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Andrew Farriss to perform with ANU music students
Andrew Farriss, the creative force behind iconic Australian rock band INXS, will perform with music students from The Australian National University (ANU) in a concert to celebrate his time as a visiting creative arts fellow at the University. Mr Farriss has spent 2015 as the HC Coombs…
EU offers A$25b in research funds
Australia's best and brightest researchers are being called on to apply for funding in areas such as migration, terrorism and sustainable cities after the European Union announced it would spend €15 billion ($A25 billion) on new scientific initiatives over the next two years. The EU is the…
Two ANU Arts students win Undergraduate Awards prizes
Two ANU Arts students have won prizes in the global Undergraduate Awards (UA) essay contest, the world’s largest academic awards, continuing the College’s excellent results in recent years. Matilda Gillis, who’s in her fifth year of an Arts/ Law degree majoring in political science, claimed…
Third Annual CASS Reconciliation lecture a success
More than 130 people attended a special public lecture at the University House highlighting research into the roles, responsibilities and respect among Ngaanyatjarra people in the western desert of central Australia. The one hour ‘future directions in Indigenous Research’ lecture, which…
ANU Spaces – Jeremy Brown, School of Art
Meet Jeremy Brown, a film student from the ANU School of Art who participated in the Image in Transition class in 2014. Jeremy, what are you studying at ANU? I am studying a bachelor of visual arts, doing my major in the furniture workshop and currently doing electives in textiles…
Digital history for the digital generation
Digital history, digital heritage introduces the monumental changes the digital age has brought to our lives and how our governments, cultural, and collecting institutions are changing, new digital history course coordinator Dr Kynan Gentry says. A discipline that traditionally studies the past is…
Racism hits Indigenous students' attendance and grades
Dr Nicolas Biddle is a Fellow in the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR).Naomi Priest is a Fellow in the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods. Previous research we undertook showed that racism towards Indigenous students negatively affected school attendance.…