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News
Business figure aids muscular dystrophy research
New Monash scholarship to foster science research
Unwrapping the secrets of the ancients
Applications open for summer scholarship research grants
Alumni duo leads Hawthorn to victory
Pharmaceuticals leader links values to growth at alumni seminar
Alumni to benefit from bonus Monash Sport membership
Events
2008 reunions: MBBS alumni
Educate08: The Great Alumni and Friends Debate
Faculty of Art & Design Gallery exhibition: Folded
Reception: alumni event in the USA
Reunion: 40 years of the Monash MBA
Lifelong learning
Forum: Doctors and state control, from Nazi medicine to the present
Short course: health promotion planning
Art & Design event: lunchtime art forums
Marketing seminar: measuring digital media
Lecture: Making Public Histories
Conference in Prato, Italy: securing sustainable energy
50th anniversary events
Public lecture: 2008 Rod Andrew Oration
Educate08 lecture: rethinking mental health laws
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Business figure aids muscular dystrophy research
A generous gift from leading businessman Bill Moss AM will help Monash scientists investigate the third-most common form of muscular dystrophy. |
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New Monash scholarship to foster science research
Monash University has launched a new scholarship program to support talented students wanting to pursue a Higher Degree by Research in Science.
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Unwrapping the secrets of the ancients
Janet Davey is one of only two forensic egyptologists in Australia and leads the evocatively-named Melbourne Mummy Project at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine. |
More alumni news
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2008 reunions: MBBS alumni
Reconnect with classmates at forthcoming MBBS reunions in October and November including the 'Class of 1978' event on Saturday 25 October. |
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Educate08: The Great Alumni and Friends Debate
On 7 October, Jane Clifton (BA 1972) and Sally Cockburn (MBBS 1982) will take part in this debate at The Langham Melbourne. The event is part of Monash's Educate08 program.
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Faculty of Art & Design Gallery exhibition: Folded
Folded features works that delve into the realms of gesture, drape and fold, and will run from 6 to 31 October at the Faculty Gallery, Caulfield. Photo: Simone Slee, Form connotes action - test #1 blue 2000. |
More alumni events
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Lifelong learning
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Forum: Doctors and state control, from Nazi medicine to the present
This event, co-presented by the Faculty, will explore participation by health professionals in state-sponsored crimes. Held at the Jewish Holocaust Centre, Elsternwick, on 23 November. |
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Short course: health promotion planning
Professor Guy Parcel (University of Texas) will hold a three-day short course (29-31 October) at the Alfred Hospital about public health and health promotion interventions. |
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Art & Design event: lunchtime art forums
The final two forums for 2008, at the Caulfield campus on 8 and 15 October, will feature studio artist Simon Pericich and Australian Research Council fellow Charles Wolfe. |
More lifelong learning opportunities
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50th anniversary events
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Public lecture: 2008 Rod Andrew Oration
Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, pioneering British heart and lung transplant surgeon, will present this 50th Anniversary Public Lecture at Federation Square on 28 October.
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Educate08 lecture: rethinking mental health laws
On 9 October at The Langham Melbourne, Professor Bernadette McSherry will discuss the challenge of educating people about laws regulating the treatment of people with mental illnesses.
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