University Highlights: Psych Study In Italy, ANU’s Green Award, Horse Surgery First At Massey
Italy: Università degli Studi di Milano
EuroScholar from Rutgers Conducts Research In Italy On Self-Fulfilling Prophesies And Stereotypes
David Greenberg, a psychology major from Rutgers University, is featured in an Undergraduate Research Spotlight video regarding his research while studying abroad at Università degli Studi di Milano in Italy through the EuroScholars program.
Advised by Lee Jussim, Greenberg is working on projects in social psychology and social perception. from the Office of Research speaks about his research.
Australia: Australian National University
Australian National University Wins International Green Campus Award
The environmental management program at Australian National University has received the Impact Award from the International Sustainable Campus Network at a ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland, according to ANU News. Since its inception in 1999 the ANU Green Program has helped the university achieve targets for water reductions, vehicle fleet CO2 emission reductions, and community awareness raising.
New Zealand: Massey University
Massey University’s New Million-Dollar Medical Facility Sees First Equine Clinical Patient
Massey University’s new million-dollar medical facility was used July 30 for its first equine clinical patient, an 8-year-old injured dressage horse called Sydney.
Sydney, a gelding with foot problems, is scanned at Massey University's new facility. Photo Courtesy Massey University
The gelding received treatment at Massey University’s new $1.1 million scanning facility, where equine surgeon Fred Pauwels used a computed technology (CT) scanner to view a cyst on the pedal bone of Sydney’s foot and determine a course of treatment, potentially keyhole surgery.
The $1.1 million scanning facility includes a purpose-built knock-down box where large animals can be safely anaesthetised, according to Massey News, a hoist able to lift up to 1.5 tons and a $470,000 Philips CT scanner, the only one of its type in New Zealand with an integrated table enabling scanning of large animals including horses, whales and cattle.
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