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Fix this textTHE UNIVERSWITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Fix this textNo. 441 (No. 20 of 1997)
Fix this textFortnightly
Fix this text28 November 1997
Fix this text• Preserving Australian
Fix this textindustrial culture
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Fix this text• Statistics, statistics
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Fix this textPAGES 6-7
Fix this text• ARC grants to
Fix this textUNSW researchers
Fix this textPAGES 10,11 & 12
Fix this textShifting brain
Fix this textresearch focus
Fix this textOver the past 50 years scientists have
Fix this textconducted 10 times as much re-
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Fix this textThis is a situation Professor George
Fix this textPaxinos, of UNSW’s School of Psychology,
Fix this texthopes will change with the release of his
Fix this textnew book detailing the structure of the hu-
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Fix this textThe book, Atlas of the Human Brain, is a
Fix this textjoint publication with University of
Fix this textDusseldorf Anatomy Professor Jurgen K.
Fix this textMai and Cologne radiologist Joseph
Fix this textAssheuer.
Fix this textProfessor Mai has spent 15 years research-
Fix this texting the subject, while Professor Paxinos has
Fix this textworked on the project since 1993.
Fix this text“The book is more comprehensive and ac-
Fix this textcurate than any available publications on
Fix this textthe brain,” Professor Paxinos said.
Fix this textThe book provides 69 coronal brain sec-
Fix this texttions (taken from ear to ear) over the 15cm
Fix this textanterior-posterior brain distance. It also
Fix this textprovides Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Fix this text(MRIJ and cross-sectional maps of the en-
Fix this texttire head on the three cardinal planes
Fix this text(coronal, sagittal and horizontal).
Fix this text“The MRI maps are of a living individual,
Fix this textbut the cross-sectional maps are from post-
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Fix this textA CD-Rom, allowing three dimensional
Fix this textviewing of brain sections, will be included
Fix this textwith the book.
Fix this text“We’re hoping that providing photographs
Fix this textof sections and accurate delineation of the
Fix this textbrain will encourage more human brain
Fix this textresearch,” Professor Paxinos said. “The rat
Fix this texthas been well and truly overdone.
Fix this text“It’s a preposterous situation. At the turn of
Fix this textthe century this wasn’t the case, there was
Fix this textmuch more research on human brains.
Fix this text“The imbalance has to do with an arena of
Fix this textperceived competition on rat brain research
Fix this text- some of the experiments could have been
Fix this textconducted with the same rigour using a
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Fix this textProfessor Paxinos said while rat brains and
Fix this texthuman brains had a 95 per cent similarity,
Fix this textor homology, at the brain stem, in the cor-
Fix this texttex the correlation fell to around 5 per cent.
Fix this textProfessor Paxinos is the author of 15 books
Fix this texton rat and human brains.
Fix this textMarea Donnelly
Fix this textPublic transport on the agenda
Fix this textAfter 48 years on the back lanes, pub-
Fix this textlic transport to and from the Uni-
Fix this textversity has finally made it to
Fix this textAgenda Street.
Fix this textThe announcement on 31 October by
Fix this textUNSW Vice-Chancellor, Professor John
Fix this textNiland, of the establishment of a transport
Fix this textreference committee was welcome news
Fix this textfor the bulk of the 30,000 students and
Fix this text5,000 staff who rely on buses to get to and
Fix this textfrom the Kensington campus.
Fix this textThe committee will be chaired by Professor
Fix this textJohn Black, Department of Transport Engi-
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Fix this textexperience on Commonwealth and State
Fix this textGovernment transport studies as a member
Fix this textof the Ecologically Sustainable Development
Fix this textTransport Working Group; the Office of
Fix this textPrime Minister and Cabinet on transport
Fix this textand locational disadvantage; the Australian
Fix this textUrban and Regional Development Review of
Fix this texturban public transport; the Sydney Metro-
Fix this textpolitan Strategy Update and the Integrated
Fix this textTransport Strategy; the NSW Roads and
Fix this textTraffic Authority Environment Council; and
Fix this textthe Homebush Bay Transport Strategy.
Fix this textCommittee members, drawn from key rep-
Fix this textresentative groups across the University,
Fix this textinclude Mr Stephen Harris, School of Plan-
Fix this textning and Urban Development; Dr Bruno
Fix this textParolin, School of Geography: Ms Leith
Fix this textSharp, UNSW Environment Project Officer;
Fix this textMr David Madden, President Elect, Student
Fix this textGuild; Mrs Deirdre Grusovin, MP and
Fix this textUNSW Council member; and Mr Alan
Fix this textEgan, Campus Services, who will also act
Fix this textas the committee executive officer.
Fix this textMr Egan previously chaired the UNSW/
Fix this textState Transit Authority Liaison Committee
Fix this text- an ad hoc group established 10 years ago
Fix this text- which fought for better public transport
Fix this textto and from the University and for the issue
Fix this textto be taken up by the University executive.
Fix this textThe UNSW-STA Transport Liaison Com-
Fix this textmittee secured significant increases in bus
Fix this textnumbers - 252 morning and afternoon ex-
Fix this textpress buses service UNSW today compared
Fix this textwith 120 buses just four years ago. Routes
Fix this textto and from Central have also been refined
Fix this textand the reliability of bus timetabling has
Fix this textimproved.
Fix this textProfessor Niland said the momentum of
Fix this textimprovement had slowed over the last 12
Fix this textmonths and there had been a steady in-
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Fix this textaccompanying commuter frustration.
Fix this text“Transport planning is an essential compo-
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Fix this textpremiere university,” the Vice-Chancellor
Fix this textsaid. “To realise this I have sought the forma-
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Fix this textwhich affect or have the potential to have an
Fix this textimpact upon the UNSW community.
Fix this text“The focus of the committee will be broad
Fix this textand directed to addressing the wider trans-
Fix this textport issues and related fields which are
Fix this textpart of the day to day and future opera-
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Fix this text“The success of this initiative will be
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Fix this textcommittee, but equally by the interest,
Fix this textcommitment and involvement of our Uni-
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Fix this texttransport solutions for UNSW. I encourage
Fix this textall UNSW travellers and indeed our Uni-
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Fix this textThe announcement of the establisfiment of
Fix this textthe transport reference committee came in
Fix this texta notice from UNSW Registrar and Deputy
Fix this textPrincipal, Ms Crystal Condous, who said
Fix this textthe daily grind of travelling by public
Fix this texttransport to and from the University had
Fix this textbeen a source of growing frustration to
Fix this textthose in the University community who
Fix this textbattle the endless passenger queues.
Fix this text“Traffic delays, chaotic bus loading and
Fix this textunreliable bus schedules are just some of
Fix this textthe stresses which beset those who either
Fix this textchoose to travel by the public transport or
Fix this textat worst have no alternative,” Ms Condous
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Fix this text“The committee will consider diverse
Fix this texttransport issues, including stakeholder in-
Fix this textvolvement in Department of Transport
Fix this textplanning, STA bus route planning,
Fix this texttimetabling, the development of cycle
Fix this textroutes to UNSW, implications to UNSW of
Fix this textRTA road planning, mixing pedestrians
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Fix this textUNSW bus stops, and alternative transport
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Fix this text“The committee will be free to examine
Fix this textany transport related issues which it feels
Fix this textmay either affect the University or equally,
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Fix this textUNSW.
Fix this text“In addition, the Vice-Chancellor has asked
Fix this textspecifically that the committee seek advice
Fix this textfrom Professor George Paxinos on light rail
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Fix this textContinued on page 9
Fix this textInside
Fix this textGifted education 2
Fix this textFamily friendly work 3
Fix this textStudent eating habits 6
Fix this textRaft’s art 9
Fix this textProfessor Paxinos ... mapping the human brain.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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