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Monash Memo

11 June 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.

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Queen's Birthday Honours for Monash community
Monash University congratulates its alumni, staff, former staff and supporters who received Queen's Birthday Honours in 2008.

 

University news

Dr Zane Ma Rhea and Professor Lynette Russell

Food for thought: exploring Aboriginal-settler relationships
Monash academics are exploring how food and research knowledge was exchanged between Indigenous Australians and early European settlers.

Dr Samantha Thomas

Living with obesity
Monash University researchers have launched a study in the Waverley/Clayton areas to find out the day-to-day living experiences of people with obesity.


Child at orphanage in Muldersdrift, South Africa

Capturing the spirit of Monash
A new book provides a unique insight into the breadth of Monash University.

 

>>More University news

Bridging language barriers
Two Monash students will travel to China in July to compete in the final stage of the Chinese Bridge Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students.

A notable milestone
When it comes to embracing innovative technologies in the workplace, the Faculty of Law is far from conservative.

 

Around Monash

Peter Currie

Victor Chang specialist appointed to Monash
World leading medical scientist Peter Currie has been appointed the Deputy Director of the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute.



Photograph - ' Saturday nights 2006' by James Newitt

Remembering times past
The Faculty Gallery at Caulfield is exhibiting the works of eminent New Zealand artist Laurence Aberhart and emerging Tasmanian artist James Newitt.

 

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander

Eye on Mars
The Monash School of Physics is keeping a close eye on the Phoenix Mars mission.

 


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Vice-Chancellor's column

Ancora Imparo
In June's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins reflects on the achievements of the University in the five decades since its creation.

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Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins 

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60 seconds with ...

Kent Wilson

Kent Wilson
In this week's 60 seconds with … meet Bachelor of Fine Art Honours student Kent Wilson, co-founder of the O Projects Gallery in Fitzroy whose goal is to establish himself as a studio artist and go on to lecture and tutor in the field.


 

Did you know?

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This week: Sir John Monash memorabilia


 

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
Until Sat 19 July Laurence Aberhart / James Newitt Caulfield
Until Sat 21 June A Song To Sing O Parkville
Tues 17 June Sight Unseen: Action without Perception in Human Vision by Professor Mel Goodale FRSC Clayton
Sat 21 June Golmal Pyar Ka - Hindi Comedy and Family Drama Clayton
 

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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