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.
Fabricating the future
A research collaboration between Monash and the CSIRO is pushing new boundaries in engineering, a trend set to increase with a new multimillion dollar venture at the Clayton campus.
University news
A Monash researcher has received funding to study the possibilities of a HIV vaccine.
Virtual walk through ancient city
Millions of people will gain an insight into the 13th century Cambodian city of Angkor following a painstaking reconstruction by a team led by Monash IT academic Tom Chandler.
Another piece of the puzzle in immune response
A team of Monash researchers has discovered the importance of a protein that could improve the way the drug interferon is used to strengthen the human immune system.More University news
Monash reaches for A*STAR
A new partnership between Monash and research agency A*STAR will provide PhD students with the opportunity to spend half of their candidature researching in Singapore.Finance students win national challenge
A team of finance students from the Faculty of Business and Economics has won the national 2009 UBS Investment Banking Challenge.
Around Monash
Winter of light
Two Monash PhD students have been chosen to participate in the Australian Synchrotron's inaugural winter school from 13 to 16 July.
Governor opens new auditorium at Gippsland campus
The Governor of Victoria, Professor David de Kretser has officially opened a new auditorium at the University's Gippsland campus.
Monash students selected for world games
Nine Monash students will compete at the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia from 1 to 12 July -- the largest number of Monash students ever selected for the international event.What's on this week
| Until Sat 23 Dec | Astronomy in a Nutshell | Clayton |
| Until Mon 31 Aug | Swift and Defoe | Clayton |
| Until Fri 3 July | University Exam Period | Peninsula |
| Tues 30 June to Thurs 9 July | School Holiday Program - Monash Science Centre | Clayton |
| Tues 30 June | What we do and don't know about comets | Clayton |
| Wed 1 July | Information Technology information session | Caulfield |
| Weds 1 July to Sat 5 September | Richard Lewer: Nobody Likes a Show Off | Clayton |
| Thurs 2 July | Paul the Jew: Continuities and Contradictions" | Caulfield |
| Thurs 2 July | Global Health Seminar | Melbourne |
| Thurs 2 July | Seminar presented by Prof A.Woodward, Head of the School of Population Health, University of Auckland | Melbourne |
Coming events
| 7 July to 10 July | Mediation and Conflict: Translation and Culture in a Global Context | Caulfield |
| Wed 15 July | Short course - Understanding the law and nursing | Peninsula |
| Sun 9 August | 'A Songathon' - Fundraiser Concert for Bethlehem Hospital | Clayton |
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, the University's Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins reflects on his past six years in the role. He will retire as Vice-Chancellor on 5 July.
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60 seconds with ...
Joze KuzicIn this week's 60 seconds with we catch up with Dr Joze Kuzic from the Caulfield School of Information Technology. Dr Kuzic, an avid St Kilda supporter, is preparing for the introduction of a new project management subject that will commence in second semester this year.
This week: Notices
Notices
- Micromon Launches High Throughput Sequencing & Genomics Service
- Information Technology Postgraduate information session - Caulfield
- New unit - Project Management - Caulfield
- Monash New Enterprise Challenge 2009 - Team Member Recruit - Caulfield
- Monash Berwick Careers Expo - Berwick
- Gippsland Careers Expo - Gippsland
- 2009 Monash University Summer Vacation, Internships and International Careers Fair - Clayton
- Education for Sustainability Framework - comments sought
- Public talk: What we don't know about comets and telescope viewing
Conferences, seminars and lectures
- Introduction to course planning
- Interactive lecturing
- Archive / Counter Archive Conference - Prato centre
- APBRG Workshop on Regulatory Geography - Caulfield
- Transcription factor control of neuron migration during brain development - Clayton
- Time, transcendence, performance - call for papers - Caulfield
- Developmental Biology Seminar Series - Clayton
- New Synchrotron and Neutron Users Symposium - Clayton
- Public Literary Event: Australian Writers in the World - Caulfield
Participants sought
- Social anxiety study seeks males for drug (oxytocin) trial
- Parents of 14-16 year old adolescents wanted to complete survey
- Decision-making as a function of health-related information
- Participants sought for Early Life Trauma Research
- Want to keep your 12-18 year old busy over the school holidays?
- Study of self-awareness - Clayton
- Parents and friends attachment as protective factors in early adult development
- Healthy Adults (30-45 years) urgently needed for Huntington's Disease MRI Study - Clayton
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- Certificate IV in Frontline Management - Clayton
- CMHSE Workshop - Planning your teaching - Notting Hill, Clayton
- CMHSE Workshop - Teaching small groups - Notting Hill, Clayton
- CMHSE Workshop - Giving effective performance feedback - Notting Hill, Clayton
- CMHSE Workshop - Introduction to Assessment - Notting Hill, Clayton
- CMSHE Workshop - Introduction to supervision - Notting Hill, Clayton
- CMHSE Workshop - Dealing with the poorly performing learner - Notting Hill, Clayton
- CMSHE Workshop - Teaching and supervising Gen Y learners - Notting Hill, Clayton
- CMHSE Workshop - Teaching learners from Non-English speaking backgrounds - Notting Hill, Clayton
- CMHSE Workshop - Introduction to course planning - Notting Hill, Clayton
- CMHSE Workshop - Interactive lecturing - Notting Hill, Clayton
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment - Clayton
- Event Management Course - Clayton
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