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.
In the eye of the storm
Staff at Monash University's Gippsland campus continue to work around the clock to provide accommodation and support to evacuees and firefighters with the campus operating as the main staging area for the fires that have killed 21 people and devastated huge areas of the Latrobe Valley.
University news
The tragic events of the past two weeks have had a deep and lasting impact on the Monash community.
Removing seeds of doubt
A long-term cloud seeding operation in Tasmania shows a promising increase in rainfall during periods of seeding. 
Identifying mobility needs of older Australians
A new mobility test for elderly patients, developed by a Monash doctoral graduate, is being implemented in hospitals and aged-care facilities around the world. More University news
Australian first for stem-cell scientists
Scientists have created Australia's first induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell lines.Fellowship targets heart disease
Professor Nadia Rosenthal has been awarded a $4 million fellowship to investigate the heart's regenerative capacity in ageing and disease.
Around Monash
Contemporary library opens at Parkville
The refurbished C L Butchers Pharmacy Library at Monash's Parkville campus has officially opened.
Artist weaves a spell with Churchill reeds
The work of four leading Indigenous artists is featured in a new exhibition at the Switchback Gallery, Monash Gippsland campus. 
WUPID's top debating team
Monash University has emerged champion of the World Universities Peace Invitational Debate (WUPID). What's on this week
| Until Weds 25 March | Bubbles on the Surface Art Exhibition | Gippsland |
| Until Sat 28 March | Primary Views: exhibition | Clayton |
| Until Fri 20 March | Magistery | Caulfield |
| Web 25 Feb | MONSU Peninsula Host Scheme | Peninsula |
| Web 25 Feb | Orientation Welcome for all new students | Peninsula |
| Thurs 26 Feb | Centrelink assistance | Peninsula |
| Thurs 26 Feb | Special Seminar - Professor Susan Suarez | Clayton |
| Fri 27 Feb | TANGE'S DNA: Heritage of Modern Japanese Architecture | Caulfield |
| Fri 27 Feb | MONSU Peninsula Beach Day Sales | Peninsula |
Coming events
| Thurs 26 March | Seminar by Nobel Prize Laureate, Professor Barry Marshall | Clayton |
| Mon 2 March | Creating High Performance IR Environments: Key Elements and Lessons for Australian Workplaces | Melbourne |
Monash world
| Melbourne | Wednesday | 10:42 | pm |  | 21° C | |
| Johannesburg | Wednesday | 1:42 | pm |  | 25° C | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Wednesday | 7:42 | pm |  | 29° C | |
| Prato | Wednesday | 12:42 | pm |  | 14° C |
Vice Chancellor's column
Ancora ImparoIn this month's Ancora Imparo Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses recent Federal Government funding for universities and the release of the Cutler Review of Innovation and the Bradley Review of Higher Education and what these mean for Australian universities.
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60 seconds with ...
Sathi GunasegaramIn this week's 60 seconds with ... we meet Sathi Gunasegaram, School Manager of the Clinical School Johor Bahru at the the Sunway campus in Malaysia.
This week: Notices
Notices
- Contemplating study in 2009
- Award of Monash University Fellowships at King’s College London
- Monash Awards 2008 Europe Travel Grants
- 2009 Monash University-Wide Mentoring Scheme for Women
Conferences, seminars and lectures
- Monash University Transition Roundtable - Clayton
- Gippsland Medical School Inaugural Annual Medical Education Symposium - Gippsland
- Information Technology Postgraduate Information session - Caulfield
- Creating Water Sensitive Australian Cities - Melbourne
- The CLEAR Project information session for academic staff - Clayton
- Acute Medical Assessment Units: Improving Care and Flow for Medical Patients
- Can the UN Combat Racism? A preview of the Durban Review Conference
- Faculty of Education Seminar
- Creating High Performance IR Environments
- 3rd Annual AMREP Global Health Forum
Participants sought
- Social anxiety study seeks males for brain imaging study
- A Study of Advice Speech-Act in Persian and English
- Parents and friends attachment as protective factors in early adults development
- Are you or your partner expecting a baby?
- Participants needed for Driver Distraction Study
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