Visions Video Podcast

It's been a month of milestones at the University of Melbourne, with the boat club celebratating 150 years and a group of Engineering students breaking a world record involving robots.

What makes cheddar cheese crumble?

Visions talks to Dr Sally Gras from the University's School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering/Bio21 Institute about her team’s work to understand more about the cheese making process.

Dr Gras is working with Dairy Innovation Australia Ltd and dairy production companies to apply this knowledge to further increase cheese quality and allow greater control during manufacturing.

Two University of Melbourne led studies are investigating the impact of exercise on reducing the symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease and Osteoporosis.

Ending the world’s dependence on oil is becoming more and more important for both the environment and economy as we approach "peak oil". Electric vehicles are one solution, and the University of Melbourne is exploring the political, social and environmental impact of this through a partnership with Better Place Australia.

This August, the Parkville campus has played host to one of Australia's largest student arts and culture festivals, Mudfest11. With the theme of 'Hidden Spaces', staff, students and visitors have had the opportunity to sample student created poetry, performance art, painting and everything in between.

With just a few more sleeps until Open Day 2009, the Visions Open Day special is your very own 'Choose Your Own Adventure' style preview of Sunday August 16.

Why is it easier to follow directions when they are explained through a series of landmarks instead of street names? Dr Matt Duckham and Dr Stephan Winter from the Department of Geomatics in Melbourne University’s School of Engineering were approached by whereis.com to answer these questions.

An Australian first University of Melbourne and Austin Health study will test home-based online rehabilitation with video games to give spinal cord injury patients the hope of regaining the movement of their hands.

Staff and students from the University participated in the recent UN Model Conference in Melbourne, exploring the complexity faced by world leaders as they negotiate a resolution to combat climate change.