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. Note the last edition of Memo for 2008 will be December 10.
New Monash University Vice-Chancellor appointed
University Chancellor Dr Alan Finkel has announced that the Monash University Council has appointed Professor Edward Byrne AO as the eighth Vice-Chancellor of Monash University. He will commence his position on 1 July 2009.
University news
The Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is leading the way in worldwide teaching innovation with the development of a virtual hi-tech teaching tool.
Monash law school offers international dual degree
In an Australian-first Monash University's Faculty of Law has established a dual degree program with Washington College of Law, part of American University, Washington D.C.
Student awarded prestigious Mandela Rhodes Scholarship
Monash South Africa Information Technology student Unnel-Teddy Ngoumandjoka is one of 30 students awarded a prestigious Mandela Rhodes Scholarship for 2009.More University news
$6.4 million in NHMRC Fellowships
Monash has received A$6.4 million in Research and Practitioner Fellowships in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council funding - a 31 per cent increase on 2007.Helping students make a smooth transition
Monash is holding a conference on Tuesday 25 November to discuss initiatives and programs to support Monash students as they adjust to life and learning at university.
Around Monash
An apprenticeship in retirement
When Dr Andrew Prentice from the School of Mathematical Sciences saw his 65th birthday looming he decided it was time to retire. His students, however, had other ideas.
Magistery of art at Gippsland
The development of the Gippsland Centre of Art and Design at the Gippsland campus is being celebrated through a new exhibition of the work of 48 artists at the Latrobe Regional Gallery.
Monash student wins language competition
Monash student Lance Truong has taken out the final of the 39th Japanese Language Speech Contest in Sydney.What's on this week
| Until Fri 23 January | Wildlife of Gondwana Exhibition | Clayton |
| Until Sat 7 March | The Louise Lightfoot Legacy Exhibition | Clayton |
| Until Fri 30 January | Wildlife of Gondwana Exhibition | 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 |
| Tues 25 Nov | Christmas Cheer Market | Caulfield |
| Tues 25 to Thurs 27 Nov | Southern Worlds: South Africa and Australia | South Africa |
| Weds 26 Nov | Global Warming - What we know, why we know it and what it means. | Clayton |
| Thurs 27 Nov | Insurance against catastrophic climate change: How much will an Emissions Trading Scheme cost Australia? | Melbourne |
| Thurs 27 Nov | Conference: Securing Sustainable Energy Supplies in Europe and Australia. | Prato centre, Italy |
Monash world
| Melbourne | Thursday | 12:10 | am |  | 21° C | |
| Johannesburg | Wednesday | 3:10 | pm |  | 25° C | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Wednesday | 9:10 | pm |  | 28° C | |
| Prato | Wednesday | 2:10 | pm |  | 17° C |
Vice Chancellor's column
Ancora ImparoIn the November Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses budget setting for 2009, Monash successes in grant funding and the launch of the Monash Passport.
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Iris YanIn this week's 60 seconds with … we meet PhD student Iris Yan, a recent finalist in the 2008 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship.
This week: Notices
Notices
- Wildlife of Gondwana Exhibition -- Clayton
- Career start -- Caulfield
- 2009 ARC Discovery Grant
- Monash University Faculty of Art and Design Graduating Student Exhibition
- Monash Quality Cycle
- Monash Business Review call for papers
Conferences, seminars and lectures
- Monash Transition Roundtable 2008 -- Clayton
- A Melodrama from the Concentration Camps: Jewish Music in Exile -- Caulfield
- Gippsland Medical School Inaugural Annual Medical Education Symposium -- Gippsland
- Education Without Borders Conference -- Student delegates needed -- Dubai
- 9th International Heat Pipe Symposium -- Malaysia
- CEET/ACER Seminar -- Melbourne
- Monash Cancer Network (MonCanN) Inaugural Symposium -- Clayton
- Kaarene Fitzgerald Public Lecture -- Clayton
- Directing ES cells towards specific mesoderm and ectoderm fates -- Clayton
Participants sought
- Oestrogen Cognition Study
- Does Gluten cause your gut symptoms?
- Are you male and overweight?
- Young driver research
- Parents and friends attachment as protective factors in early adults development
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