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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. Please note that due to the Easter break there will be no edition of Monash Memo on 15 April.

Jessica Malin, Kylie Groves, Laura Dortmans, Christie McHugh and Professor Adam Shoemaker

First Oxfam interns share volunteer experience

Seven Monash students, including two from Monash South Africa, have completed a five-week internship in South Africa where they worked directly on human rights and HIV/AIDS campaigns with Oxfam Australia.

 

University news

Car Visual clutter proved a road safety hazard

New Monash research proves visual clutter around roads, including prominent advertising, signs or billboards, can be a distraction hazard for drivers.

Freney Lagoon, TasmaniaNew approach needed to assess climate change

A Monash ecologist has urged ecological researchers to re-focus their climate change studies on wilderness areas of Australia.

Illustration of football player The AFL footballer: talented athlete or commodity?

As the AFL kicks off for another season, a Monash researcher has explored what it means to be a professional footballer in today’s sports entertainment environment.


More University news

Star gazing

Monash celebrates the International Year of Astronomy with a public lecture on Thursday by internationally recognised astronomer Professor Brian Schmidt.

Art meets science

The connection between art and science is not immediately apparent to most, but a symposium to be hosted by Monash this month challenges conventional thinking.

 

Around Monash

Monash Abroad studentsStudents settle in at Monash South Africa

A group of ten Monash students from Australia and Malaysia are undertaking their first semester on exchange at the University’s South African campus.

Tim CostelloMonash green with passion

More than 200 staff and students attended a recent one-day environmental sustainability conference at the Clayton campus as part of Monash Sustainability Month.

Peninsula students in 1959Peninsula's first graduates 50 years on

The Peninsula campus has welcomed back 95 of its original 109 students as part of its jubilee year celebrations.

Monash world

 Melbourne      Thursday     2:27am    Fair    16° C        
 Johannesburg      Wednesday     5:27pm    Fair    26° C        
 Kuala Lumpur      Wednesday     11:27pm    Mostly Cloudy    28° C        
 Prato      Wednesday     4:27pm    Partly Cloudy    17° C        

Vice-Chancellor's column

Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins Ancora Imparo
In this month's edition of Ancora Imparo Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses Federal Government funding of universities in Australia saying that even though universities have done well in the recent past, they could deliver so much more for the prosperity of Australia and its environment if they were properly funded.


60 seconds with ...

Emily Greco Emily Greco
In 60 seconds with ... this week we meet fourth year Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social Work student Emily Greco. Emily is the Victorian face of National Youth week, the largest celebration of young people in Australia. NYW commenced 28 March and runs until 5 April.


Did you know?

Woman holding telephone This week: Employer of choice ...

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