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18 June 2008
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Graduate-entry medical school opened
The new $A10 million Monash Gippsland Medical School has enrolled 59 students into the graduate-entry Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery program in its first year. The school was officially opened last week by the Federal Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon.
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Working towards national standards in police interviewing
Monash researchers are collaborating with the Australian Federal Police on a new training program as part of a broader research project on counter-terrorism policing.
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Mercury contamination found in stranded dolphins
Research into heavy metal contaminant levels in dolphins has revealed high mercury levels may be a contributing factor to their deaths.
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Why did the squirrel glider cross the road?
A year ago a rope bridge was installed across the Hume Highway to give native animals a chance to safely cross the road.
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Keeping in touch in a virtual world
A study of the role of social networks and Information and Communications Technology in social cohesion among migrants is yielding valuable knowledge.
Understanding ageing
The Monash Research for an Ageing Society (MonRAS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Council on the Ageing (COTA) to further develop ageing policy and research exchange opportunities.
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Monash community's green challenge
Monash is launching an Off-Peak Energy Challenge next month as part of a campaign to reduce the University's energy consumption.
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Student's IBM internship
A PhD student from the Faculty of Information Technology has recently flown to Delhi, India to undertake an internship at the IBM Research Laboratory.
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Students get inspired at the Australian Synchrotron
Eight third-year physics students made history recently as the first Monash undergraduates to undertake experiments using the Infrared Spectroscopy beamline at the Australian Synchrotron.
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