News
Archaeologists use drones to trial virtual reality technology
Archaeologists at The Australian National University (ANU) and Monash University are conducting a trial of new technology to build a 3D virtual-reality map of one of Asia's most mysterious sites - the Plain of Jars in Laos. Researcher Dr Dougald O'Reilly from the ANU School of Archaeology…
New book shows Russians’ views of early Australia
From St Petersburg to Port Jackson: Russian Travellers’ Tales of Australia 1807 – 1912 is a book that was begun in the era of the Soviet Union and first published after its collapse. It was a project started by Dr Elena Govor, now an academic across the College of the Asia and Pacific and…
ANU Staff Engagement Survey offers opportunity for staff feedback
In order improve our University, we need to understand what is working well, and what is not working so well. The ANU Staff Engagement Survey presents all full time and part time staff with the opportunity to provide their views on matters affecting their work at ANU. It will be conducted…
Using philosophy to help solve problems of global poverty
It is no surprise that alleviating global poverty – one of the world’s most pressing problems - presents many moral complexities for policy makers trying to address it. Responding to Global Poverty: harm, responsibility and agency, a new book by ANU philosopher Professor Christian Barry and the…
ANU students present qualitative research findings to US university
Six postgraduate students from the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences and College of Asia and the Pacific have shared their research projects at an intensive camp at Syracuse University in the United States.They attended the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research summer camp and…
School of Music student contributes to ARIA nomination
The 2016 ARIA Awards nominations have brought a happy surprise for ANU School of Music honours student Louis Montgomery. Louis recorded the vocals for all but two of Australian electronic band SAFIA's debut album, Internal, including the song that is the basis for SAFIA's nomination for…
School of Music here to stay, with everybody's support
Canberra needs the ANU School of Music. And the School of Music needs the support of Canberra. As the pages of The Canberra Times reveal, the School of Music has rarely been out of the news since its inception in 1965. Andrew Podger's recently finalised community consultation report on the…