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.
New imaging and therapy beamline announced
Monash has led a successful funding bid to use the Australian Synchrotron to research and potentially treat diseases such as cancer.
University news
A panel discussion held as part of the Monash 2009 Public Lecture Series will shed light on the growing issue of asylum seekers.
Youth gets voice on world stage 
Monash arts/law student Christopher Varney has been appointed the 2009 Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations.
Back pain - a national health priority
Research shows that back pain is one of the most common long-term health conditions reported by teenagers and young adults.More University news
Top PhD students recognised
The most outstanding theses from last year's Monash PhD students have been recognised with the awarding of the annual Mollie Holman doctoral medals.Forging research links with China
Monash will collaborate with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing in an effort to advance scientific research.
Around Monash
Driving towards a PhD
The Monash University Accident Research Centre is offering students the opportunity to undertake PhD research that could improve road safety in Australia and internationally.
Students win Japanese scholarships
Two Monash Japanese studies students will spend the next year in Japan thanks to a scholarship from Sakata Holdings.
Recognition for optical fibre leadership
Professor Arthur Lowery has been recognised for his research in computer modelling of optical communication systems. What's on this week
| Until Fri 3 July | Language Exchange Program | Caulfield |
| Until Weds 20 May | Campus Connect (formerly Mid Week Social Night) | Caulfield |
| Until Sun 31 May | Rare Books Collection exhibition | Clayton |
| Until Sat 20 June | Too Much of Me, 7 paths through the absurd, (with detour) | Clayton |
| Until Sat 9 May | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Clayton |
| Mon 4 to Fri 15 May | Amorphous bodies / the space between | Caulfield |
| Thurs 7 May | OSS Bogan Bingo | Peninsula |
| Fri 8 May | Great Law Week Debate | Melbourne |
Coming events
| Thurs 14 May | Concert - Choral Ensembles | Clayton |
| Thurs 28 May | Viewpoint - Monash Economics Debate Grand Final | Melbourne |
Monash world
| Melbourne | Thursday | 12:53 | am |  | 16° C | |
| Johannesburg | Wednesday | 3:53 | pm |  | 25° C | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Wednesday | 9:53 | pm |  | 28° C | |
| Prato | Wednesday | 2:53 | pm | | 17° C |
Vice Chancellor's column
Ancora ImparoIn this month's edition of Ancora Imparo, Monash University Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the progress of the University's Sunway campus in Malaysia.
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60 seconds with ...
Constant MewsIn this week's 60 seconds we catch up with Professor Constant Mews from the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology in the Faculty of Arts. Professor Mews was recently elected President of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies.
This week: Notices
Notices
- Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Whitley Awards 2009
- Health Professionals Fair: 'earn while you learn' - Peninsula
- How do you rate the Library?
- Deaf Deaf World - Caulfield
- Animal Welfare Update April 2009
- New Research Initiative on National Human Rights Consultation
- Amorphous bodies / the space between - Caulfield
- Community View - "What do you want in your future doctors? - Clayton
- Applications invited: International Strategic Initiatives Fund Round 2 2009
Conferences, seminars and lectures
- 2009 Great Law Week Debate
- The 22nd Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI'09)
- The Fourth Australian Conference on Artificial Life (ACAL'09)
- Judicial Mediation: When Judges act as Mediators for the Benefit of Citizens and Lawyers - Melbourne City Office
- Insider trading: Addressing the continuing problems of proof
- UniSuper Seminar, Salary Sacrifice - Clayton
- UniSuper Seminar, Salary Sacrifice -Caulfield
- UniSuper Seminar, Salary Sacrifice - Gippsland
- Is there a crisis in international learning? - Clayton
- The Wallenberg Oration 2009 - Caulfield
- Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies seminar - Clayton
- Research and Research Training Administrators Conference
Participants sought
- Healthy Volunteers Needed for Phantom Pain Study
- Food, fibre and FODMAPs; Dietary associations and bowel
- Study on perceptual illusions using mirrors and rubber limbs
- Participants aged 18-65 years needed for blood vessel study
- Parents and friends attachment as protective factors in early adult development
- Social anxiety study seeks males for Oxytocin trial
- Psychological Aspects of Type II Diabetes in Women
- A Study of Emotional Processing in Depression
- Parents of 14-16 year old adolescents wanted to complete survey regarding adolescent alcohol use
- 18-30 year olds for Cyberbullying Questionnaire
- Understanding the experience of religion and spirituality in substance abuse recovery
- Reading text on mobile devices with different layout formats - Clayton
- Participants for study to identify brain waves involved in the control of walking
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- SPHPM Short Course - Perioperative Medicine
- APN ES-Mouse service
- Automotive CRC Research Scholarship – Human Machine Interface (HMI) and Human Factors
- Massage at Monash
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