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Graduation season is upon us! 🎓

Starting next week, we'll be celebrating the incredible achievements of our graduates. 🌟

To all our students who have worked tirelessly to reach this milestone, congratulations! Your dedication, resilience, and hard work has paid off, and we couldn’t be prouder.

A $10 million donation to Cabrini Health Australia and Monash University is set to transform cancer care for Victorians. The generous gift from the PMF Foundation was inspired by the personal experience of one of Professor Gary Richardson OAM’s patients, whose life was significantly prolonged by the ground-breaking treatment.

The landmark funding will establish a cutting-edge genomic testing program at Cabrini providing personalised, precision treatment for up to 2,000 additional patients annually, including public patients who would otherwise be unable to access such specialised care.

Read more 📖: http://mona.sh/r5qQ50Tmw0Y

We congratulate Dr Megan Clark AC on her installation as the ninth Chancellor of Monash University this past Monday.

Dr Clark was appointed Chancellor by the Monash University Council based on her demonstrated commitment to the future of Monash, her extensive leadership experience across a variety of industries and sectors, and her significant contributions to Australian science and research. She commenced as Chancellor on 2 July 2024.

We wish Dr Clark success in her new role as she works with Council and the wider Monash community to continue elevating the University’s reputation within Australia and around the world.

Read more 📖: http://mona.sh/2WeK50TeWIG

Our highly anticipated Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Week kicks off today.

We celebrate the diversity that exists within our community, and brings to light the transformative work we are doing across the University to create equitable and more inclusive environments in education and research. Equally, it provides an opportunity for reflection, collaborative problem-solving, and planning for action towards the goals we are yet to achieve.

EDI Week empowers our staff and students to be agents of change, both here at Monash and in their own communities beyond ours. Through a variety of events, training, and interactive workshops, we endeavour to deliver knowledge and develop skills that encourage our community to challenge the norm, to champion the different, and to lead meaningful change.

This year's program extends across our Australian, Malaysian and Indonesian campuses, with hybrid and online offerings available to students and staff in any location around the world.

Learn more: http://mona.sh/aCtK50Tc3Ri

A groundbreaking, Victorian-first with Victoria Police enables our students to become a police officer while attaining our criminology degree. Under the initiative, students completing our three-year Bachelor of Criminology and Policing train to be a police member at the academy in their final year.

Jonathan Bingley, will become the course’s first student to graduate later this year, said it offered the best of both worlds. The 23-year-old switched from our criminology degree in 2022. “I have always wanted to be a police officer – but I also wanted to do uni. I thought it was a really good opportunity,” he said.

Read more: http://mona.sh/Q7KP50T79lw

How can you be certain you’re making the right call? How can you prepare yourself when everything seems to be constantly changing? Having the right answers to these kinds of questions is what separates good leaders from great ones. 🤔

That’s why our latest free masterclass is all about leadership, uncertainty and change. Monash alumni, join our PD masterclass on Thursday 5 September for Ready-for-anything leadership - strengthening presence and self-certainty with Sharon Longridge.

Learn about the neuroscience of uncertainty, discover techniques to boost your adaptive capacity, and master the art of maintaining composure and influence in chaotic situations.
Sharon Longridge, an executive presence expert, will share cutting-edge research and practical strategies to help you lead with confidence.

Limited spots available – don’t miss out and register today: http://mona.sh/AJIY50T4GtL

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Congratulations to our former President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Margaret Gardner AC, and Victoria’s 30th Governor, who has been awarded the Financial Review’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award for her dedication, commitment and service to Australia’s higher education sector. 👏

Read more 📖: http://mona.sh/LlYz50T2IiM

Researchers at Monash Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have developed a world-first data model to predict antibiotic resistance during treatment.

This innovation could be a game-changer in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. 💊🔬

Read more: http://mona.sh/rmN750SWqtm

Data modelling breakthrough in the fight against antimicrobial resistance In a world first, researchers are harnessing data science to describe and predict when resistance to antibiotics will emerge during treatment for a...

We're just over a week away from ! 🙌

This is your chance to learn more about your future at Monash.

Learn about our wide range of courses, including double degrees, from all ten study areas, join a tour of our campuses and facilities, take part in fun activities and load up on food and giveaways.

Here's a throw back to last year's Open Day! 🔙

Register now: http://mona.sh/hf8m50SIOLZ

A study of 21 aged care homes in Victoria has found 68% of residents were malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences’ Jonathan Foo writes that there needs to be nationally-accepted systems for routine malnutrition screening.

Read more 📖: http://mona.sh/iIkc50SJJy0

Tackling malnutrition in the aged care sector Early identification is the first step in addressing malnutrition. This requires systematic routine screening processes.

It’s a wrap! Another semester, another Orientation. 🎉

For the first time, we hosted the Monash International Student Welcome, inviting our students from all over the globe to learn about Australia, make new friends and explore Monash together. 🌏

To all our new and returning students, enjoy your journey with us. 📚

🌱 From Pickles to Partnerships: A Journey to Net-Zero 🌱

What happens when a dill pickle brinery meets a net-zero action platform? An unlikely yet impactful business relationship is born!

At The Generator, Monash University's hub for entrepreneurial skills, startup success, and a change-making community, innovation knows no bounds. This is the story of how n0de, a NetZero action platform, and Dillicious, a dill pickle brinery, connected through The Generator network to embark on a carbon-neutral journey together.

Read more: http://mona.sh/UnLZ50SGSJO

Senior Director, Research Missions and Impact Dr Matthew French says it's time for us to re-examine how Australian universities can work together to explore new models of collaboration that can lead to all the ‘moonshot’ solutions the world now desperately needs.

Read more 📖: http://mona.sh/z70450SzjTn

Retaining teachers is crucial for safeguarding a future workforce within the education sector.

Researchers from Monash Education have found that supporting their wellbeing is one way of keeping them on board.

Read more 📖: http://mona.sh/eCGV50SzikX

Safeguarding the future of teachers Efforts to retain teachers is crucial to safeguarding a future workforce. One way of keeping them on board is to support their wellbeing.

The recent elections in Europe show that centre-aligned parties have held for now. However, it’s clear the incumbents face enormous challenges.

Monash Arts Tom Howe and Ben Wellings explain: http://mona.sh/tRFf50SxyU3

Delayed reckonings: Elections, international security and support for the radical right Following the week’s elections in Britain and France, the centre has held for now, but it’s clear incumbents face severe challenges. Both countries remain beholden to structural forces that constrain their politics.

The Labour Party has had a thumping win against the Conservatives in the UK, winning the election in a historic landslide. What does this mean for the UK and the wider world? 🌍

Monash Arts' Ben Wellings explains: http://mona.sh/p2lf50SwEHm

UK election 2024: Huge win for Labour, historic loss for Conservatives With exit polls predicting a landslide win, new PM Keir Starmer’s dull but steady approach seems to have paid off, but what does it mean for UK politics, and the rest of the world?

This year’s theme for NAIDOC Week, ‘Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud & Proud’, invites all Australians to celebrate and deepen our understanding of the continuing strength and resilience of First Nation Australian cultures and traditions that have led us to today. 🖤💛❤️

As a university, we remain committed to fostering a society that recognises, respects and includes First Peoples’ culture and knowledge as reflected in the Monash guiding strategic plan, Impact 2030.

We invite our community to get involved in both Monash and external events during the week via the link in our bio. 👆

In a landmark partnership, the GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC) and Monash University researchers have unearthed evidence of rituals dating back 500 generations.

The findings, published in the scientific journal Nature Human Behaviour, uncover profound insights into the rich heritage of one of the world's oldest living cultures.

The archaeological excavations revealed two small fireplaces, each with a shaped single stick embedded within. The upper fireplace was the size of the palm of a human hand, with a Casuarina stem partially burned amidst the ashes. The second fireplace, buried deeper in the deposit, also contained a single Casuarina stem, this one shaped with an angled-back end like on a throwing stick.

In a remarkable find, chemical analyses revealed that both sticks had been smeared with animal or human fat, and date back to 11,000 and 12,000 years ago respectively, marking the end of the Last Ice Age.

Read more 📖: http://mona.sh/QWRj50StlLA

We’ve strengthened our reputation as a global top-50 university, placing 35th in the US News and World Report Global Best Universities Rankings 2024-2025. We’re also ranked third nationally, up from equal fourth in the previous edition.

The result represents Monash’s continued rise as a global leader in excellent education and research among 2250 institutions across 104 countries.

Read more 📖: http://mona.sh/UNL350SqAEH

We were honoured to participate in the 2024 Bonn Climate Change Conference at the World Convention Centre in Bonn, Germany where two weeks of intensive negotiations were held across a range of issues where progress is needed on the path to this November in Baku, Azerbaijan.

In his closing speech UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell said “We’ve taken modest steps forward here in Bonn however too many items are still on the table... We’ve left ourselves with a very steep mountain to climb to achieve ambitious outcomes in Baku.”

The COP inter-sessional in Bonn provides a vital mid-year checkpoint to engage with key stakeholders across governments, industry, NGOs and frontline communities to lay the framework for this year’s COP ambitions. Since becoming an official Observer Organisation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2016, Monash has been a proud participant at COP and COP inter-sessionals in Germany.

For more information on Monash’s climate action journey, visit: http://mona.sh/SLF850Sm6rn

As a young girl, Tori loved science and maths, and she wanted to become an engineer.

A scholarship gift funded from our Monash alumni and donor community gave Tori the support she needed to realise her potential through education, and go as far as her dreams and talents will take her.

“My scholarship has shown me that you are not defined by your background but rather your perseverance and individuality to dream big,” says Tori.

Learn more about how Tori was able to realise her potential through education: http://mona.sh/a52g50Skv99

Did you know that sleep, or just as importantly — the lack of it — can play a huge role in our long-term brain health? 💤 🧠

Beyond the immediate effects of a restless night like irritability and lack of focus, there can be some much more concerning implications for regularly missing those 40 winks. It can hugely impact our mental health and even how we age. 😯🧓

The good news is, academic and sleep psychologist, Associate Professor Melinda Jackson has some evidence-based approaches to address sleep disorders and their impacts.

Calling all Monash Alumni - join us on 25 June for the latest webinar, all about the science of sleep.

Register now: http://mona.sh/PFmS50SgC2R

Many factors are considered before choosing to see a GP, including the cost, taking time off work, and juggling other commitments.

However, it’s becoming harder for patients get an appointment. So what are the options?

Monash Business School’s Anthony Scott explains: http://mona.sh/R4fu50ScMEN

We’re delighted to announce that the Monash Carbon Capture and Conversion (MC³) student team has been named ‘Most Innovative & Novel’ at the 2024 OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge in New York City.

Monash Engineering students from the DAC and ChemECCO technical teams united to showcase groundbreaking carbon capture technologies and conversion of CO2 into useful compounds such as ethylene - an intermediate chemical widely used in a range of applications such as plastic production and fuels.

MC³’s vision for a fully integrated net-negative carbon capture, utilisation and storage facility – supported by advisors within the Woodside Monash Energy Partnership – highlights their dedication to environmental sustainability, and we’re proud to see their passion, commitment and enterprising spirit recognised on a global stage.

Learn more: http://mona.sh/EN5r50SavC4

The Generator’s Accelerator program is now open for applications! 🚀

Scale your startup, develop your leadership skills, build your network and join our community of change makers.

Applications are now open! 🏁

Apply here: http://mona.sh/tlXt50RTis7

We were honoured to host a delegation of over 40 presidents and senior leaders from prestigious Chinese universities, including Peking University, Renmin University of China, and the University of Science and Technology of China. This landmark visit, the largest since the pandemic, marks a significant milestone in our deepening engagement within the Indo-Pacific region.

Delivered as a highlight of the recent Australia-China University Presidents Forum, the visit was led by the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) in conjunction with the Group of Eight (Go8) to foster, fostered meaningful dialogue and collaboration on key research areas, fostering collaboration and further solidifying our commitment to global academic partnerships.

The delegates were excited to experience the groundbreaking research within our state-of-the-art research facilities firsthand. They enjoyed private tours of the Monash Innovation Labs, Smart Manufacturing Lab, and Woodside Building for Technology and Design, revealing Monash’s impressive application of advanced technology, robotics, and IoT devices.

Learn more about our global initiatives: http://mona.sh/kLmA50S84Yx

Opening today, Hoping Against Hope is a contemporary and immersive exhibition developed by Monash University Library that invites visitors to consider the power of storytelling to foster hope amidst adversity and oppression in Ukraine. 🇺🇦

Featuring rare 16th-century books to a poem read in English by Nick Cave to a never before seen digital collaboration between photojournalist Cheney Orr and Ukrainian citizens, the exhibition collection explores the enduring theme of resistance and resilience through 500 years of print culture in Ukraine.

Located at the Sir Louis Matheson Library at Clayton, Hoping Against Hope is a free exhibition and open to the public.

Find out more here: 👉 http://mona.sh/r0vM50S1m2X

“I feel this unwavering fire in my belly and that comes from being around the mob here. All I want to do is make them proud and make myself proud, make my community proud, and this course has given me the confidence and the skillset to go and do it.”

Courtney Fewquandie is a Butchulla and Gubbi Gubbi woman from Australia’s Sunshine Coast, an award-winning cricket player, and general manager of First Nations Football. She’s also one of the first graduates from Monash’s Master of Indigenous Business Leadership program.

Learn how Monash’s pioneering Master of Indigenous Business Leadership program dares to dream big.

Read more 📖: http://mona.sh/N8RY50S31Qu


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