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9 April 2008

Monash Memo is a weekly newsletter designed to keep the Monash community up-to-date with the latest news and events in and around Monash.

Monash staff share their 2020 vision
Sixteen Monash University leaders will be among 1000 people attending the Australia 2020 Summit later this month.

 

University news

Sign up for new SMS alert system
Students and staff at Monash campuses in Australia will soon be able to receive campus emergency alerts via their mobile phone.


Design harnesses sun god’s energy
A Monash graduate has developed a novel way to reduce our impact on the environment.


 

Students drive Honda campaign
Monash students have been put to work on a “real-life” advertising campaign promoting the Honda Civic Hybrid vehicle.

 

>>More University news

Careers Fair draws 6000 students
The 2008 Monash Graduate Careers Fair was the biggest Monash has hosted to date.

Get your science out there!
Sea slug love drug … brains learn better at night... tuna research in 350-tonne waterbed... slime wars... female mice turn male... orchids' sneaky sex tricks …

 

Around Monash

New scooter station at Clayton campus
A new scooter station has opened at Clayton to help mobility-impaired staff and students get around the campus.



Boxes give wildlife safe place to nest
Students from the Gippsland campus have partnered with Facilities and Services to monitor the nesting habits of local wildlife.

 

Monash artist paints it slow
Monash Art and Design lecturer Rodney Forbes' latest works are on display at Australian Galleries in Melbourne.

 


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Monash world

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Vice-Chancellor's column

Ancora Imparo
In April's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the priorities for the University over the next five years.



60 seconds with ...

Naomi Godden
60 seconds with … this week heads off campus to the Margaret River region of Western Australia where we meet up with final year student Naomi Godden. Naomi juggles off-campus study in a double-degree with a full-time career in social work and is also participating in the 2020 Youth Summit.


 

Did you know?

This week: Artificial intelligence …

 

 

   

What's on this week

Until 19 April The Removalists Peninsula
Mon 14 April
At Monash Seminar: Psychology
Clayton
Mon 14 - Sat 19 April
Monash Uni Student Theatre Artistic Development Festival
Clayton
Tues 15 April
Micro-spectroscopy with synchrotron X-ray microbeams
Clayton
Wed 16 April
Quantum Weirdness Clayton
Wed 16 April - Sat 21 June
Without Borders: Outsider Art in an Antipodean Context
Clayton
Wed 16 April - Thurs 17 April Gadgets Clayton
Thurs 17 April Graduation Clayton campus - Faculty of Law Clayton
Thurs 17 April Lunchtime Concert - Plus/Minus Clayton
Thurs 17 April Dean's Lecture: Clinical Decision Making and the Meaning of Life Clayton
Thurs 17 April Graduation Clayton campus - Faculty of Business & Economics Clayton
     

Coming events

Wed 23 April
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Departmental Seminar Clayton
Sun 11 May Mothers Day Classic Melbourne
Fri 23 May Faculty of Business & Economics Berwick Student Awards Evening Berwick
Sun 27 July Walk the Talk Johannesburg

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