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.
Construction commences on state-of-the-art facility
The first sod has been turned on the purpose-built Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN), which will be developed next to Monash University's Clayton campus.
University news
Monash University Law Professor Stephen Barkoczy has won the 2008 Prime Minister's University Teacher of the Year Award.
Research commercialisation students shine at awards
Four Monash University postgraduate students have been named recipients of the 2008 nabCapital Science in Business Awards.
MUARC launches research node in Prato
The Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) has established a satellite node at the Monash University Prato Centre in Italy. More University news
Investment in climate works
Monash has partnered with The Myer Foundation to form a new $4.6 million initiative, ClimateWorks Australia.Funding supports Monash research
Monash has received $2.3 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) as part of their Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) scheme.
Around Monash
Monash recognised in Australian of the Year awards
Three members of the Monash community have won state and territory honours in the 2009 Australian of the Year awards. 
Students' talents lead to international opportunities
Monash students Sarah Meyer and Sarah Lenthall will travel overseas next year after winning prestigious awards.
Sports stars honoured
Monash has paid tribute to its sports stars, recently announcing the winners of the 45th annual Monash University Sport Awards. What's on this week
| Until Sat 7 March | The Louise Lightfoot Legacy Exhibition | Clayton |
| Until Fri 30 January | Wildlife of Gondwana Exhibition | Clayton |
| Mon 8 Dec | A Melodrama from the Concentration Camps: Jewish Music in Exile | Caulfield |
| Mon 8 Dec | Monash Big Band supported by Straight Ahead | Melbourne |
| Mon 8 to Weds 10 Dec | 11th Annual Australian Conference on Knowledge Management and Intelligent Decision Support - ACKMIDS08 | University of Ballarat |
| Thurs 11 Dec | Graduation Clayton campus - All faculties (except Business and Economics) International Students only | Clayton |
| Thurs 11 Dec | Graduation Clayton campus - All faculties (except Business and Economics) International Students only | Clayton |
Monash world
| Melbourne | Thursday | 1:21 | am |  | 16° C | |
| Johannesburg | Wednesday | 4:21 | pm |  | 26° C | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Wednesday | 10:21 | pm |  | 28° C | |
| Prato | Wednesday | 3:21 | pm |  | 17° C |
Vice-Chancellor's column
Ancora ImparoIn the December Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins looks back on the University's many achievements in 2008.
60 seconds with ...
Suree LekawanvijitIn this week's 60 seconds with … we meet PhD student Suree Lekawanvijit, a graduate of Chiang Mai University Thailand, who received a scholarship to study at Monash from the Prince Doctor Fund, a bequest of Princess Galyani Vadhanathe of Thailand. Suree recently won a highly competitive poster prize at the American Heart Association in New Orleans.
This week: Notices
Notices
- Wildlife of Gondwana Exhibition -- Clayton
- Monash Quality Cycle
- Monash Business Review call for papers
- Regulatory Issues, Animal Care and Use in Research and Teaching
- ERA Exchange program
- Humanise the Homeless -- Clayton
- 2009 Monash Careers Fairs and Expos
- CAST recognised at B-HERT Awards
- First Monash-Ritsumeikan Symposium
Conferences, seminars and lectures
- Mathematics Teacher Education: A Practical Field and an Emerging Field of Research -- Clayton
- Changes in working conditions of teachers under education reforms in Sweden -- Clayton
- Desert and ice: Learning without boundaries -- Clayton
- How can universities be both globally competitive and locally engaged -- Melbourne
Participants sought
- 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
- Study: Alcohol and young people
- Ecstasy users: Vulnerability factors for depression and anxiety symptomatology
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