Textbook for Marine Science
When: May 23, 2012
Duke University has recently developed a marine science digital textbook: the Cachalot, that employs marine megafauna examples as a pedagogical hook. Cachalot represents a new form of digital textbook, one that is completely open access and populated with current content written by experts in the field. This presentation will be given by Dr David Johnston of Duke University, who is currently Adjunct Associate Professor at the Cetacean Research Unit, Murdoch.
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Smartphones and Marine Mammal Conservation: Citizen Science in the Age of the ‘Tricorder’
When: May 23, 2012
Dr Dave Johnston from Duke University – and adjunct at Murdoch – will be presenting the development of a citizen science program that will engage local citizens in both remote and urban regions of Australia to collect high quality data on coastal marine mammals and their habitats using their smartphones and to transmit these data to an online spatially explicit database where their data are mapped and made available to everyone.
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Open Night – 23 May 2012
When: May 23, 2012
Murdoch’s Open Night provides prospective students with the opportunity to speak to academics, explore our facilities and take part in hands-on activities. Recruitment and academic staff will be available to answer any questions about how and why they should study at Murdoch. Light refreshments will be available.
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Waste and Recycling Audit – Volunteers Wanted!
When: May 24, 2012
Volunteers are needed to help the university improve its waste and recycling management practices on campus, in line with our sustainability commitments. This year’s audit will assess the key recyclables and waste streams from both recycling and waste bins within key buildings on campus.
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Complicity, Retaliation and Mass Atrocity
When: May 24, 2012
A Public Lecture by Prof. Robert Cribb FAHA, Professor of Asian Politics and History, ANU, presented by the School of Social Sciences and Humanities
