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Monash Memo

30 July 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.

Ahmad Zia

Outbreak of hope in ravaged country
A Monash University project is giving hope to hundreds of orphans in war-torn Afghanistan.

 

University news

Janet Rice and Peter Marshall

Clayton tunnel vision
Monash University is using the latest technology and social networking trends to help lobby for a rail connection to the University's Clayton campus.

Dr Leslie Yeo

Scientist in finals of national award
Microfluidics expert Dr Leslie Yeo is a finalist in the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes -- and the Monash community can help make him a winner.


Mike Ewing and Ken Grant

Monash has marketing appeal
A Monash marketing academic has been elected a governor of a prestigious international marketing association.

 

>>More University news

Australians in Italy
Monash Arts faculty staff and colleagues will speak on Australia's love affair with Italy at the upcoming Melbourne Writers Festival.

Monash promotes national tax debate
The Taxation Law and Policy Research Institute has provided invaluable input into the Federal Government's 18-month review of Australia's tax system.

 

Around Monash

Anneliese Willems

Peninsula campus celebrates 50th
Current and past staff, alumni, and community members will come together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the University's Peninsula campus this weekend.

 

Anneliese Willems

Medical student to attend world conference
Gippsland-based medical student Anneliese Willems will represent Australian medical students at an international conference in Jamaica in August.

 

Pamella Motlhageng

Empowering young women
The Monash South Africa Student Women's Forum is equipping young women with the tools to set and achieve their life goals.

 


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Vice-Chancellor's column

Ancora Imparo
In July's Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the budget process for 2009 and a push for universities to receive more funding from Government so they continue to be internationally competitive.

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60 seconds with ...

Steve Ogden Barnes

Steve Ogden-Barnes
In this week's 60 seconds with … we meet Steve Ogden-Barnes, a marketing and retail expert who moved from the UK to take up a position at Monash six years ago.


 

Did you know?

Australian Synchrotron

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What's on this week

Until Sat 6 September Diena Georgetti: The Humanity of Abstract Painting 1988-2008 Clayton
Mon 4 to Thurs 7 August Future Fest Clayton
Tues 5 August 'Australians in Italy' book launch Melbourne
Tues 5 August A broken world: whose responsibility? Caulfield
Wed 6 to Fri 8 August Toorak College - Eurobeat - Almost Eurovision Peninsula
Thurs 7 August Dean's Lecture Series - the Hon. Daniel Andrews MP Clayton
Thurs 7 August Monash Australian Composer Series XVI Clayton
Fri 8 to Sat 16 August Sweeney Todd -- the Demon Barber of Fleet Street Clayton
Fri 8 to Sat 9 August Orpheus In The Underworld Melbourne

Coming events

Thurs 28 August Keeping Melbourne on the move: Learning from international experience Melbourne
Sun 28 September to Fri 3 October Australian University Games 2008 Monash University

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