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.
Largest ever clinical trial to test benefits of aspirin
Researchers at Monash and the US-based Berman Center for Outcomes and Clinical Research will lead an international clinical trial to test whether taking aspirin contributes to good health in the elderly.
University news
An international study has predicted the effect global warming will have on the Earth's plant life.
Finding the good oil
A team from the engineering and arts faculties will develop a system to produce alternative diesel fuels from second-generation feedstocks such as waste construction wood and plantation residues.
Monash dominates national games
In the closest finish in its history, Monash has taken out top honours in this year's Australian University Games. More University news
Middle East conflict up for debate
The annual Vice-Chancellor's Public Debate at Clayton campus next week will debate a solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict.Clean sweep for Monash law students
Monash law students have won every category of the recent Victorian Council of Law Student Societies (VCLSS) Inter-university Championships - the most prestigious law students' competition in Victoria.
Around Monash
Tablets help to teach health
A trial of tablet PC technology in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences is enhancing the student learning experience.
Pledge your commitment to the environment
Staff and students can now sign an online pledge to cement their commitment to environmental sustainability. 
Student on a learning curve at Oxfam
A Faculty of Information Technology student is undertaking an Industry-Based Learning (IBL) placement with Oxfam Australia.News bites
Read news bites
- Engineers revolutionise library management
- Monash academics have received Victorian Public Healthcare Awards
- Monash South Africa celebrates Cultural Day
- Sunway campus taxation expert recognised
- Monash stem-cell scientist receives fellowship
What's on this week
Monash world
| Melbourne | Friday | 12:57 | pm |  | 21° C | |
| Johannesburg | Friday | 3:57 | am |  | 19° C | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Friday | 9:57 | am | | 28° C | |
| Prato | Friday | 2:57 | am |  | 13° C |
60 seconds with ...
Erin QuigleyIn this week's 60 seconds, we meet Erin Quigley, an honours student from the Faculty of Arts. Erin is writing her thesis on children in the Lodz ghetto during the Holocaust, and has studied at the Monash South Africa campus as well as in Rwanda, as part of her coursework.
This week: Notices
Notices
- Australian Youth Representative to the UN
- Volunteer for the Parliament of the World's Religions - Melbourne
- Animal Welfare Update September 2009
- MSA Co-operative Bookshop's AGM
- Research awards and funding opportunities
- Free Concert: Persian Music - Clayton
- Monash Mental Health Week
Conferences, seminars and lectures
- Academic employees and their university employers - Clayton
- UniSuper Seminar, How Much Is Enough? - Clayton
- Leaving: making sense of poignant memories - Caulfield
- 2009 Postgraduate Symposium - Melbourne
- Castan Centre Public Lecture
- CAIS Brown Bag Seminar Series - Clayton
- Helping Children in the Aftermath of Bushfires - Melbourne
- Stem cell transplant for autoimmune disease
- Dr Jim Hyde "Rethinking Public Health Leadership"
- Human Factors: Barriers and opportunities Workshop
- BusEco Dean, Stephen King on Collective Bargaining - Clayton
- Healthy Start to Life Network Annual Conference - Clayton
- Judging in Israel -- Balancing Contradictions - Clayton
- Mental Health Public Lecture - Clayton
- Symposium: Mending the Mind in the 21st Century - Clayton
- Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies - Clayton
- Psych 2010 - studies in psychology and psychiatry - Clayton
Participants sought
- Attitudes regarding the welfare of dogs
- Healthy adults needed for research in Parkinsons
- Clinical Trial for Leg Pain
- Are You or Your Partner Expecting a Baby?
- Looking for pre-school children for sleep research
- Headache/Migraine and Depression Research
- Victims' experiences with police
- Seeking adolescents for positive psychology study
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