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Monash Alumni eNews, May 2009

News

 

Alumni brothers inspire international research
A Monash scholarship funded by Dr Henry Pinskier (MBBS 1985) and Dr Nathan Pinskier (MBBS 1983) is giving students like Naomi (pictured) the chance to complete an internship.

     
 

Pizza tossing art unlocks secrets of tiny motors
Monash University scientists have unlocked the physics of the perfect pizza toss and will use it to design the next generation of micro motors thinner than a human hair.


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Events

 

Performance: A Gala Night at the Opera
The Monash Academy Orchestra and three of Australia's most acclaimed opera stars will perform at the Robert Blackwood Hall on Saturday 16 May.

     
 

Exhibition: +/-
Held at the Gippsland campus from 13 May to 25 June, this Monash University Museum of Art exhibition explores the use of pattern, repetition and the grid.

     
 

Volunteer breakfast: Botswana alumni
Monash South Africa invites those interested in joining a new Botswana Alumni Volunteer Committee to a breakfast meeting at Mokolwane Restaurant in Gaborone on Saturday 9 May.


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Lifelong learning

 

Public forum: Asylum seekers where to now?
Hear an expert panel, including alumnus John Gibson (LLB 1980) of the Refugee Council of Australia, address this highly topical issue at BMW Edge on Wednesday 13 May.

     
 

Seminar: Where will the Federal Budget take us?
Craig James, Commonwealth Bank senior economist, will unravel the complexities of the Federal Budget at a business breakfast at Mornington Racecourse on Tuesday 2 June.

     
 

Oration: The Holocaust and genocide
Professor Omer Bartov, Brown University (USA), will explore important themes in Holocaust and genocide scholarship at the 2009 Wallenberg Oration. Held at the Caulfield campus on 14 May.


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Alumni profile

Consultant with compassionate vision
Alumna Siân Owen (BA(Hons) 1981) is an industrial relations consultant. Grateful for her Monash experience, she is passionate about ensuring others have the same opportunities so she has been a donor to Monash University over a number of years.

Read more alumni profiles on the 'Classnotes' pages of the alumni website.


The Chancellor's column

What does it mean to be an alumnus?

In his May column, Monash University Chancellor Dr Alan Finkel AM (BE 1976, PhD 1981) writes about the importance of education to the global economy and how alumni can support Monash.

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