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 this is the last edition of Memo for 2008. Memo will recommence in February 2009.
World class facility provides vision for the future
The A$37 million Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy is home to the Titan, one of only four microscopes in the world that can see atoms with a clarity never before achieved.
University news
The outstanding efforts of Monash University staff members were acknowledged in a ceremony held at the Clayton campus last week.
New medication brings hope of jet lag cure
A team of researchers has found a new drug with the potential to alleviate jet lag and sleep disorders caused by shift work. 
Time to celebrate at Peninsula
The Peninsula campus has experienced two significant milestones this year. More University news
GP's refresher still on course after three decades
It is a rare GP who doesn't have a copy of Murtagh's General Practice stored in their bookcase.Graduate proves age is no barrier
According to Dr Sonia Allen, it's never too late to learn – and never too late to earn your PhD.
Around Monash
Uni-cycling to save the environment
Students from the Faculty of Art and Design have designed and built a prototype bicycle that is set to become the centrepiece of a new bike sharing initiative.
New online portal for workplace learning
The Employment and Career Development unit has launched a new online portal for Monash staff who teach or coordinate work placement opportunities for students.
Piece of Monash history returns home
The Monash Museum of Computing History has welcomed the return of a piece of history, a computer that was designed and built at Monash in the mid-1980s. What's on this week
| Until Sat 7 March | The Louise Lightfoot Legacy Exhibition | Clayton |
| Until Fri 30 January | Wildlife of Gondwana Exhibition | Clayton |
| 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 | Wednesday | 11:56 | pm |  | 21° C | |
| Johannesburg | Wednesday | 2:56 | pm |  | 26° C | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Wednesday | 8:56 | pm |  | 28° C | |
| Prato | Wednesday | 1:56 | pm |  | 16° 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.
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Graeme FarringtonAs Monash University celebrates 50 years of educational excellence, one staff member plans to retire this month after clocking up 44 years. Graeme Farrington shares 60 seconds of his long career at Monash.
This week: Notices
Notices
- Wildlife of Gondwana Exhibition - Clayton
- ERA Exchange program
- Humanise the Homeless - Clayton
- 2009 Monash Careers Fairs and Expos
- CAST recognised at B-HERT Awards
- Pharmacy - Student Community Achievement Awards
- Building a Common Future – Africa and Australasia
- New inter-campus partnership between Sunway and Australia
- Student Resource Guide discontinued
- 2008 Handbooks - the end of an era
- The Louise Lightfoot Collection - Clayton
- PhD opportunities in Clinical and Public Health Sciences
Conferences, seminars and lectures
- 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
- Gippsland Medical School Inaugural Annual Medical Education Symposium - Gippsland
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology Seminar - Clayton
Participants sought
- 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
- Hemianopia and driving study
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