Rip currents are the greatest hazards on our beaches. This video shows what thy are, how to spot them, what to do if you get stuck in one, and the different types of rips.
http://www.scienc eofthesurf.com
Contact:
Mary O'Malley | +61 2 9385 2873 | m.omalley@unsw.edu.a u
Justice Elizabeth Evatt and UK jurist Lord BIngham speak about the historic signing of the UN Declaration and successess and failures in policy since.
A talk organised by the Australian Human Rights Centre, the Initiative
for Health and Human Rights and the Diplomacy Training Program.
Contact:
Steve Offner | +61 2 9385 8107 | s.offner@unsw.edu.au
Researchers in the Faculty of Science are working on the development of solar hydrogen, a clean, green form of energy using water and sunlight. To read more about the research, go to http://www.unsw.edu. au/news/pad/articles /2004/aug/Solar_hydr ogenMNE.html
The Faculty of Science has much in common with the wise old owl. In fact, pretty much every aspect of the owl is represented in our schools.
www.science.unsw. edu.au
Are engineers nerds? What do they study and what do they do? Engineering students give us a glimpse of their lives, interests and studies.
http://www.eng.un sw.edu.au.au/
Contact:
Donna Bailey | d.bailey@unsw.edu.au
Leading plastic surgeons swap scalpels for charcoal and clay to learn the artistic principles associated with the human form and take their new skills back into surgical practice.
From a series of workshops by artist and UNSW College of Fine Arts lecturer Michael Esson.
m.esson@unsw.edu. au, www.cofa.unsw.edu.au
Richard Buckland proves the amazing potential for using live video lectures with his computer science students at UNSW.
Check out Richard's live lectures @ http://www.youtube.c om/unswelearning
Sydney artist and lecturer, Phillip George, has combined his passion for surfing with decades of study of the art of Islam. Watch the slideshow, "Surf's up for Islamic Art", as posted on SMH (by Peter Rae): http://www.smh.com.a u/interactive/2008/n ational/islamic-surf board/index.html
http://www.cofa.u nsw.edu.au/
Contact:
Fran Strachan | +61 2 9385 8732 | fran.strachan@unsw.e du.au
Indigenous writer, director and cinematographer Warwick Thornton talks about his award winning short films, Green Bush (2005) and Nana (2007) at the Flash symposium held at COFA.
http://www.cofa.u nsw.edu.au/
Dr Kathy Walsh from the School of Banking and Finance at the Australian School of Business has produced a video that introduces undergraduate students to the world of investment banking.
For more information go to http://www.business. unsw.edu.au/nps/serv let/portalservice?GI _ID=System.LoggedOut InheritableArea&maxW nd=H_Home&render=on
Using cameras that operate at a million frames a second, UNSW's Dr Harald Kleine captures shockwave phenomena - anything from explosive blasts and bullets to the supersonic flows around jet aircraft. In visualising the invisible, he has created a vibrant new art form.
http://www.adfa.u nsw.edu.au
Media contact:
Fran Strachan | +61 2 9385 8732 | fran.strachan@unsw.e du.au
Associate Professor Greg Leslie of UNSW has developed new technology that could offer new hope to farmers in drought-affected and marginal areas by enabling crops to grow using salty water.
First year UNSW Computer Science and Engineering students battle it out with their custom made robots.
For more info, check out their website @ http://www.cse.unsw. edu.au/
Rock fishing is one of Australia's most dangerous sports. Researchers at UNSW have found that swells of only one and a half metres can be deceptively dangerous.
Contact:
Peter Trute | p.trute@unsw.edu.au | +61 2 9385 1933
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