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Chancellor Dr Alan Finkel and incoming Vice-Chancellor Professor Ed Byrne with outgoing Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins.

Chancellor honours outgoing vice-chancellor

Monash Chancellor Dr Alan Finkel has paid tribute to the contribution of Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins who this month concludes his six-year tenure at the helm of Australia's largest university.

 

University news

Professor Richard LarkinsReflections on the future

This week Monash Memo caught up with outgoing Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins to ask him about his time at Monash.

Victor FinkelMonash hosts debate championship

More than 400 students from 55 universities across 12 countries will arrive in Melbourne this week for the 35th Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championship.

science laboratory At the coal face of e-learning

One of the most advanced science laboratories in Australia was officially launched last week by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Senator Kim Carr.


More University news

Workshop builds mathematical foundations

The Faculty of Education has hosted a workshop in South Africa to improve the understanding of mathematics among teachers from secondary schools near the University's South African campus.

Researcher awarded Manning Clark House Fellowship

Associate Professor Maryanne Dever from the Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research has received the 2009 Manning Clark House/Copyright Agency of Australia Fellowship.

 

Around Monash

wind turbineAnswers in the wind

Students from around the world will converge on Monash this month as part of the International Future Energy Challenge.

section of Richard Lewer, True stories – Australian crime 2008 (detail)Nobody likes a show off

Richard Lewer: Nobody Likes a Show Off will open today at the Monash University Museum of Art, continuing MUMA's series of exhibitions focusing upon the work of significant artists at mid-career.

Stephanie RepBright future after internship

When Stephanie Rep was offered the opportunity to work as a marketing assistant with internationally-recognised company PZ Cussons as part of her coursework, she jumped at the chance.

What's on this week

Until Sat 23 Dec Astronomy in a Nutshell Clayton
Until Sat 5 September Richard Lewer: Nobody Likes a Show Off Clayton
Until Mon 31 Aug Swift and Defoe Clayton
Until Fri 3 July University Exam Period Peninsula
Until Thurs 9 July School Holiday Program - Monash Science Centre Clayton
Wed 1 July Information Technology information session Caulfield
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

Monash world

 Melbourne      Saturday     2:46pm    Mostly Cloudy    14° C        
 Johannesburg      Saturday     6:46am    Fair    2° C        
 Kuala Lumpur      Saturday     12:46pm    Mostly Cloudy    32° C        
 Prato      Saturday     6:46am    Partly Cloudy    20° C        

60 seconds with ...

Eileen Bell Eileen Bell
In this week's 60 Seconds we meet first-year off-campus student Eileen Bell. Eileen is Australia's first female professional gamer. The Bachelor of Business Studies student has been chosen to present at the upcoming Annual Conference of International Simulation and Gaming Association.


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STRIP 2 building, Clayton campus This week: Speed building ...

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