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School of History’s Minoru Hokari Memorial Scholarship expanded to $5,000
An Australian National University scholarship for students conducting fieldwork in remote Indigenous communities has been boosted to $5,000 a year from $3,000, thanks to a group effort. The Minoru Hokari Memorial Scholarship honours Minoru Hokari (1971-2004), a ground-breaking scholar who left…
Vale Emeritus Professor John Mulvaney
The University is saddened by the death of Emeritus Professor John Mulvaney, who was one of Australia's greatest archaeologists and the founding professor of the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology. He was 90. Born in Victoria in 1925, Professor Mulvaney joined ANU in 1965 and was…
Whitworth Roach Classical Music competition returns for second year
Twelve students from across the University will be vying for a share in $20,000 prize money in the annual Whitworth Roach Classical Music Performance Competition at the ANU School of Music. The competition, which finishes on Thursday 22 September, is supported through a donation from…
Linguistics student awarded PhD scholarship to Cambridge
Master of General and Applied Linguistics (Advanced) graduate Li Nguyen initially had doubts about getting into the ANU. “I thought maybe I’m not good enough to get into the ANU, so I didn’t even think about applying,” she recalls. So it was that Li did a Bachelor of…
Postgraduate applicants wanted for RSSS Director’s $20,000 award
Postgraduate students looking for a research scholarship are invited to apply for the ANU Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) Director’s Award, worth up to $20,000. The scholarship, which is a top-up to the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), is open to a prospective or continuing domestic…
Drilling in the Bight: has BP learnt the right lessons from its Gulf of Mexico blowout?
By Andrew Hopkins, Emeritus Professor, ANU School of Sociology The Guardian newspaper recently hit a wall of non-response when it raised concerns about the possibility of an oil well blowout in BP’s proposed drilling operations in the Great Australian Bight. The facts are that bolts on…
ANU composer wins APRA grant for Indigenous Composers Initiative
Composer Dr Christopher Sainsbury from The Australian National University (ANU) School of Music has won an inaugural national grant to help promote the work of Indigenous composers in Australia. Dr Sainsbury has been awarded an Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) grant to…