Swiss Embassy prizes for 2009

Students studying European languages have been recognised at the annual Swiss Essay Competition ceremony at University House.

Bookshelf- 11 November 2009

An Atlas of Global Water Cycles
Based on the IPCC AR4 Climate Models
Wee Ho Lim and Michael Roderick

Memorial sculpture- Phoenix

A note on a special sculpture for a speacial place.

India’s children inspire outstanding film

An ANU academic has been nominated for an Asia Pacific Screen Award for his real life documentary that tells the story of 350 Indian boys finding their way in an orphanage on the outskirts of New Delhi.

Spaces - 21 October 2009

Who? Gabriele Schmidt.
What? Lecturer in German Studies in the School of Language Studies.
Favourite space on campus: any teaching room.

Better family planning needed to adapt

Voluntary access to family planning should be made more easily available to poor communities in least developed countries to assist their ability to adapt to the harmful effects of a changing climate according to a researcher from ANU.

ANU and War Memorial team up

ANU and the Australian War Memorial have signed an agreement of collaboration that will see the two national institutions work together to host a major international conference, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli.

Help find where the water goes

Did you know that men spend more time in the shower than women? Or that nearly three quarters of ACT households don’t flush the toilet with every use?

Funding to restore Stromlo treasure

ANU has been awarded funding under the Federal Government’s Heritage Projects (Jobs Fund) to restore and stabilise the Reynold’s Telescope Dome that was severely damaged in the 2003 Canberra firestorm.

Corruption & Crisis in Latin America

Presented by Professor Alfredo Rehren, ANCLAS Visiting Chair of Latin American Studies.

Bushfire history project boosted by prize money

The winner of this year’s Alfred Deakin essay prize – Professor Tom Griffiths from ANU – will donate the $15,000 prize money to a research project that’s helping communities recovering from the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria to record their stories.

Rethinking the Australian Legend

The Eighth Annual Archives Lecture will be delivered by Graeme Davison, the Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor at Monash University.

Study in Greece in 2010

The ANU friends of The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens are offering a scholarship to assist students, graduates or staff study in Greece.

Study in Greece in 2010

The ANU Friends of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens are offering a scholarship to assist students, graduates or staff study in Greece.

Indigenous Poetry Night

The ANU Students’ Association Indigenous Department presents Indigenous Poetry Night, raising money for the Fred Hollows Foundation.

Awards - 19 August 2009

Two ANU students have been selected for the Climate: Science and Humanities Conference at Harvard in 2010. Shun Ikeda from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific has been awarded the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation. Professor Tom Griffiths has been shortlisted in the Alfred Deakin Prize for an Essay Advancing Public Debate.

The future of communication

In this lecture Dr David Prosser will address the idea of open access.

Spaces - 4 August 2009

From left to right: Health Minister Nicola Roxon, Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Dr Christine Bennett at the release of the National Health and Hospitals Reform report at the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) last week. Photo by Karen Edwards.

Robert Wells, Bob McMullan MP, Professor Frances Shannon and Annette Ellis MP at a […]

Twitter users tackle burka debate

What if you could hold a public lecture for an audience of up to 8,500 people?

Spaces - 22 July 2009

Who: Fiona Sweet Formiatti
What: Postgraduate student studying Ancient Greek and Latin
Favourite space on campus: the ANU Classics Museum, Ground Floor, AD Hope Building.

Yolngu Boy: Free Film Screening

Winner of the People’s Choice award at the 2001 Zanzibar International Film Festival, Yolngu Boy is the story of three lives, two laws and one country.…

Readers, Writers and Critics Symposium

Nationally recognised reviewers, including Delia Falconer and Peter Rose will discuss issues relating to reviewing, criticism and creativity.

Australian Humanities Review

The May 2009 issue of Australian Humanities Review is now online.

Minorities find it harder to get jobs

Job applicants find it easier to get an interview if they have an Anglo-Saxon name, according to new research from The Australian National University.

Professor Jerzy (George) Zubrzycki remembered

Professor Jerzy Zubrzycki founder of the ANU Department of Sociology passed away last week. His contribution to sociology, public policy and the advancement of multiculturalism in Australia is remembered by three former colleagues.