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.
Demand for Monash University courses continues to grow
New figures show demand for Monash University courses continues to grow among Victorian school leavers.
University news
Keeping pace with the chaos of a living language has become a life-long passion for Monash linguist Professor Kate Burridge.
Helping students find their voice
History lecturer Mark Peel believes teachers have the capacity to transform people's lives. 
Compulsory barrister testing needed: ex-judge
A Monash University law professor and former Supreme Court judge has called for the introduction of high-level compulsory training and assessment of all aspiring Australian barristers.More University news
TeamMONASH™ shines in Melbourne events
TeamMONASH™ was well represented in the recent Melbourne Marathon and Around the Bay in a Day events.An astronomical award
For Monash postgraduate Dr Simon Campbell, the sky's the limit.
Around Monash
Monash staff step out for better health
For the past five weeks more than 2000 Monash staff stepped out for better health, participating in the 10,000 Steps Challenge. 
Top End art at Switchback
Stephen Anderson's mesmerising paintings explore process and psychological states and show the influence of the Indigenous culture he is immersed in. 
Saving water in the lab
A new water saving device will save nearly one million litres of water a year for the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.What's on this week
| Until Sat 22 Nov | The Ecologies Project | Clayton |
| Until Fri 28 Nov | Building a Common Future -- Africa and Australasia 31st Annual Conference of the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) | Clayton |
| Until Fri 30 January | Wildlife of Gondwana Exhibition | Clayton |
| Until Sat 7 March | The Louise Lightfoot Legacy Exhibition | Clayton |
Monash world
| Melbourne | Thursday | 2:15 | am |  | 16° C | |
| Johannesburg | Wednesday | 5:15 | pm |  | 26° C | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Wednesday | 11:15 | pm |  | 28° C | |
| Prato | Wednesday | 4:15 | pm |  | 17° C |
Vice Chancellor's column
Ancora ImparoIn the October Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the launch of the Monash Passport model and the University's role in the Australian University Games.
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60 seconds with ...
Ludo MasoleIn this week's 60 seconds with … we meet Ludo Masole, a second year Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery student.
This week: Notices
Notices
- Wildlife of Gondwana Exhibition -- Clayton
- Research Awards -- Dan David Prize
- Animal Welfare Update -- October 2008
- Career start -- Caulfield
Conferences, seminars and lectures
- Monash Future Council Workshop Discussion -- Clayton
- Preparing for Change in an Ageing Society -- 2008 Free Seminar Series -- Melbourne
- Midlife Women: Bodies, Bones and Sex -- Caulfield
- UniSuper Seminar, Transition to Retirement -- members aged 60 plus -- Clayton
- From Farm to Chemistry Department -- Monash Chemical Society Lecture -- Clayton
Participants sought
- Turner's Syndrome research
- Depression relapse prevention study
- Study into new antidepressants
- Are you male and overweight?
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