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 chapter in Australia-India relations
Monash University and the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay (IITB) have opened a new chapter in Australia-India relations with the formal launch of a joint-venture research academy.
University news
Monash University has established the largest zebra fish research facility in the Southern Hemisphere.
Students get hands-on experience in IT industry
More than 80 Faculty of Information Technology students will participate in the faculty's industry-based learning program in 2009.
Stem-cell research to benefit horse owners and trainers
Scientists from the Monash Institute of Medical Research aim to harness stem cells to repair tendon, ligament, cartilage and bone damage in horses. More University news
Monash aces industry award
Monash University's Employment and Career Development unit has aced the field to win the 2008 Award for Best Careers Service for Employers at the Australian Graduate Recruitment Industry Awards.Academy honour for Monash teachers
Two Monash Professors have been elected Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.
Around Monash
Chess champions vie for national title
More than 250 of Australia's brightest chess stars from 51 schools around Australia will descend upon the Clayton campus next week for the 2008 National Interschool Chess Championships. 
Cultural day to celebrate University's 50th
Monash South Africa has celebrated the University's 50th Anniversary with a Cultural Day at the campus in Ruimsig.
Staff explore new worlds
This year more than 50 University staff experienced Monash from another perspective, thanks to the cross-campus mobility program and offers are now being made for 2009. What's on this week
| Until Fri 30 January | Wildlife of Gondwana Exhibition | Clayton |
| Until Sat 7 March | The Louise Lightfoot Legacy Exhibition | Clayton |
| Thurs 4 Dec | Graduation Clayton campus - Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences and Victorian College of Pharmacy | Clayton |
| Thurs 4 Dec | Info Tech Postgraduate Information session | Caulfield |
| Thurs 4 Dec | ABS information session | Peninsula |
| Thurs 4 Dec | Legal Development in East Asia: China Vietnam Compared Conference | Hong Kong |
| Thurs 4 Dec | Graduation Clayton campus - Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and Victorian College of Pharmacy | Clayton |
| Fri 5 Dec | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department Seminar | Clayton |
| Sat 6 Dec | Monash University Philharmonic Society - Summer Concert | Clayton |
| Sun 7 Dec | Singapore Marathon | Singapore |
Monash world
| Melbourne | Wednesday | 11:14 | pm |  | 21° C | |
| Johannesburg | Wednesday | 2:14 | pm |  | 25° C | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Wednesday | 8:14 | pm |  | 29° C | |
| Prato | Wednesday | 1:14 | pm |  | 16° 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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60 seconds with ...
Francesca CollinsIn this week's 60 seconds with … we catch up with Dr Francesca Collins, a lecturer in Behavioural Studies from the Faculty of Arts. In 2009 Dr Collins will launch a new unit called Digital Selves that will be delivered entirely in online virtual world, Second Life.
This week: Notices
Notices
- Wildlife of Gondwana Exhibition -- Clayton
- Monash University Faculty of Art and Design Graduating Student Exhibition
- Monash Quality Cycle
- Monash Business Review call for papers
- Regulatory Issues, Animal Care and Use in Research and Teaching
- Information Technology Postgraduate Information session -- Caulfield
- ERA Exchange program
- Humanise the Homeless -- Clayton
Conferences, seminars and lectures
- Gippsland Medical School Inaugural Annual Medical Education Symposium -- Gippsland
- 9th International Heat Pipe Symposium -- Malaysia
- Democracy and Climate Change: Finding the Common Interest -- Melbourne
- Faculty of Education Public Lecture -- Clayton
Participants sought
- Are you male and overweight?
- Young driver research
- Parents and friends attachment as protective factors in early adults development
- Diabetes and blood vessel health study
- Depression relapse prevention study
- Impact of knowledge on smokers' beliefs about alternative nicotine products
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