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Cognitive ability tends to decline with age, and the slide steepens once we've blown out the candles on our 50th birthday cake.
The latest HILDA Survey has found that cognitive and financial literacy scores of 15 to 24-year-olds have declined.
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The latest HILDA Survey has found that cognitive and financial literacy scores of 15 to 24-year-olds have declined.
Learn more → unimelb.me/4yRTI9k
October 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Cognitive ability tends to decline with age, and the slide steepens once we've blown out the candles on our 50th birthday cake.
The latest HILDA Survey has found that cognitive and financial literacy scores of 15 to 24-year-olds have declined.
Learn more → unimelb.me/4yRTI9k
The latest HILDA Survey has found that cognitive and financial literacy scores of 15 to 24-year-olds have declined.
Learn more → unimelb.me/4yRTI9k
October 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The latest HILDA Survey shows that relationship quality can be a rollercoaster🎢
It starts high, declines until about 24yrs after moving in together, then gradually increases again after age 65.
Melbourne Institute found one significant strain on a relationship: financial stress → unimelb.me/4iGARJN
It starts high, declines until about 24yrs after moving in together, then gradually increases again after age 65.
Melbourne Institute found one significant strain on a relationship: financial stress → unimelb.me/4iGARJN
September 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM
The latest HILDA Survey shows that relationship quality can be a rollercoaster🎢
It starts high, declines until about 24yrs after moving in together, then gradually increases again after age 65.
Melbourne Institute found one significant strain on a relationship: financial stress → unimelb.me/4iGARJN
It starts high, declines until about 24yrs after moving in together, then gradually increases again after age 65.
Melbourne Institute found one significant strain on a relationship: financial stress → unimelb.me/4iGARJN
Two AI systems. One loan application. Two different explanations for rejection.
This UniMelb study is examining the complexities that emerge when AI systems don't align in their reasoning and what this means for people affected by automated decisions → unimelb.me/4xB3nAs
This UniMelb study is examining the complexities that emerge when AI systems don't align in their reasoning and what this means for people affected by automated decisions → unimelb.me/4xB3nAs
September 19, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Two AI systems. One loan application. Two different explanations for rejection.
This UniMelb study is examining the complexities that emerge when AI systems don't align in their reasoning and what this means for people affected by automated decisions → unimelb.me/4xB3nAs
This UniMelb study is examining the complexities that emerge when AI systems don't align in their reasoning and what this means for people affected by automated decisions → unimelb.me/4xB3nAs
Spring in Melbourne is notorious for setting off people's allergies, and now we know who the culprit is 🌾
UniMelb experts used DNA metabarcoding to identify what was in weekly air samples collected over 2 consecutive years. Turns out perennial ryegrass could be the reason → unimelb.me/4xyxQ1H
UniMelb experts used DNA metabarcoding to identify what was in weekly air samples collected over 2 consecutive years. Turns out perennial ryegrass could be the reason → unimelb.me/4xyxQ1H
September 17, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Spring in Melbourne is notorious for setting off people's allergies, and now we know who the culprit is 🌾
UniMelb experts used DNA metabarcoding to identify what was in weekly air samples collected over 2 consecutive years. Turns out perennial ryegrass could be the reason → unimelb.me/4xyxQ1H
UniMelb experts used DNA metabarcoding to identify what was in weekly air samples collected over 2 consecutive years. Turns out perennial ryegrass could be the reason → unimelb.me/4xyxQ1H
Emeritus Professor Graeme Clark AC, whose breakthroughs have brought the gift of hearing to over 650,000 people globally, has been awarded the 2026 Honda Prize.
Read more → unimelb.me/46ms7kJ
Read more → unimelb.me/46ms7kJ
September 16, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Emeritus Professor Graeme Clark AC, whose breakthroughs have brought the gift of hearing to over 650,000 people globally, has been awarded the 2026 Honda Prize.
Read more → unimelb.me/46ms7kJ
Read more → unimelb.me/46ms7kJ
September 16, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Six academics from across UniMelb have been recognised at the 2026 Young Tall Poppy Awards 🏆
The Young Tall Poppy Awards celebrate rising scientists who deliver outstanding research and help build public understanding of science and its value to society → unimelb.me/46jmBiP
The Young Tall Poppy Awards celebrate rising scientists who deliver outstanding research and help build public understanding of science and its value to society → unimelb.me/46jmBiP
September 15, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Six academics from across UniMelb have been recognised at the 2026 Young Tall Poppy Awards 🏆
The Young Tall Poppy Awards celebrate rising scientists who deliver outstanding research and help build public understanding of science and its value to society → unimelb.me/46jmBiP
The Young Tall Poppy Awards celebrate rising scientists who deliver outstanding research and help build public understanding of science and its value to society → unimelb.me/46jmBiP
New research shows that the resting heart rate in 70% of participants followed a cyclic pattern over years, suggesting that the body has a built-in biological pacemaker controlling our heart rate long term 🫀
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September 15, 2026 at 1:00 AM
New research shows that the resting heart rate in 70% of participants followed a cyclic pattern over years, suggesting that the body has a built-in biological pacemaker controlling our heart rate long term 🫀
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Tap through to learn more → unimelb.me/4yBdpSS
Innovation is central to Australia’s prosperity 📈
A new index charts Australian innovation across nearly two decades. It shows a country with real potential and where we need to focus to realise it.
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A new index charts Australian innovation across nearly two decades. It shows a country with real potential and where we need to focus to realise it.
Tap through to read more → unimelb.me/46jjxDb
September 12, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Innovation is central to Australia’s prosperity 📈
A new index charts Australian innovation across nearly two decades. It shows a country with real potential and where we need to focus to realise it.
Tap through to read more → unimelb.me/46jjxDb
A new index charts Australian innovation across nearly two decades. It shows a country with real potential and where we need to focus to realise it.
Tap through to read more → unimelb.me/46jjxDb
Spring has well and truly sprung across our Parkville campus 🌿
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September 12, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Spring has well and truly sprung across our Parkville campus 🌿
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How does Melbourne grow as the nation’s ‘cultural capital’?
Melbourne's future has a real chance to strengthen itself: by acknowledging and celebrating its history, by rethinking how we educate ourselves and one another, and by shifting the narrative → https://unimelb.me/4yusTrU
Melbourne's future has a real chance to strengthen itself: by acknowledging and celebrating its history, by rethinking how we educate ourselves and one another, and by shifting the narrative → https://unimelb.me/4yusTrU
September 10, 2026 at 6:17 AM
How does Melbourne grow as the nation’s ‘cultural capital’?
Melbourne's future has a real chance to strengthen itself: by acknowledging and celebrating its history, by rethinking how we educate ourselves and one another, and by shifting the narrative → https://unimelb.me/4yusTrU
Melbourne's future has a real chance to strengthen itself: by acknowledging and celebrating its history, by rethinking how we educate ourselves and one another, and by shifting the narrative → https://unimelb.me/4yusTrU
In this Pursuit story, Lecturer Dr Emily Frawley from the Faculty of Education unpacks how fostering genuine dialogue and critical engagement with diverse perspectives is essential for a healthy democracy.
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September 8, 2026 at 4:00 AM
In this Pursuit story, Lecturer Dr Emily Frawley from the Faculty of Education unpacks how fostering genuine dialogue and critical engagement with diverse perspectives is essential for a healthy democracy.
Tap through to read more → unimelb.me/3Te5mwh
Tap through to read more → unimelb.me/3Te5mwh
Dreamy UniMelb campus shots by Hyunbin Shin 📸
September 6, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Dreamy UniMelb campus shots by Hyunbin Shin 📸
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding will support UniMelb researchers for transformative research into cancer, chronic disease and Indigenous welfare.
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Tap through to read more → unimelb.me/46GNtcu
September 4, 2026 at 1:00 AM
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding will support UniMelb researchers for transformative research into cancer, chronic disease and Indigenous welfare.
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Tap through to read more → unimelb.me/46GNtcu
It's International Dog Day today, so we had to show off our pawsome friends on campus 🐶
August 26, 2026 at 1:00 AM
It's International Dog Day today, so we had to show off our pawsome friends on campus 🐶
Our wintry Parkville campus will soon have signs of spring 🤞
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August 23, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Our wintry Parkville campus will soon have signs of spring 🤞
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Congrats to our #UniMelb community and our partners for their vital contributions that enable us to deliver transformative research and education 💙
We've ranked number one in Australia since 2011 and now rank 37 globally in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) → unimelb.me/4bNpDyO
We've ranked number one in Australia since 2011 and now rank 37 globally in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) → unimelb.me/4bNpDyO
August 15, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Congrats to our #UniMelb community and our partners for their vital contributions that enable us to deliver transformative research and education 💙
We've ranked number one in Australia since 2011 and now rank 37 globally in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) → unimelb.me/4bNpDyO
We've ranked number one in Australia since 2011 and now rank 37 globally in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) → unimelb.me/4bNpDyO
Congrats to our new Redmond Barry Distinguished Professors 👏
🔹 Professor Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas
🔹 Professor Pierluigi Mancarella
🔹 Professor Christine Parker
🔹 Professor Katherine Kedzierska
🔹 Professor Tim Stinear
🔹 Professor Laura Mackay
Read more → https://unimelb.me/3S4uNQs
🔹 Professor Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas
🔹 Professor Pierluigi Mancarella
🔹 Professor Christine Parker
🔹 Professor Katherine Kedzierska
🔹 Professor Tim Stinear
🔹 Professor Laura Mackay
Read more → https://unimelb.me/3S4uNQs
August 14, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Congrats to our new Redmond Barry Distinguished Professors 👏
🔹 Professor Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas
🔹 Professor Pierluigi Mancarella
🔹 Professor Christine Parker
🔹 Professor Katherine Kedzierska
🔹 Professor Tim Stinear
🔹 Professor Laura Mackay
Read more → https://unimelb.me/3S4uNQs
🔹 Professor Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas
🔹 Professor Pierluigi Mancarella
🔹 Professor Christine Parker
🔹 Professor Katherine Kedzierska
🔹 Professor Tim Stinear
🔹 Professor Laura Mackay
Read more → https://unimelb.me/3S4uNQs
Researchers from UniMelb and RMIT have developed a smartphone-based tool called TherMUL which uses thermal imaging and AI to predict whether a diabetes related foot ulcer is likely to heal within 12 weeks, improving early intervention rates → https://unimelb.me/4bu7QN6
August 7, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Researchers from UniMelb and RMIT have developed a smartphone-based tool called TherMUL which uses thermal imaging and AI to predict whether a diabetes related foot ulcer is likely to heal within 12 weeks, improving early intervention rates → https://unimelb.me/4bu7QN6
Congratulations to the seven UniMelb scientists who are finalists in the 2026 Women of Colour in STEM awards 👏
The awards recognise and honour the remarkable achievements of women of colour who are pioneering innovation and driving change → unimelb.me/45by7Mv
The awards recognise and honour the remarkable achievements of women of colour who are pioneering innovation and driving change → unimelb.me/45by7Mv
August 6, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Congratulations to the seven UniMelb scientists who are finalists in the 2026 Women of Colour in STEM awards 👏
The awards recognise and honour the remarkable achievements of women of colour who are pioneering innovation and driving change → unimelb.me/45by7Mv
The awards recognise and honour the remarkable achievements of women of colour who are pioneering innovation and driving change → unimelb.me/45by7Mv
National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grants will support high-performing researchers with flexible funding over five years to develop collaborations and pursue important new research directions without being restricted to the scope of a specific project → unimelb.me/4fL00zL
August 4, 2026 at 6:16 AM
National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grants will support high-performing researchers with flexible funding over five years to develop collaborations and pursue important new research directions without being restricted to the scope of a specific project → unimelb.me/4fL00zL
Professor of Environment, Climate and Global Health from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Kathryn Bowen, has been appointed as the new director of Melbourne Climate Futures (MCF) by UniMelb.
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July 30, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Professor of Environment, Climate and Global Health from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Kathryn Bowen, has been appointed as the new director of Melbourne Climate Futures (MCF) by UniMelb.
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Tap through to read more → unimelb.me/3RAMgje
Fluent, a #UniMelb spinout company, are developing a brain computer interface designed to help people living with neurological disorders, such as motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis, communicate simply by using their thoughts 💭
Learn more → unimelb.me/4xYOER1
Learn more → unimelb.me/4xYOER1
July 29, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Fluent, a #UniMelb spinout company, are developing a brain computer interface designed to help people living with neurological disorders, such as motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis, communicate simply by using their thoughts 💭
Learn more → unimelb.me/4xYOER1
Learn more → unimelb.me/4xYOER1
Associate Professor Guy Morrow explains how the Albanese government has ruled out AI copyright exemptions in a new national framework, but much First Nations cultural knowledge sits outside copyright and risks going unprotected.
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Read more → unimelb.me/4foEIcj
July 27, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Associate Professor Guy Morrow explains how the Albanese government has ruled out AI copyright exemptions in a new national framework, but much First Nations cultural knowledge sits outside copyright and risks going unprotected.
Read more → unimelb.me/4foEIcj
Read more → unimelb.me/4foEIcj