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.
A celebration of education
Monash is celebrating education this week with a showcase of opportunities for current and future students, the launch of the new education blueprint, the Monash Passport, and the signing of a historic agreement between the University and Oxfam Australia.
University news
Monash has recognised the exemplary teaching of its staff with the awarding of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Teaching Excellence.
Monash wins Australian University Games
Monash University has won the 2008 Australian University Games.
World first stem-cell trial for neck injuries
Melbourne will host the world's first clinical trials of a new medical treatment that could give hope to millions of people suffering spinal neck pain and injuries.More University news
Monash scientist walks on world stage
Professor James Whisstock has been selected as one of two scientists to represent the Asia region at the Science and Technology in Society forum in Kyoto later this month.Understanding the choreography of life
More than 100 researchers, practitioners and students from across the world are expected to attend the 'Pattern Recognition in Bioinformatics' conference in Melbourne from 15 -- 17 October, 2008.
Around Monash
Optimism in face of adversity
Monash arts/law students Viv Benjamin and Nick Bearlin-Allardice have recently returned from international volunteer projects with the Oaktree Foundation. 
Postgraduate student studies at Japanese synchrotron
Postgraduate student Radha Maganti is in Japan on a study excursion at the Cheiron Synchrotron School -- one of only ten Australian students selected for the privilege.
FiRM contribution to energy savings
Monash University's Financial Resources Management Division is celebrating a 70 per cent reduction in energy use following an upgrade of office fixtures.What's on this week
| Until Thurs 9 Oct | Fictions | Gippsland |
| Until Sat 22 Nov | The Ecologies Project | Clayton |
| Mon 6 to Fri 31 Oct | Folded | Caulfield |
| Mon 6 to Fri 10 Oct | What do you know? - Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) | Peninsula |
| Wed 8 Oct | Workplace and Corporate Law Research Group (WCLRG) Seminar | Caulfield |
| Wed 8 Oct | eResearch Event - Public Lecture by Professor Larry Smarr | Clayton |
| Wed 8 Oct | Gardening for a sustainable future: Frances Saunders | Clayton |
| Wed 8 Oct | Responding to Climate Change: Avoiding the Unmanageable and Managing the Unavoidable | Caulfield |
| Thurs 9 to Sat 11 Oct | The Musical, the Musical | Clayton |
| Thurs 9 Oct | Lunchtime Concert Series - Brass and Trumpet Ensembles | Clayton |
| Thurs 9 Oct | Piano Twililght Concert | Clayton |
| Fri 10 Oct | Integration of ILO international labour standards into in public purchasing policies and processes in Australia | Clayton |
| Sat 11 Oct | Berwick VCE Revision Lecture Series | Berwick |
| Sun 12 Oct | Melbourne Marafun | Melbourne |
Coming events
| Sun 19 Oct | Around the Bay in a Day bike ride | Melbourne |
| Thurs 23 Oct | Pink Ribbon Charity Breakfast | Clayton |
Monash world
| Melbourne | Saturday | 1:15 | pm |  | 25° C | |
| Johannesburg | Saturday | 4:15 | am |  | 12° C | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Saturday | 10:15 | am |  | 26° C | |
| Prato | Saturday | 4:15 | am | | 12° C |
Vice Chancellor's column
Ancora ImparoIn the October Ancora Imparo, Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins discusses the launch of the Monash Passport model and the University's role in the Australian University Games.
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60 seconds with ...
Professor John NieuwenhuysenIn this week's 60 seconds with … we meet Professor John Nieuwenhuysen, Director of the Institute for the Study of Global Movements.
This week: Notices
Notices
- Mental Health Week
- Undergraduate, Honours, Postgraduate and Research Students: First Annual Essay Competition in European and EU Studies
- Service Award Medals - 50th Anniversary Ceremony
Conferences, seminars and lectures
- Department of Management Seminar -- Caulfield
- Research income analysis and recommendations
- Healthy Start to Life Conference -- Clayton
- Securing Sustainable Energy Supplies in Europe and Australia -- Prato
- Perspectives: Europe and the EU in the Past, Present and Future
- How much is enough? -- Clayton
- How much is enough? -- Caulfield
- Research challenges in Bioinformatics -- Parkville
- PRIB 2008 conference -- Melbourne
- Legal Development in East Asia: China -- Vietnam Compared
- UniSuper Seminar -- Gippsland
- Computing History Tour of Melbourne -- Caulfield
- Faculty of Education Seminar -- Clayton
Participants sought
- Are you male and overweight?
- Vehicle Technology Study
- Depression relapse prevention study
- A novel ionic current contributing to spasm of small blood vessels
- Failed Workplace Romance Study
- Parents and friends attachment as protective factors in early adults development
- Drowsy driving behaviour in the simulator
- Understanding Stuttering Using Brain Imaging
- Healthy man study
- English Language Growth (ELG) Project
- Usability of horizontal and vertical scrolling for reading on-line text
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