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Pdfdownload Victorious Issue 1, 2015 Multimillion dollar boost for research excellence Our distinguished alumni 4-12 Multimillion dollar boost for research excellence 29 Memories of an attack 2 Introducing Sir Neville 13 An explosive discovery 30 Historical treasure trove Introducing our new Chancellor, Uncovering secrets from deep beneath An introduction to material held in the Sir Neville Jordan, KNZM. the Earth’s surface. Kelburn Library J.C. Beaglehole Room’s archives. 3 Dealing to pests in the Pacific 14 Who’s in my room? Victoria is leading an initiative to halt the International physicist and engineer 31 Letters of nineteenth-century spread of invasive species of ants in the Professor Michael Kelly meets the current Māori women Pacific region. resident of the room he once occupied at Nineteenth-century letters written by Weir House. Māori women enrich the history of the 5 Uncovering New Zealand’s time. 16 Celebrating our best ‘secret world’ Profiles of our Distinguished Alumni A Victoria academic is producing 41 Founding father or legal New Zealand’s first comprehensive Award winners. villain? history of covert intelligence gathering. A biography questions whether the 20 Impact in Auckland Victoria University opens expanded reputation of Chief Justice James 6 Calling the shots Prendergast stands the test of time. An international collaboration may lead premises in Auckland. to the development of more effective vaccines. 27 Reaching for the sky Work by a PhD student is being used in top Hollywood films. 8 Shedding light on black holes A Victoria professor explores the ‘borderlands’ between gravity and 29 Memories of an attack Sociolinguist Professor Miriam Meyerhoff quantum physics. documents oral history of a 1980 attack on a village in Vanuatu. 10 Barriers to change Victoria researcher considers how to prevent sexual violence in our communities. From the Victorious is published by Victoria University of Wellington, Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika Vice-Chancellor a Māui, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand. www.victoria.ac.nz earning and teaching, research and engaging with our communities are the three Editor: Tania Guenter Linterconnected pillars on which Victoria rests. Research-enriched teaching benefits Editorial team: Claire Peacock, Elizabeth Beattie, our communities and is fundamental to Victoria being a world-leading capital city Haley Small, Katherine Edmond, Kristina Keogh, university and one of the great global-civic universities. Sophie Prebble and Stephen Garrett. This is articulated in our new Strategic Plan, which affirms our commitment to To contact Victorious or to submit a story idea, excellence across our research and learning and teaching, and outlines our focus on email [email protected] deepening both Victoria’s engagement with alumni, benefactors and communities and Photographs (unless otherwise credited): Image our intellectual influence in the Asia–Pacific region. Services, Victoria University of Wellington. The quality of research carried out at Victoria is regularly confirmed—in 2014, for Cover image: Professor Tim Stern, who is example, Victoria secured 25 percent of all grants awarded through the Marsden Fund, working on two Marsden-funded projects, which supports New Zealand’s most talented researchers to explore ideas at the forefront photographed by Robert Cross, Image Services. of their disciplines. This represents a success rate per researcher and per research ISSN 1172-0387 ©Victoria University 2015 proposal far greater than any other university. Remarkably, in the humanities, Victoria Disclaimer: The views expressed in Victorious staff were awarded eight of the nine Marsden proposals funded—an extraordinary are not necessarily those of Victoria University of Wellington. achievement. Also last year, the external research revenue awarded to Victoria rose more than 25 percent from the previous year. Research revenue is one measure of research Change of address relevance—and it is perhaps not surprising that the researchers who are defining and To notify us of a change of address, email answering the big questions of their academic discipline, or are addressing the most [email protected] or call +64-4-463 9665. important issues of their community, attract more financial support. Contacts You can read about the research that Marsden funding will support in this issue of Victorious. Many of the projects will contribute to resolving specific local, national and Alumni international challenges. This includes research into new vaccines, finding the facts on To sign up to the email newsletter Vic Connect, keep in touch with university friends, meet whether fair trade really does benefit small-scale growers and investigating the factors new people and continue to participate in the that create a rape culture. Other projects, such as work to better understand black stimulating intellectual and cultural life of holes, will continue to foster the strong culture of fundamental research that is central Victoria, contact the Alumni Relations Office. to Victoria’s highly creative environment. [email protected] This issue of Victorious also reflects exciting work we are doing in partnership +64-4-463 5246 with businesses, governments and other research agencies. You can read about www.victoria.ac.nz/alumni Victoria researchers’ efforts to stem the spread of invasive ants in the Pacific region, a groundbreaking cancer treatment developed through a joint research venture and an Events innovative piece of software that is being used in top Hollywood films. Take a look at the University’s online database of varied and exciting events available to These are exciting times at Victoria. The latest QS World University Rankings by members of the university community. Subject place the University as one of the top 100 in the world in 11 subjects, which www.victoria.ac.nz/events is an outstanding result. We are growing in size, capacity and influence and we have set ambitious goals in areas such as academic excellence, international standing, Gifting enrolment growth, intellectual influence and contribution to national and international If you are interested in supporting students challenges. The support and advice and connections we receive from our alumni, and staff with a donation of funds, resources friends and supporters will be pivotal to that journey. or time, we’d like to hear from you. Please contact the Executive Director, Development On that note, it gives me great pleasure to draw your attention to the winners of Victoria and the Foundation, Shelagh Murray. University Distinguished Alumni Awards in 2015. Victoria alumni succeed in every walk [email protected] of life as you will see from the profiles of this year’s Award recipients. We are proud to +64-4-463 5991 be honouring sporting icons and leaders in business, culture, religion and the arts. Our winners demonstrate the breadth of influence of our graduates and illustrate the positive Research and innovation way in which Victoria impacts on its home city, New Zealand and the wider world. Victoria’s academic staff are leaders in their fields of research expertise. If you have a project that requires the skills and knowledge of our staff, contact Professor Kate McGrath, Vice-Provost (Research). [email protected] Professor Grant Guilford +64-4-463 5963 Vice-Chancellor Stay connected @VicUniWgtn victoriauniversityofwellington Victorious—1 Profile ChancellorIntroducing Sir Neville Jordan’s Sir life Neville has been full of adventure. As well as a long career running and “During my time as president of the “We expect this institution to be high supporting technology start-ups to Royal Society, I also got to know many of performing. To set an example and to make become internationally successful Victoria’s scientists. All those experiences sure the whole institution succeeds, we too companies, Victoria’s new chancellor gave me a very positive view of what the need to be a high-performing council.” has scuba dived under the ice in the University is doing.” Ensuring there is wide recognition of Antarctic, hunted on horseback in the Sir Neville, an entrepreneur, investor Victoria’s contribution to the capital city United Kingdom, covered thousands of and philanthropist, started his first year is another priority for Sir Neville. kilometres in ocean yacht racing and as Victoria’s chancellor by receiving a “We are a major employer, a centre of driven a vintage car around the world. knighthood in the New Year Honours for intellectual influence and a significant His latest challenge—leading the services to business, science and the contributor to the economy—Victoria has University Council and supporting community. been putting large amounts into the region, Victoria to achieve its ambitious goals— “That was very humbling. I grew up currently in excess of $1 billion a year, for fits perfectly with his aspirations. in a family with no telephone, no car or a long time. What happens at Victoria “I’m focused on keeping my life evenly holidays away and started working in the impacts on the fortunes of Wellington.” balanced between business, recreation local freezing works at age 13. Receiving One thing Sir Neville is thoroughly and good works—and the latter is a knighthood is beyond anything I could enjoying about his new role is being Victoria,” he says. have dreamed about.” around students and the vibrant “I have a particular interest in One of Sir Neville’s early initiatives atmosphere at Victoria. supporting young people in tertiary has been to ask all Victoria
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