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ANU rated in the top 10 international universities
The ANU has been named in the top 10 of the world's most international universities. The 2017 Times Higher Education international universities rankings has ANU at seventh in the world and between the University of Oxford (sixth) and University of Cambridge (eighth). ANU was the…
Parrot pie and possum curry – how colonial Australians embraced native food
By Dr Blake Singley, Visitor, ANU School of History The relationship between European settlers and native Australian foodstuffs during the 19th century was a complex one. While the taste for native ingredients waxed and waned for the first century of European settlement, there’s ample evidence…
Australia Day Honours for CASS staff and alumni
Emeritus Professor Larry Sitsky, a distinguished composer, pianist and teacher at the ANU School of Music, has been appointed an Officer (AO) in the Order of Australia in the 2017 Australia Day Honours. Professor Sitsky was honoured for his distinguished service to the arts as a composer…
Going for gold: Trump, Louis XIV and interior design
By Dr Robert Wellington, Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture, ANU School of Art and Design Yellow-gold swagged curtains, glimpsed in the first pictures from the Trump administration’s official duties in the Oval Office, have fuelled speculation over whether America’s new…
ANU alumni becomes Australia’s ambassador to ASEAN
An Australian National University alumna says the university helped prepare her to scale the heights of the public service, including her latest role as Australian Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat in Jakarta. Jane Duke (Arts / Law ’93), who began her…
ANU alumna is Australia’s next ambassador to World Trade Organisation
An alumna of The Australian National University (ANU) has been appointed Australia’s next Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva. Frances Lisson PSM (B. Economics ’88, Grad Dip Foreign Affairs and Trade ‘92) is expected to begin her posting in…
Top glass artists gather at Art and Design school
Established and emerging Australian glass artists will converge on the ANU School of Art and Design to hear and learn from some of the best in the industry. The occasion is the 2017 Ausglass conference, which has attracted around 15 international guests including Glenn Adamson, former…