Polar alien hunters and PNG paramedics, our global alumni impact.
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Hi,
Welcome to your April edition of the Alumni and Friends eNews.
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“The health system here is about to implode. We are on the brink of a humanitarian crisis.”
Paramedic Jacquie Hennessy moved to Papua New Guinea for a challenge. She never expected this. The 27 year old is leading a team of paramedics through an impending health crisis brought on by a global pandemic.
Don’t miss the first of our 2021 exclusive alumni events
Discover the power of Tasmania and history in fiction with two award-winning authors Dr Rohan Wilson and Kate Kruimink in the first of our 2021 Explore series. Register early, places are limited.
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Lockdowns were life-saving for all creatures great and small
How a zoologists’ unusual way to pass time on his daily commute sparked a scientific study that could help conserve vulnerable species.
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Polar alien hunters launch their maiden mission
The Arctic and Antarctic regions are under threat from aliens, not little green men from Mars, but invasive species that could threaten the unique ecosystem.
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Nothing like an autumn trip to the beech
In this alumni explainer, two distinguished plant scientists explain the significance of the rich autumnal display known in Tasmania as the ‘turning of the fagus’.
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School of Law 1971 reunion
Legal eagles celebrate half a century since graduating from the University of Tasmania.
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Making their mark
Graduates share their experience of launching a digital marketing company during COVID-19.
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Alumni in profile
Professor Emeritus Stewart Leech
Masters of Economics 1976
A visionary scholar, educator and trailblazer who foresaw that computers would revolutionise accounting has been recognised for his significant contribution to the field of Accounting Information Systems (AIS).
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The Geneva-based head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons delivers the 2021 Red Cross Oration.
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Help the University of Tasmania prevent, reduce, or remove emissions, consider using UCapture, a green-tech platform that offsets our carbon footprint, for free, when you shop online.
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University of Tasmania experts take a closer look at two new films that explore the complexities that come with a dementia diagnosis.
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Would you like to share your story? Get in touch with us at alumni.office@utas.edu.au
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We acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which the
University of Tasmania campuses are located, and to their elders past, present and emerging.
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