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29 June 2012
The Government may hope carbon pricing will die down as an election issue after 1 July 2012 as people come to realise that the sky is not falling due to the carbon tax.
Children are encouraged to roll up their sleeves and delve in gunk, grime and slime at the Monash Science Centre School Holiday Program starting today.
TeamMONASH™ will be a force to be reckoned with at the upcoming Southern University Games, which will draw over 1500 university and TAFE students to the Gippsland region.
28 June 2012
Ensuring cities are able to sustainably manage water supplies in the face of population and climate change pressures is a key focus of a research centre to open next week.
27 June 2012
Understanding how a species battles to sustain itself in a challenging habitat is a cornerstone of ecological research; now scientists have applied this approach to science itself to discover why women are not staying in academia.
Greater scrutiny of plea bargaining is needed in order to increase the public’s confidence in the administration of justice in Victoria, according to new research.
Like politics, football and global warming, obesity is a topic that attracts huge attention in the media as well as talk on the street and in coffee lounges. And it is the most serious health issue facing the global community today.
26 June 2012
A new high-tech method for imaging the electric fields of atoms could lead to advances in areas as diverse as data storage, solar cells and batteries.
25 June 2012
A unique partnership between World Vision Australia and Monash University is enabling a student to experience first-hand the poverty and extreme hardships experienced by a small community in India.
In early June the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child conducted a review of Australia’s compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Barely two weeks later it has issued its report.
Australia’s seriousness and the way ‘Australianness’ circulates at an international level could be traced back to Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, according to a leading Australian cultural studies expert.
A rare performance of an opera created in a Nazi ghetto-prison will be presented at Monash University’s Faculty Gallery next month.
By giving drivers the information they need to change lanes safely, a new device could reduce road crashes by up to 30 per cent.
Opinion in Australia is divided on the issue of safety related to planned birth at home.
23 June 2012
World Refugee Week began last Saturday. Protesters chanted slogans and waved banners. Since then we have witnessed a plethora of commentators and politicians, usually of a progressive or liberal bent, fighting the good fight for refugee rights.
22 June 2012
Two works featured at the 2011 Venice Biennale will make their Australian debut alongside large-scale outdoor projections at Frankston's newest arts festival.
The future of urban water management in the face of population growth and extreme climatic events will be explored at an upcoming lecture.
As debates about the death of books and the push into the digital age continue, writers and publishers have realised they’re nothing without their readers.
21 June 2012
A lifestyle intervention program for pregnant women at high risk of developing gestational diabetes improves health during pregnancy and adherence to recommended weight gain, a new trial has shown.
The idea that the most reviled and feared people, the faces of modern terrorism, should be arrested and subjected to trial and judgement in a court of law is in the eyes of many a puritanical absurdity.
20 June 2012
A new initiative is set to empower young migrants through research projects to connect with their local community and incorporate a healthy and active lifestyle into their daily life.
If you thought Quidditch only existed in the Harry Potter novels, you’d be wrong; Monash University has its own team. Their name? The Monash Muggles.
19 June 2012
A small coloured pencil drawing titled 'In the light of history 1' has earned a Monash University lecturer the 2012 Rick Amor Drawing Prize.
The first trial of a treatment allowing doctors to insert a fully repositionable replacement heart valve without the need for open-heart surgery has been successfully conducted at a Melbourne hospital.
In response to hearing that I am campaigning for marriage equality, an elderly clergyman asked, ''Why call it 'marriage'?'' My response was to outline the huge changes to the institution of marriage that have occurred over the past 150 years.
18 June 2012
The Monash community will welcome the Australian record holder for the fastest men’s 110m hurdles at an upcoming health and fitness seminar.
Chinese students can now prepare for their Australian university experience in their home country following a new, exclusive agreement between Monash College and China's largest private education provider - the New Oriental Education and Technology Group
Researchers convened in Sri Lanka today as part of a major global research network in the prevention and management of Non-communicable Chronic Disease across Asia, the leading cause of death in the region.
Almost 100 years after Einstein predicted their existence, scientists are getting close to actually detecting the ripples in the fabric of space and time, known as gravitational waves.
One mightn't agree with everything he wrote, but the 19th-century thinker Thomas Carlyle was right to describe economics as ''the dismal science''.
17 June 2012
If you believe the figures, there's a worldwide epidemic of mental illness. Depression is the fourth biggest cause of disability and disease globally, and it will be the leading cause in developed countries by 2020.
15 June 2012
A continent-wide survey of Europe's waterways has recommended better ways to monitor how rivers are responding to organic pollution and other pressures arising from human activity.
People who survive severe trauma, the leading cause of death worldwide for people under 45, have improved chances of long-term recovery if treated in highly specialised trauma hospitals, according to new research.
The development of digital monitoring and surveillance has increased dramatically over the past decade and pervades all aspects of everyday life, to the extent that most people don’t even notice it.
Male beetles in Western Australia are mating with beer bottles in response to environmental change caused by human activity. A new book examines why, and the impacts on biodiversity.
14 June 2012
An Android app developed by a group of students that allows users to read, colour, organise and share comic books has placed second in a major software competition in China.
13 June 2012
Medical students will enhance their clinical health skills following the development of a new program to expand realistic simulated learning environments (SLE) in Australian universities.
Almost one third of employees use Facebook at work but aren't too worried about being tracked by their employers, according to a study released this week.
Two leading Australian supply chain experts will be the keynote industry speakers at the 10th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Operations, Supply Chain and Services Management Symposium.
A simple bouncing ball has reignited a debate long thought settled: whose landmark physics theory is correct – Albert Einstein’s general relativity theory or Sir Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity?
12 June 2012
In front of more than 83,000 fans international students from Monash University’s Gippsland campus witnessed Australia’s national game.
A $1 million government grant will ensure a landmark study of the relationship between income and high blood pressure in rural India will proceed this year.
11 June 2012
The long anticipated telemovie 'Mabo' aired last night on ABC1. Like many, I sat, transfixed, at this story of a proud Murray Island man, Eddie Koiki Mabo and his refusal to bow to endemic racism.
Doctors treating infectious disease who are down to the last line of defence against antibiotic-resistant superbugs will be buoyed by an A$4.48 million investment in designing new treatments and therapies.
Water buybacks are the most cost effective method of restoring environmental flows to the ailing Murray-Darling Basin, according to new research.
Alumni, volunteers and supporters from across the Monash University community have been recognised in the 2012 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
When Australian cyclists line up at the London Olympic velodrome they will have the advantage of having undergone ground-breaking analysis in the southern hemisphere’s largest wind tunnel.
8 June 2012
Doctors will soon be able to identify the early stages of dementia in the 40 per cent of Parkinson’s Disease patients in Australia who later develop the illness.
The strength of the causal link between obesity and these diseases means that obesity is now considered at least equal to smoking as a preventable cause of premature death.
What kind of music are you in the mood for? A new smartphone app designed to recommend music according to how listeners feel could provide insight into teen mental health.
A collection of poems inspired by observations on different cultures and political philosophies by a Monash University academic has been shortlisted for the 2012 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.
7 June 2012
Plants separated by vast oceans and 34 million years evolved to produce the same coloured flower petals because of their reliance on bees for pollination, according to new research.
A Monash University PhD project combining Indian and jazz music was a finalist in this year's prestigious Australian Jazz Bell Awards.
Tucking into a home-cooked meal up to five times a week could add years to your life, according to new research.
The quest for equal pay between men and women represents one of the oldest battle lines for feminism. There has been no progress for twenty years.
Radical reform in short bursts is better than trying to govern forever.
6 June 2012
A $6.8 million award will support the development of a new class of immune-suppressive drugs to protect bone marrow stem cell transplants in cancer patients.
A permanent role for pharmacists within GP clinics may help prevent medication errors by patients and health professionals, according to new research.
A sardine scoop from the island home of Aboriginal activist Eddie Mabo will be auctioned to help support a fellowship established in memory of a celebrated Monash legal academic.
While outsourcing of services has become an accepted part of Australian corporate life, new research has found many businesses are afraid to hand over their sales function to a third-party provider.
5 June 2012
Snow White’s star is on the rise in 2012. Not since Walt Disney’s 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has she had this much Hollywood star power.
The long-term recovery outcomes for people with traumatic brain injury will be improved by new research investigating the care of patients shortly after injury.
4 June 2012
Interestingly, the Queen's diamond jubilee is causing barely a ripple in Australia.
Economists in the United States, with the assistance of the Centre for Policy Studies at Monash University, have investigated the impact of a terrorist attack on a region’s economy.
The human right to food should shape efforts to combat global hunger, according to United Nations representative and academic Professor Olivier De Schutter.
During a recent visit to the Universidad de Chile to conduct workshops on educational leadership to school principals, Dr Marc Pruyn from the Faculty of Education sat down for an interview with Chilean newspaper Factor Publico.
One of the world’s leading advocates in the fight against poverty is coming to Melbourne to present a public lecture on development economics.
Georgina Beech was a lone ranger for Monash University at the 2012 World University Championships Cross Country event in Poland.
Monash University researchers have been awarded more than $1.3 million to help find a cure for the deadly Hendra virus, which killed two horses in Queensland recently.
1 June 2012
A senior lecturer is treading the rarely trekked path from academia into industry, leaving her teaching duties to undertake a placement with ABC Radio National.
It’s more common than you think. There are women, and some men, who dress up as mermaids.
In good news for all chocolate lovers, a daily dose of dark chocolate could lower the risk of stroke and heart attack, according to new research.
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