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.
Seed vault secures plant diversity
A world expert has warned that agricultural production and the diversity of crops are seriously under threat, during a Monash University Research Month lecture.
University news
A Monash scientist has discovered key appetite control cells in the brain degenerate over time, causing increased hunger and potentially weight-gain as we age.
Monash kicks goals for peace
The AFL Peres Peace Team, which includes players from Palestine and Israel, has been welcomed to Melbourne, with a reception held at the Caulfield campus last week.
Catalyst capitalists
A new Monash postgraduate course is giving science students the skills they need to convert science discoveries into business success stories. More University news
Building closer ties with Botswana
Monash University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Botswana that will see new collaborations in education and research.MUARC to host national conference
The Monash University Accident Research Centre has been selected to co-host a major national conference next year.
Around Monash
A touch of gold
The Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has unveiled new gold medal honour boards to recognise its highest achieving undergraduate students.
Monash entrepreneurs make a difference
Monash students from Melbourne and South Africa have received strong recognition at a national competition for projects aimed at improving opportunities for disadvantaged people. 
Artist resurrects primeval forests
Monash art and design lecturer Susan Purdy's haunting exhibition The Lost Forest breathes life into the ancient forests that once clothed Gippsland. What's on this week
Coming events
| Sun 28 Sept to Fri 3 Oct | Australian University Games 2008 | Melbourne |
Monash world
| Melbourne | Wednesday | 10:32 | pm |  | 21° C | |
| Johannesburg | Wednesday | 1:32 | pm |  | 25° C | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Wednesday | 7:32 | pm |  | 29° C | |
| Prato | Wednesday | 12:32 | pm |  | 14° C |
Vice-Chancellor's column
Ancora ImparoIn the September Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses a growing shortage of high quality academic staff across the university sector, and the launch of a new performance development program for academic staff.
60 seconds with ...
Graham OppyIn this week's 60 seconds with … we meet Professor Graham Oppy, a philosophy and bioethics expert from the Faculty of Arts.
This week: Notices
Notices
- Steptember 10,000 Challenge
- Positive Monash Stories
- Regions in a time of globalisation and climate change
- Chinese Incountry Program
- 2008 International Jobseeker Expo
- Recombinant DNA techniques course
- Upcoming Research Awards
- Accessing Funds for Commercialisation: Trans Tasman Commercialisation Fund and Monash Proof of Concept Fund
Conferences, seminars and lectures
- Graduate Diploma of Education Information sessions -- Monash University
- Undergraduate Teaching Information sessions -- Peninsula
- Castan Centre for Human Rights Law public lecture -- Melbourne
- Micromon -- Molecular Biology Workshop
- Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Research Seminar -- Clayton
- Pre-retirement -- Clayton campus
- A Unique Insight into East Timor -- Monash Law Chambers
- Workplace and Corporate Law Research Group (WCLRG) seminar, Department of Business Law and Taxation -- Caulfield
- Intervention Mapping: Developing theory- and evidence-based programs for health promotion and public health -- Melbourne
- Changing History: The Past and Future of the Arab-Israel Conflict -- Caulfield
Participants sought
- Obesity: Have your say!
- MUARC Driver Study
- Study into new antidepressants
- Distance perception participants required
- Depression relapse prevention study: Depression Awareness Recovery Effectiveness (DARE)
Advertising
- Monash University Alpine Lodge
- Monash University Golden Key Society-- Charity Trivia Night -- Melbourne
- Monash University School Holiday Program -- Clayton
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment -- Clayton
- Monster Book Sale -- Caulfield
- Spring School Short Courses in Public Health and Clinical Research
- Finishing your Thesis? Off-Campus Learning Centre services
- Wholefoods Grocery Co-Op re-opening -- Clayton
- Intensive Research Ethics Course -- Melbourne
- The Campus Bookstores September Sale -- Monash University
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