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RMIT team works in UAE
A team of RMIT University researchers worked in the United Arab Emirates last month assisting the Fujairah Tourism and Antiquities Authority.
03/02/2012

Senior research fellows join RMIT
Five 2011 senior research fellowships have been announced by RMIT University.
02/02/2012

Professor appointed to CSIRO Adjunct Fellowship
To help foster greater research collaboration with RMIT University, the CSIRO has appointed Professor Athman Bouguettaya, Head of the School of Computer Science and IT, as an Adjunct Science Fellow with the CSIRO ICT Centre.
02/02/2012

LCA validates SMART Pack's green credentials
A comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment conducted at RMIT University is behind the launch this month of Nestlé Oceania's new NESCAFÉ Gold SMART Pack - an alternative coffee packaging that offers consumers a simple way to reduce their impact on the environment.
01/02/2012

Study reveals happiness levels in Indigenous teens
The first study to investigate the happiness of Indigenous Australian teenagers has revealed a story of resilience in the face of adversity.
01/02/2012

Psychologist explains madness of the markets
The Global Financial Crisis was driven by psychological failings and a culture of peer pressure and denial, according to a new book by RMIT University's Adjunct Professor Susan Long.
31/01/2012

Two thousand roses puts the offer in the mail
When the official offer to study fashion at RMIT dropped into her letterbox, Jessica Payne looked back on a year of hard work in the University's VET in Schools program and knew where to attribute her success.
30/01/2012

Genes the key in search for perfect strawberry
RMIT University researchers are a step closer to helping Australian farmers grow the perfect strawberry, for the first time identifying the key flavour compounds that have the greatest effect on taste and are most easily passed on.
30/01/2012

RMIT students shape UN programme
RMIT University students are making an important contribution to the United Nations Global Compact Cities Programme, part of the world's largest voluntary corporate social responsibility initiative.
27/01/2012

Mao's last dancer visits
Students in RMIT University's Foundation Studies program were fortunate late last year to meet Li Cunxin, whose popular autobiography Mao ' s Last Dancer was made into a film of the same name.
24/01/2012