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Alumni of the Year - Philanthropy - Justice Richard Refshauge SC
BA (Hons) ’72, LLB ’75 Justice Richard Refshauge is a distinguished jurist who has been a leading figure in the local and national legal profession since graduating from ANU in 1975. He has used his legal expertise and experience for the betterment of society and, in particular, to…
Young Indigenous Alumni of the Year - Robert (Robbie Williams)
B Archaeological Practice ‘13, Grad Cert Archaeological Science ’13, M Archaeological Science (Advanced) ’16 Rob Williams is passionate about the preservation of Indigenous heritage and traces this back to going with his father, an Aboriginal Elder and Traditional Owner, to investigate Canberra's…
Online game leads researchers to international language discovery
Linguists from The Australian National University (ANU) have used data from a popular online game to find out why people confuse one language with another. The study's lead author, ANU PhD candidate Hedvig Skirgård, said she was surprised to find the geographic proximity mattered more than…
ANU music and art to appear at You Are Here
Visitors to this year’s You Are Here festival will find themselves participating in the annual experimental art bonanza in strange and exciting ways. They’ll be able to make music by pushing in and pulling out furniture drawers. They’ll be invited to escape their “human repression and…
The tragedy of Mosul: battle against Islamic State is leading to all-too-familiar consequences
By Damian Doyle, PhD candidate, ANU Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies, and Dr Tristan Dunning, University of Queensland A tragedy is unfolding in Mosul, the northern Iraqi city that Islamic State (IS) has brutally occupied since June 2014. Airstrikes conducted by the international…
Arts/ Law alumnus Sham Sara makes mark in London
Sham Sara, a former president of the ANU Students’ Association, ANU Council member, and political campaigner, has made his mark as a postgraduate student in London. He won the Peter Self Prize for Best Academic Performance at the London School of Economics and Political Science, named after the…
Arts/Law student gets firsthand experience in Aboriginal justice
ANU Arts/Law student Sienna Lake has a head for law and a heart for social justice. Last year she was awarded the Aurora Internship and over summer gained on-the-job experience in a legal office while providing much-needed help to the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA).…