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30
Oct
2014

Canberra Schools Sing for Music Education

More than 800 students from 12 schools around Canberra will sing in support of music education at the national Music: Count Us In event at Parliament House on Thursday. The event in the Great Hall of Parliament House will be live-streamed to schools across the country, with students around the…

29
Oct
2014

Hobbit-like cousins came from Africa, were not sick

On the 10th anniversary of the discovery of Homo floresiensis, an ANU archaeologist has dismissed suggestions our ancient hobbit-like cousins were really modern humans who suffered from medical syndromes. Dr Debbie Argue said the surprising find, announced on 28 October 2004, was a result of a…

29
Oct
2014

Swiss Prize winners address stereotypes

Essays on chocolate, banking secrecy and neutrality won first place in this year’s annual Swiss Prize. The winners were announced at a reception on Tuesday, hosted by the Ambassador of Switzerland His Excellency Mr Marcel Stutz and his wife Mrs Esther Stutz and attended by ANU Deputy Vice…

 Andrew Pike and Ann McGrath on location on "the Walls of China" at Lake Mungo.
27
Oct
2014

Message from Mungo wins UN film award

A film co-produced by Professor Ann McGrath has won the 2014 United Nations Association of Australia media award for promotion of Indigenous recognition. Message from Mungo, produced by Professor McGrath from the ANU Centre for Indigenous History and Andrew Pike from Ronin Films (also an…

 Photo by Hugo Martins Oliviera on flickr.
25
Oct
2014

ANU experts on Brazil’s presidential elections

Around 100 million Brazilians head to the polls on Sunday 26 October as the world’s fourth largest democracy decides on its next president. In the final round of voting, contenders are incumbent Dilma Rousseff of the centre-left Worker’s Party (PT) and Aécio Neves, candidate for the centre-right…

24
Oct
2014

US-led intervention in Iraq not likely to work

The US-led military action against IS was unlikely to work and could have been avoided if the main regional actors had confronted the extremist group, according to one of Australia’s leading experts on the Middle East. “I personally do not think the current US-led strategy is likely to work,…

23
Oct
2014

JamFactory brings 40th birthday exhibition to ANU

What happens when some of Australia’s most talented craft and design artists come together for an exhibition?  A collaborative show featuring exquisite jewellery, functional design pieces and installations. These pieces and more are on display at the ANU School of Art Gallery as part of…