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Monash Alumni eNews: Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences edition
December 2008

In this issue


News
Monash appoints new Vice-Chancellor
Rhodes to success: student secures scholarship
Have your say in the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Awards
Iconic GP's refresher still on course after three decades
Regenerative medicine research facility opens
Alumni, friends win state Australian of the Year awards

Events
Art exhibition: Primary Views
TeamMONASH event: Portsea Swim Classic
Student prize night: Monash Marketing Awards

Lifelong learning
Public lecture: democracy and climate change
Symposium: cultural expression and international law
Concert and lecture: Jewish music in exile
Historical studies seminar: visualising the past

50th anniversary news
Monash launches gift ware collection


News

 

Monash appoints new Vice-Chancellor
Professor Edward Byrne AO, former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, has been appointed as the eighth Vice-Chancellor of Monash University.

     
 

Rhodes to success: student secures scholarship
Final year Monash University medical student Anthea Lindquist was recently named the 2009 recipient of the Victorian Rhodes Scholarship Prize.

     
 

Have your say in the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Awards
Who will you nominate in the 2009 Monash University Distinguished Alumni Awards? Nominations will open in January next year.


More alumni news


Events

 

Art exhibition: Primary Views
An exhibition showcasing the work of four artists represented in the Monash University Collection will run from 3 to 19 December at the Clayton campus. Photo: Jacky Redgate Untitled 1990.

     
 

TeamMONASH event: Portsea Swim Classic
Join the Monash team in the Portsea Swim Classic, one of the largest open water swins in Australia, at the Portsea front beach in Victoria on Saturday 17 January.


More alumni events


Lifelong learning

 

Public lecture: democracy and climate change
Professor Amanda Lynch FTSE (BSc(Hons) 1987) will speak on 'Democracy and climate change: finding the common interest' at the State Library of Victoria on Thursday 4 December.

     
 

Symposium: cultural expression and international law
This one-day symposium, at Monash city offices on Monday 15 December, will examine World Intellectual Property Organisation draft protocols for the protection of traditional cultural expression.


More lifelong learning opportunities


50th anniversary news

 

Monash launches gift ware collection
A collection of ceramic gift items, featuring designs by Monash alumna and staff member Caroline Durré (MA(VisArts) 1997), was launched last month.

 
 

Alumni profile

Monash alumna explores science of inheritance
Can genetic predispositions to health or illness be traced back to what your grandmother ate? That’s just one of the incredible investigations underway in genetics, says Professor Agnes Bankier (MBBS 1973) who is at the frontier of human coding.

Read more alumni profiles on the 'Classnotes' pages of the alumni website.


The Chancellor's column

What is this thing called Prato?
In his December column, Monash University Chancellor Dr Alan Finkel AM (BE 1976, PhD 1981) writes about his recent visit to Monash University's Prato Centre in Italy.

Read the Chancellor's column

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