Archive
Archive
April 2005
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Humble fly a predictor of climate change
29 April 2005
Climate change has dramatically altered the genetic makeup of vinegar flies along Australia's east coast over 20 years, Monash University researchers have found.
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Preventing childhood obesity in Victoria -- are we doing enough?
28 April 2005
Victoria has made a promising start in fighting childhood obesity but the relevant programs have limited, short-term funding, a Monash University seminar will be told tonight, Thursday 28 April.
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Could Chinese herbal medicine help stomach ailments?
27 April 2005
An investigation of PoChai pills - a popular Chinese herbal remedy for stomachaches - has found that the pills are effective in reducing the gut muscle contractions that cause stomachaches.
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Workers living more precariously in 2005
27 April 2005
A two-day conference exploring the longer-term personal and social impact of the loss of job security is being conducted in Melbourne this week by Monash University's Centre for Research on Work and Society in the Global Era.
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Why Australia's anti-inflation experiment failed
26 April 2005
Australia's controversial monetary policy of the 1970s and 1980s failed comprehensively in its goal to control inflation, according to a new book on the subject.
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Fossil creatures emerge from the slime -- with Monash help
22 April 2005
Snails, soft corals and arthropods feature on a series of stamps, issued today by Australia Post, that owe part of their existence to Patricia Vickers-Rich, a professor of palaeontology in Monash's School of Geosciences.
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Australia's past monetary policy -- an insider's view
22 April 2005
A book charting the evolution of Australia's contentious monetary policy from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s will be launched at Monash University today.
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Australia-China Free Trade Agreement could boost economies
21 April 2005
A Free Trade Agreement between Australia and China would substantially benefit both countries, an analysis by Monash University's Centre of Policy Studies has found.
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Chair of clinical pharmacy appointed
21 April 2005
The Victorian College of Pharmacy at Monash University has created a Chair of Clinical Pharmacy and appointed Professor Michael Dooley to the post.
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Peat swamps harbour a tiny secret
21 April 2005
Bacteria and fungi are abundant in peat swamps, researchers from Monash University Malaysia have found in a discovery that has excited the global scientific community.
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Monash students are share market winners
20 April 2005
Three accounting and finance students from Monash University have scored top places in a national share-trading contest.
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Monash swimmers shone in MAPCU swimming tournament
19 April 2005
Monash swimmer Cheng Shu-Fenn shone at the recent swimming tournament organised by the Malaysian Association of Private Colleges and Universities (MAPCU), with a medal haul of one gold, five silver and a bronze.
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Gippsland Automation Centre receives prestigious funding
18 April 2005
An automation centre being developed in Gippsland to assist regional businesses was provided $500,000 late last week through the Victorian Government's Science, Technology and Innovation Infrastructure (STII) grants scheme.
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Honorary doctorate for Christine Nixon
18 April 2005
Victoria's top police officer has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from Monash.
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Melbourne researchers develop safer and more effective aspirin
18 April 2005
Monash University researchers and staff of the Melbourne-based biotechnology company Cerylid Biosciences Ltd, have discovered and developed a new class of anti-clotting drugs that appears to be more effective than aspirin at preventing disease-causing blo
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Monash shares in $24 million for innovative research
15 April 2005
Improved stormwater filtration, the regeneration of new body parts, the early diagnosis of heart disease and stroke and other new developments are the focus of Monash researchers who have received funding under the Victorian Government's Science, Technolo
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Monash's 'Solivoid' a major attraction at DesignEX
14 April 2005
A towering inflatable structure developed by staff and post-graduate students from Monash University's Faculty of Art and Design is a major highlight at this year's DesignEX exhibition in Melbourne.
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Military training can harm soldiers' moral awareness
14 April 2005
Military training techniques employed by the Australian armed forces are problematic and detrimental to soldiers, Monash University researcher Jessica Wolfendale has claimed.
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Greater market advantage for SMIs through information technology
13 April 2005
Small businesses with limited staff and resources should consider outsourcing part of their operations to increase productivity, a workshop on the Deployment of IT for Small and Medium Industries (SMIs) was told
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University technology transfer could boost economy
11 April 2005
Universities have an important role in the 21st century "knowledge economy" but will succeed only with a culture that fosters the transfer of research from the laboratory to the marketplace. This is the message of two leading US technology transfer expert
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More student places needed to address skills shortage
11 April 2005
Monash University research has found a shortage of doctors, nurse, engineers and accountants in Australia that is just as serious as the Federal Government's claims of a shortage of tradespeople.
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The great Labor split -- fifty years on
8 April 2005
The great split in the Australian Labor Party in 1955 could prove a cautionary tale for the party today, say the organisers of a conference to mark its 50th anniversary.
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Monash artist joins world's best ceramists in Korea
8 April 2005
Ceramic artist and Monash fine arts lecturer Mr Michael Doolan is the only Australian to have been invited to exhibit at the Trans-Ceramic-Art exhibition in Seoul, Korea.
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University and business partnerships under discussion
8 April 2005
Richard Lambert, the man who recommended sweeping changes to the management of UK universities -- including a voluntary code of governance that would turn vice-chancellors into chief executives, will visit Monash University next week to discuss the need f
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Torture threatens humanity's values
8 April 2005
Turning to torture to resolve the crises of terrorism would never work and was compromising humanity's values, Mr Paris Aristotle AM told the annual Monash University Costello Lecture last night.
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Eminent endocrinologist to head Monash University Malaysia's medical school
8 April 2005
Monash University Malaysia has appointed Professor Dato' Dr Anuar Zaini Md Zain, an eminent endocrinologist, to head its School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
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Zoos should be 'spine tingling' to remain relevant
8 April 2005
Trips to the zoo should involve contact with wild animals that inspires awe, fascination and even a little fear if zoos are to remain popular and relevant, a Monash University researcher has said.
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Flatfoot steps into Monash theatre
7 April 2005
Australian comedy Flatfoot will feature at Monash University's Alexander Theatre at the Clayton campus next month.
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Leading obesity expertise at Monash
6 April 2005
Monash University's Centre for Obesity Research and Education is a collaboration of researchers and educators studying all aspects of obesity.
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Public school students perform well at university
6 April 2005
A study released today by Monash University researchers Ian Dobson and Eric Skuja has found students from public schools outperform those from private schools when they reach university.
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Employee shares no answer to sagging company performance
4 April 2005
Employee share ownership schemes -- often relied upon to boost corporateperformance -- are not the answer to sagging staff morale and profits, a Monash study has found.
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Protection or peril for Bay dolphins
4 April 2005
The small population of bottlenose dolphins living in Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay has such a unique genetic make-up that the loss of two or three breeding females could devastate the population, Monash University researcher Kate Charlton has found.
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From Marx to Mao: communism's past on display
1 April 2005
More than 150 rare posters, pamphlets and books on communism, some more than 130 years old, are on display at the Sir Louis Matheson Library at the university's Clayton campus.
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Three Monash Law graduates join the bench
1 April 2005
Three Monash Law alumni have been appointed to the Victorian judiciary. Mr Kevin Bell QC has been appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court, Ms Felicity Hampel SC to the bench of the County Court and the Victorian Solicitor for Public Prosecutions Ms Ka
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