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News
Monash community strive for gold in Beijing
New benefits for Monash alumni
Stonefish shape anti-venom research at Monash
Monash alumnus appointed new Dean, Business and Economics
Top Canadian post for Economics alumnus
East linked to Monash Peninsula
Alumni boost malaria fight
Events
Orchestral performance: Spring Concert
Australian University Games: Volunteers needed
Book launch: the history of IT at Monash
Bike ride: Around the Bay in a Day
Reunion: Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Dinner: Dafydd Lewis Trust scholars
Lifelong learning
Seminar: vital values for global growth
Monash Research Month: event program
Public lecture: law and culture in Israel
Dean's Public Lecture: sustainability in healthcare
Castan Centre for Human Rights Law: August/September events
Public lecture: Islam in Europe
50th anniversary events
Public lecture: tackling childhood obesity
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Monash community strive for gold in Beijing
Monash congratulates alumni, staff and students who will be part of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. |
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New benefits for Monash alumni
Alumni are entitled to a range of new benefits from August 2008 including increased library borrowing rights, access to a new online database and discounts on ePress books.
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Stonefish shape anti-venom research at Monash
Monash University's Department of Pharmacology is working with Barrier Reef stonefish to find ways of treating box jellyfish stings. |
More alumni news
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Events
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Orchestral performance: Spring Concert
The Monash Academy Orchestra and soloists, including trumpeter James Morrison, will perform at Robert Blackwood Concert Hall on 20 September. |
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Australian University Games: volunteers needed
Monash is looking for enthusiastic alumni to volunteer for the Australian University Games in Melbourne between Sunday 28 September and Friday 3 October. |
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Book launch: the history of IT at Monash
A new book by Sarah Rood (MPubHist 2005) – From Ferranti to Faculty – explores the history of Monash's Faculty of Information Technology, the first faculty dedicated to computing and IT in Australia. |
More alumni events
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Lifelong learning
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Seminar: vital values for global growth
On 5 September, Alan Oppenheim (BSc(Hons) 1981) will talk about his experience as head of Ego Pharmaceuticals at a Gearing for Success seminar at Federation Square. |
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Monash Research Month: event program
Attend at a range of free public lectures or explore postgraduate research course opportunities at an information evening during Monash Research Month (18 August – 19 September). |
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Public lecture: law and culture in Israel
On 18 August, Professor Menachem Mautner from Tel Aviv University will speak at a free Faculty of Law seminar on the topic 'Law and culture in Israel at the threshold of the 21st century'. |
More lifelong learning opportunities
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50th anniversary events
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Public lecture: tackling childhood obesity
A panel of experts will discuss how to fight rising childhood obesity levels in Australia at this free event at Federation Square on 20 August.
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