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31 May 2011
Monash University has achieved its best ever performance in the latest round of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage projects scheme.
30 May 2011
Research reveals more international travelers are working in Australia to fund holidays to neighbouring international destinations.
Monash student and rising star Michael Poulter is rowing his way to the World Championships in Amsterdam
A Monash academic is driving debate on how the international community responds to war crimes and massive human rights violations.
Dr Zarah Ghazarian, from the School of Political and Social Inquiry, muses on the divisions surfacing on the front bench of the Federal Opposition.
An exhibition so personal that visitors have had the opportunity to breakfast with the artist in the gallery space is currently showing at the Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA).
27 May 2011
Associate Professor Gleadow reflects on the impacts of global change on the composition of plants and the implications for animals (including humans).
Former Federal Liberal MP Petro Georgiou has been appointed Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Fellow at Monash University and the University of Melbourne in a joint appointment.
26 May 2011
Mathematical models that may help to avoid the next GFC are being developed by promising young researcher Jie Yen Fan. Her work has been recognised with a Victorian International Research Scholarship.
Dr Benjamin MacQueen is a lecturer at the School of Political and Social Inquiry and discusses US President Obama’s recent speech that called for Israel to recognise its pre-1967 war borders.
The first book by Monash historian Andrew Reeves explores the history of the Wonthaggi coal mines and discovers that the town's workers influenced the coal mining industry more than any other community.
Ecologists are building a toad-proof fence as part of a suite of measures aimed at halting the advance of the destructive cane toad in Emma Gorge, part of the Kimberley wilderness in Western Australia.
Associate Professor Mark Frydenberg from the Department of Surgery says a smarter way of screening for prostate cancer is for men to have a single test at age 40. High risk patients will be monitored closely but for men who have a lower risk, doctors can
24 May 2011
Partnerships between Monash University and Indian researchers have been strengthened with four international research projects funded by a joint initiative between the Australian and Indian Governments.
23 May 2011
Research published today shows Melbourne’s emergency ambulance service is at risk of congestion due to rising usage by elderly patients.
A Monash student has made a breakthrough in the field of astrophysics, discovering what has until now been described as the Universe’s ‘missing mass’.
20 May 2011
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington says the introduction of the Australian Qualifications Framework will give Monash University the opportunity to better realise an international vision of higher education.
Dr Benjamin MacQueen of the School of Political and Social Inquiry unpacks President Obama's address on events in the Middle East.
Monash student Marcus Wong has captained the Australian Youth Ice Hockey team to gold medal honours at the 2011 World Championship held recently in Taipei City.
Professor Joe Monaghan discusses how mathematics is used to create the special effects so highly regarded in Hollywood films
Dr Alex Collie says Australia's patchwork of injury compensation agencies means access to benefits and the type of compensation received is dictated by where a victim lives.
19 May 2011
The tobacco industry is tackling the government head on over its plans to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes. Monash University Professor of Law Mark Davison discusses the legalities behind the move.
17 May 2011
Retired High Court Judge the Honourable Michael Kirby, has launched a research and education collaboration between Monash University and Oxfam Australia that will deliver innovative solutions to issues facing people living in poverty.
16 May 2011
Internationally renowned anthropologist, author and public intellectual Professor Diane Bell is visiting Monash University.
Researchers at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute at Monash University have worked out how skeletal muscles are formed, in work that could deliver therapies for muscular dystrophy and the debilitating muscle wasting of ageing.
An international team, of scientists, led by a team at Monash University has found the key to the hydrogen economy could come from a very simple mineral, commonly seen as a black stain on rocks.
For the first time, scientists at Monash University’s Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories have shown that they can make human stem cells from healthy adult kidneys without working on human embryos, circumventing ethical concerns around this research.
In a world first, Monash University and the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) have jointly agreed to establish a Chair in Research focusing on the development of a new academic discipline “Peace Economics
13 May 2011
Monash transcends time and space through telematic music
A new way of collecting environmental data has been created by a national team of researchers including scientists from Monash University's School of Geography and Environmental Science and e-Research Centre.
A team of Monash researchers has discovered that a small set of genes located within the power-plants of our cells - the mitochondria - are crucial to unravelling the secrets of male infertility.
11 May 2011
The Emer Casey Fun Run, to be held at the Clayton Campus, will raise funds for ovarian cancer. In it's second year at Monash, the event will be supported by the Irish track athlete and Olympic medallist, Sonia O'Sullivan.
Dr Ken Devos, Senior Lecturer in Taxation Law in the Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University comments on the budget:
For many high-achieving high school leavers, a career in education and teaching is seen as continued success.
10 May 2011
Mr N.R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies Limited – India has received the Honorary Degree of the Doctor of Engineering.
Monash design student Lau Shuk Man has created a toy that could redefine the way blind children are introduced to literacy.
9 May 2011
The Richard Larkins Oration, Monash University, Melbourne May 10, 2011 Narayana MurthyChairman, Infosys Technologies LimitedBangalore, India
More than fifteen years after it was established as the first of its kind in the world, a Monash University facility continues to play an important part in protecting the futures of some of the world’s most endangered species.
A Monash University alumna has been awarded the Gates Cambridge Scholarship.
5 May 2011
A new industry engagement initiative will see Deloitte, the world’s largest professional services organisation mentor Monash students as part of a University program to harness leaders of the future.
The results of a study by Monash University that examined the 'concept of attractiveness' could have significant implications for advertisers and marketers in developing their brands and communication messages.
4 May 2011
It is with sadness that Monash University notes the passing of former Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Gippsland campus, Professor Tom Kennedy, on 20 April 2011.
Ethnomusicologist Professor Margaret Kartomi is representing Monash and Australia on an international advisory board in Europe.
University Vice-Chancellor Professor Ed Byrne discusses the need for diversity in education models and the benefit to students of having high quality options.
3 May 2011
Monash student Anna Segal is making great strides in her bid to become a Winter Olympian.
A new facility established at the Sunway Campus will allow Malaysia to better utilise its botanic resources, ensuring valuable medical and aromatic plants are subject to sustainable farming.
2 May 2011
Professor Mike Askew questions a national curriculum and urges education developers to learn from the mistakes of other nations and to approach a national curriculum with a sense of global responsibility.
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