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News
Medical graduate named distinguished young alumnus
Identikit for new life
Monash launches philanthropic campaign
Seeing the world in double vision
Monash researchers recognised with Federation Fellowships
Tell your Monash learning tale
Events
Race day: Sir John Monash Stakes
Festival: Limmud Oz
Library exhibition: Fifty Books from Fifty Years
Event in Singapore: 50th Anniversary gala
Exhibition: Photography at the Faculty Gallery
Lifelong learning
Seminar: Strengthening university and health care ties
Public lecture: Human visual processes
50th anniversary events
Public lecture: Social justice and climate change
Historian unravels Monash's founding |
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Medical graduate named distinguished young alumnus
Medical alumnus Dr David Mitchell (MBBS 2000) is one of five outstanding graduates who received a Monash University Distinguished Alumni Award in 2008. |
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Identikit for new life
Monash researchers have used DNA to identify which embryos have implanted after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and developed successfully to result in the births of healthy babies.
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Monash launches philanthropic campaign
Campaign chair Trevor O'Hoy (BEc 1976) has announced Monash University's ambitious philanthropic campaign to raise more than $200 million over the next three years. |
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Seeing the world in double vision
Renowned visual neuroscientist Melvyn Goodale (pictured) from The University of Western Ontario has revealed that two different visual systems guide our lives, one of which is largely unconscious. |
More alumni news
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Events
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Race day: Sir John Monash Stakes
The annual alumni race day and lunch will be held at Caulfield Racecourse on Saturday 19 July. |
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Festival: Limmud Oz
The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation will host Limmud Oz, Australia's annual festival of Jewish learning and culture, at the Caulfield campus between 22 and 24 June. |
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Library exhibition: Fifty Books from Fifty Years
Held at the Sir Louis Matheson Library until 31 August, the exhibition showcases 50 significant books selected by 50 Monash researchers including Die Traeumenden Knaben by Oskar Kokoschka (pictured). |
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Lifelong learning
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Seminar: Strengthening university and health care ties
Professor Steve Wesselingh, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, will speak at this Medical Research Breakfast Seminar on 25 June. |
More lifelong learning opportunities
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50th anniversary events
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Public lecture: Social justice and climate change
Professor The Honourable John Thwaites (BSc 1978, LLB(Hons) 1981), Chairman of the Monash Sustainability Institute, will present the Costello Lecture at Federation Square on 19 June. |
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Historian unravels Monash's founding
Professor Graeme Davison discussed the dreams of Monash founders at last month's 50th Anniversary Public ecture. Listen to the podcast on the Faculty of Arts webpage. |
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