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.
Green steps for mankind
The University's groundbreaking environmental training program Green Steps has won the education category in this year's Banksia Environmental Awards.
University news
A team of international astrophysicists, including Dr Maria Lugaro from Monash, has discovered a new explanation for the early composition of our solar system.
Voices raised for young patients
Students from the Monash School of Music - Conservatorium are holding a "songathon" on 9 August to raise money for the Bethlehem Hospital's youth program Creative Connections.
Dinosaur burrows hold clues to survival strategies
Honorary Research Associate Dr Anthony Martin has found evidence of a dinosaur burrow that helps explain how dinosaurs protected themselves from climate extremes during the Cretaceous period.More University news
Student wins design scholarship
A Monash PhD student from the Faculty of Art and Design has received a scholarship from Volgren, Australia's largest bus manufacturer, to develop a better, more cost-effective way to mass engineer buses.Vacation opportunities this summer
Students will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from Australian and international companies at the 2009 Monash Summer Vacation, Internship and International Careers Fair on Thursday 6 August.
Around Monash
Engineering students secure future
Two engineering students from the Sunway campus in Malaysia have secured a job and will see their prototype products go into commercial development before they have finished their degree.
Music to our ears
Researchers from the Faculty of Information Technology are developing a new music classification system to make digital music downloading easier.
Monash Games raises money for Salvos
Staff and students participating in this year's Monash Games have raised almost $4000 in conjunction with Westpac Bank for the Salvation Army. What's on this week
| Until Sat 23 Dec | Astronomy in a Nutshell | Clayton |
| Until Mon 31 Aug | Swift and Defoe | Clayton |
| Until Sat 5 Sep | Richard Lewer: Nobody Likes a Show Off | Clayton |
| Until Fri 28 Aug | Anxious Sight: Drawing Time | Caulfield |
| Until Thurs 17 Sept | Monash Fit Camp | Caulfield |
| Tues 4 Aug | How to find employment | Peninsula |
| Tues 4 Aug | Family Violence - Deans Lecture Serie's - Law Students' Society Lecture | Law chambers |
| Weds 5 Aug | MONSU Peninsula Student Survival Day | Peninsula |
| Weds 5 Aug | Campus Connect: The Amazing Monash Race | Peninsula |
| Weds 5 Aug | EndNote X2 for postgraduate students (advanced) | Peninsula |
| Thurs 6 Aug | Summer Vacation, Internships and International Careers Fair | Clayton |
| Sun 9 Aug | 'A Songathon' - Fundraiser Concert for the Creative Connections programme at Bethlehem Hospital | Clayton |
Monash world
| Melbourne | Friday | 6:01 | pm |  | 26° C | |
| Johannesburg | Friday | 9:01 | am |  | 22° C | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Friday | 3:01 | pm | | 33° C | |
| Prato | Friday | 8:01 | am |  | 14° C |
60 seconds with ...
Robin GersterIn this week's 60 Seconds we meet Associate Professor Robin Gerster from the Faculty of Arts. Associate Professor Gerster has worked at Monash for more than 20 years and is regarded as one of Australia's leading critics on Western cultural and political relationships and war and travel literature.
This week: Notices
Notices
- Two student/staff new semester masses
- Research Orientation - Clayton
- Short Fiction Anthology seeks submissions
- 2009 Vice-Chancellor's Showcase of Teaching Excellence
- Computing in Melbourne: A Historical Tour
- Research awards and funding opportunities
- MIMR - 2010 Student Open Day - Clayton
- Student Leadership Applications closing
- 2009 European Travel Grants for staff
Conferences, seminars and lectures
- Dean's Lecture Series presented by the Law Students' Society - Family Violence - Melbourne
- The Tourist Dollar - Your business can benefit - Peninsula
- Centre of Southeast Asian Studies Seminar - Professor Margaret Kartomi - Clayton
- Bioinformatics: Services, Tools and Know How - An EBI Perspective - Clayton
- 2009 Monash University Summer Vacation, Internships and International Careers Fair - Clayton
- SPPPM Seminar Series - Dr Grace Couchman 'The use of multi-family groups in clinical practice' - Clayton
- Understanding your Legal Responsibilities and Animal Use in Research and Teaching at Monash University - Clayton
- UniSuper Seminar, Introduction to investment risk and return - Clayton
- The 2009 Australasian Tablets in Education Conference - Clayton
- 'After the war came the battle': Grief, injury and trauma in Victoria's Government schools after the Great War, 1914-18 - Clayton
- Water Research Seminar - Uniwater - Clayton
- Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies - Clayton
- Regional Economic Development Seminar - Gippsland
- Call for Papers: Employability Symposium
- 2009 Transition Retention and Progression Forum - Call for Papers
Participants sought
- Healthy man study
- Are you on the contraceptive pill?
- Decision-making as a function of health-related information
- Do you or someone you know suffer from headaches / migraines and depressive symptoms?
- Do you have a Sri Lankan background?
- Attention study
- eResearch survey
- Early morning shift workers needed
- International students and living on campus - Clayton
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