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Monash Memo

28 May 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.

Animation of member of Yanyuwa community

Sacred songs animated for future generations
Monash researchers are animating the stories of the Northern Territory's Yanyuwa people in an effort to preserve their language and traditions for future generations.

 

University news

Dr David Cram

DNA fingerprinting identifies viable embryos
Monash researchers have used DNA fingerprinting to identify which IVF embryos have resulted in the birth of healthy babies.



Pharmacy Practice Lecturer Kevin McNamara

Filling gaps in blood pressure care
Monash lecturer Kevin Mc Namara has received a National Institute of Clinical Studies Fellowship to improve blood pressure control in collaboration with primary care providers.


 

Students Jason Ng, Alexander Nichols and Yuchao Xiao

Students' outstanding reward
Three Faculty of Business and Economics PhD students have been awarded Donald Cochrane Postgraduate Research Scholarships.

 

>>More University news

Mentoring for student leaders
First-year undergraduate students are encouraged to apply for the 2009 Vice Chancellor's Ancora Imparo Student Leadership Program.

Engineering a sustainable future
Academics tackled the pressing issue of Melbourne's water sustainability at a lecture held as part of the Monash 50th Anniversary Public Lecture Series.

 

Around Monash

Participants from Mother's Day Classic

Event's family focus
The Mothers Day Classic run/walk was a family affair for TeamMONASH™ event patron Professor Susan Davis.

 

Elizabeth Buchholz and Johanna Kelly

Country commitment
Two medicine students have been recognised for their commitment to their country communities.

 

Bachelor of Science graduate Tomoko Hyakumura, Vice-President Advancement Ron Fairchild, Masako and Kazushi Hyakumura, Manager Monash University Venues Pamela Peters, and Bachelor of Science graduate Michiko Hyakumura with the peace pole.

Peace given pole position
Monash has joined the worldwide message of peace and prayer via the Peace Pole project.

 


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Vice-Chancellor's column

Ancora Imparo
In May's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins says academic freedom comes with its obligations …

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60 seconds with ...

Caricature of Professor Kerry Hourigan

Kerry Hourigan
In this week's 60 seconds with …we meet Professor Kerry Hourigan, Director of Biological Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering. Professor Hourigan admits to a short concentration span, a penchant for roller coasters and says the most satisfying part of his job is educating highly-talented young people.


 

Did you know?

The Titan microscope

This week: The Titan


 

What's on this week

Until Sat 21 June
Without Borders: Outsider Art in an Antipodean Context
Clayton
Until Sun 31 Aug Fifty books for fifty years: celebrating half a century of collecting Clayton
Until Thurs 19 June Siri Hayes: Landscapes Gippsland
Tues 3 June Connections and Collaborations Research Forum - ?Campus, Kids and Community Collaborations Peninsula
Tues 3 June Workplace & Corporate Law Research Group (WCLRG) Seminar Caulfield
Wed 4 to Fri 6 June HDR Supervisor Accrediation - Level 2 Master Classes Peninsula
Thurs 5 to Sat 19 June Laurence Aberhart / James Newitt Caulfield
Thurs 5 June Cultural Harmonies - A fundraising concert for the Sichuan Earthquake Appeal Clayton
Fri 6 June Flames of Hate: Xenophobic violence in South Africa - the first three weeks" Caulfield
 

Coming events

Tues 24 June Reforming Federal Indigenous Affairs Policies Peninsula
Sun 13 July Poetry and the Trace, an international poetry conference Melbourne
Sun 27 July Walk the Talk Johannesburg

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