Events for March 2010
This page is an archive of events for March 2010 listed from the first event through to the latest event to occur within this period.
March 2010
| 01 | st at 6:00 PM |
"Better Off Dead?": A discussion of the possibility of rational suicideSuicide is the ultimate act of self-harm, and has never been promoted by any society in history. But suicidal acts in war or on behalf of one's family may be lauded, and a blind eye sometimes turned to desperate acts of the terminally ill. Looked at from the point of view of philosophy, psychiatry and everyday medical reality, can a case ever be made for being "better off dead?" The March seminar of the Clinical Unit in Ethics and Health Law will be presented by Peter Saul, Michael Hicks and Brian Kelly. |
| 04 | th at 4:00 PM |
School of Psychology ColloquiumThe relationship between trauma and comorbid depression and alcohol use - Presented by Kylie Bailey. |
| 05 | th at 5:30 PM |
Kirsten Tranter discusses her debut novel The LegacyHunter Writers Centre and the Writing Cultures Research Group at the University of Newcastle present Kirsten Tranter - in conversation with Trisha Pender. Kirsten will discuss her dazzling debut novel, The Legacy. |
| 08 | th at 3:00 PM |
Evaluating Sustainable Development: Lecture by Professor Peter BrandonYou are invited to a lecture by Professor Peter Brandon, Director of the University of Salford Think Lab in Manchester, on "Evaluating Sustainable Development". |
| 09 | th at 7:30 AM |
Executive Committee of Alumni Meeting 2The Executive Committee of Alumni has an advisory role to the University Council on all matters relevant to Alumni.
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| 11 | th |
School of Psychology ColloquiumTheory and Practice of helping people change their behaviour: the case of smoking cessation |
| 18 | th at 4:00 PM |
School of Psychology Colloquium: NeuromarketingPresented by Professor Peter Walla, this seminar focuses on neuromarketing. |
| 18 | th |
Teaching and Learning WeekYou are invited to attend sessions during the University of Newcastle's inaugural Teaching and Learning Week - Working Together to Improve Student Learning. |
| 22 | nd at 12:00 PM |
Fighting Poverty Through Education: A presentation from the founder of the School of St Jude in TanzaniaThe Founder of the School of St Jude in Tanzania (Gemma Sisia, originally from Gyra near Inverell as featured previously on 'Australian Story' on ABC TV) is currently in Australia to raise awareness about her ongoing work in 'Fighting Poverty in Africa Through Education'. |
| 23 | rd at 10:00 AM |
Public Health Leaders Seminar"The truth behind the Peter Pan gene", presented by Professor John Thompson from the University of Leicester. |
| 24 | th at 9:00 AM |
Commercialisation Boot CampLearn how to create value from your research
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| 25 | th at 4:00 PM |
School of Psychology Colloquium'Simulated Viewpoint Jitter Shakes Sensory Conflict Accounts of Self-motion Perception', presented by Associate Professor Stephen Palmisano. |
| 25 | th at 10:30 AM |
Graduate Careers and Employer ExpoDo you know what's out there once you finish your degree? It's time to find out.The 2010 Graduate Careers and Employer Expo is an event used by employers to promote their organisations, their employment opportunities and their graduate programs for 2011. It is an excellent resource to use as a part of your job search and career planning. |
| 26 | th at 9:30 AM |
The Wine Label ShowThe Wine Label Show The importance of wine label design in the branding and visual identification of Australian wines is the subject of a new exhibition by University of Newcastle graphic design lecturer and PhD student Allan Morse. Mr Morse said the digitised collection of Australian wine labels spanned more than 60 years, from the 1949 Coonawarra label from Woodley's in South Australia to the cutting edge of design in the new millennium.
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| 27 | th at 8:30 PM |
Earth Hour Hunter 2010Earth Hour is fast approaching and Hunter residents are asked to take up the challenge and make Earth Hour, every hour. |
| 30 | th at 9:30 AM |
Workshop on Parameterized Complexity and its ApplicationsParameterized Complexity is the rapidly advancing field of complexity and algorithmics with wide applications in almost every field dealing with algorithmics. The basic idea is that not all parts of a problem are created equal, and many instances of NP-complete problems are actually tractable, with practical algorithms, when various parts (parameters) of the input structure can be bounded. The Workshop includes Basic Introduction to the field, including some of the recent achievements and open problems. Tools and techniques for showing FPT or hardness, such as preprocessing and kernelization, iterative compression, and reductions. Applications to important fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Social Choice, Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, and Computational Complexity and Algorithmics. |