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Meet our July Graduates: Elly Duff
Meet Elly Duff, who has just completed her undergraduate studies at the ANU. As part of her studies, Elly was lucky enough to participate in the Australian National Internships Program (ANIP). What degree have you just completed? I have just completed a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science (…
History and linguistics students take out University Medals
Two students from the College of Arts and Social Sciences have been awarded University Medals for outstanding work on their honours theses. Stephanie Wright won the award for her history thesis, and Virginia Dawson for her work in linguistics. The University awards medals each semester to…
Young artists Step into the Limelight
The main gallery at the ANU School of Art has been inundated with work from the ACT’s up-and-coming young artists. Step into the Limelight, which starts on 15 July, features artwork from over 150 students from 35 ACT public schools. Now in its fifth year, this is the first time the show has moved…
CASS Philosopher wins prestigious fellowship
Professor Kim Sterelny from the School of Philosophy has been awarded a prestigious grant from the 2013 Australian Laureate Fellowship scheme. His project, The origins of inequality, hierarchy, and social complexity, investigates how humans came to be so unlike other animals; how our cooperative…
Ten years of politics through Australian cartoons
Through their witty, often scathing images and text, political cartoons can cut through the noise and comment on issues in a way that words find difficult to achieve. In a new book edited by Russ Radcliffe, Dirt Files: A decade of best Australian political cartoons, brings together over 400 of…
Solving the secrets behind Asia's stone jars
A battlefield, turned tourist attraction, the Plain of Jars in Southeast Asia has an extensive history, although much of it still remains unknown. For more than 2000 years megaliths have laid scattered, some alone and some in clusters of up to several hundreds, through the Xieng Khouang Province…
PM's award takes artist to Indonesia
PhD candidate and artist Elly Kent left for Indonesia last month on a prestigious Prime Minister’s Award. Elly will spend a year at the Bandung Institute of Technology speaking to artists and local experts, investigating participatory art practices in Indonesia. The Prime Minister’s Australia…