Alumni news
Art school’s graduation exhibition makes long-awaited return
Graduating students from the ANU School of Art & Design are finally able to showcase their works in the first in-person graduating exhibition since the pandemic started. With lockdowns and density limitations, the 2021 graduands missed out on making their artistic debut as the…
Q&A with ANU English alumnus and author Simon Turner
Secrets of a River Swimmer follows a man who is taken on a journey that helps him and the people he meets gain a new lease on life. The book, written by CASS alumnus Simon Turner (BA ’95), was originally intended as a personal project. It has now been published by US-based publisher The Story Plant…
Dr Laura Rademaker honoured by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
ANU historian and Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Deep History Dr Laura Rademaker has been awarded the 2021 Paul Bourke Award for Early Career Research. The Paul Bourke Award for Early Career Research recognises social science researchers in the early part of their careers. It is named…
CASS student-scholar awarded prestigious Tillyard Prize
An academically brilliant and community-minded student from CASS is the latest recipient of the Australian National University's oldest and most prestigious prize.Eleanor Armstrong, who recently graduated with First Class Honours for the Bachelor of Philosophy (PhB), and a Diploma of Languages,…
From Fenner Hall to the halls of Parliament: Natalie Barr
From Fenner Hall to the halls of Parliament, Natalie Barr’s journey from ANU to the corridors of power let her experience first-hand some of the most momentous times of change in Australian political history. Now she believes is the time for another change, an urgent change in the way we understand…
Annual celebration of CASS student success and donor generosity
Each year, more than 250 students in the College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) benefit from scholarships and grants that enrich their study experience, or enable them to perform to their full potential. The second CASS Celebration of Success and Generosity on 18 February acknowledged these…