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...Melbourne's Monash University aims to change that, in October announcing plans to store dingo samples in its gene bank alongside those from endangered species like the northern hairy-nosed wombat and the Sumatran tiger. Monash's Norwood Animal Conservation Group, which oversees the program, needs $A10,000 in start-up funding to gather reproductive and tissue samples from perhaps 100 wild and captive dingoes as "an insurance policy" against extinction, says project director Shae Cox. The funding offers aren't rolling in, but Cox senses public opinion is starting to shift in favor of the animals' long-term survival...
...Hwang's rush to push ahead with his work, a conflict was perhaps inevitable. "The whole issue of using human eggs and reproductive cloning is so sensitive that you have to be squeaky clean ethically," says Dr. Richard Boyd, a stem-cell scientist at Australia's Monash University. Despite the scandal, Hwang, who says he'll continue his research, remains a hero at home?last week more than 600 Korean women signed up to donate their eggs. That reaction worries Ku In Hoe, a bioethicist at Catholic University in Seoul. "Korea's representative scientist just turned...
...laptop computers in all parts of the country. The student surge is revamping inner cities and the culture of universities. In Melbourne, foreign students from a range of campuses have opted to live in town, saving property developers from "a huge embarrassment of oversupply in city apartments," according to Monash University urban planner Kevin O'Connor...
...According to Monash's O'Connor, foreign students have brought vitality to campus life and the classroom. "But it can be a mixed blessing," he says. "The learning styles are different, more resources are needed for language support, and in some classes local students shy away from doing group work with Asian students." Academics and administrators are sensitive to claims of a slip in degree standards, poor-quality students and soft marking to keep foreigners coming through the turnstiles. RMIT vice-chancellor Margaret Gardner believes that going all out for growth in student numbers is a dangerous game. "Australian higher...
...Howard has perhaps more room to move, says Monash University political commentator Nick Economou, with the Coalition holding none of the five House of Representatives seats in Tasmania. If he offers a package to save the forests, Economou believes, "he'll write Tasmania off." Labor, meanwhile, has the trickier task of satisfying traditional voter bases in seats like Braddon and also wooing mainlanders like MacLulich. But the momentum is there: some of the strongest applause from the party faithful at the Sept. 29 Labor campaign launch came for Latham's promise to detail a policy before the election. Party strategists...