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College kids wise up
Some of the ACT’s best and brightest young minds will participate in brain-bending challenges at the ANU School of Language Studies today. ACT high school students from Marist, Daramalan, Lake Tuggeranong and Radford colleges will compete in the Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad (…
ANUCES Intern Erica Karlsson wins Master thesis prize
The Master thesis of one of the interns at the ANU Centre for European Studies, Ms Erika Karlsson from Sweden, was recently selected for the prestigious Familjens Jurist prize. She completed the thesis in the Faculty of Law at the University of Lund in 2011, before taking up the position of intern…
The Modern Neighbors of Tutankhamun
Former CAIS scholar Dr Kees van der Spek has published his doctoral research, as a book titled:‘The Modern Neighbors of Tutankhamun: History, Life and Work in the Villages of the Theban West Bank’ (The American University in Cairo Press, October 2011). Kees was the recipient of a postdoctoral…
Kapyong scholarship for ANU student
One of the ANU School of Politics and International Relations newest members, Jeffrey Choi, is continuing the history of Australian-Korean friendship. Last year, as part of the commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Kapyong in the Korean War, the Australian Government announced…
Bavarian State Award for Head of Gold and Silversmithing
Johannes Kuhnen, Head of the Gold and Silversmithing workshop in the ANU School of Art, has received a Bavarian State Award for his artistic vessel forms made from anodised aluminium and titanium. The award, which is given by the Bavarian State Government in Germany each year, recognises…
Telling rural tales
The barren and harsh landscapes of the Monaro’s farmland may be one of Canberra’s nearest rural neighbours, but in many ways the area is so different it may as well be the surface of the moon. The bitterly cold, treeless plains and towering inhospitable alpine mountain ranges are historically and…
CASS student wins St Gallen Wings of Excellence Award
Nicholas Fenech, a current postgraduate research student in the Centre for European Studies, has received one of only 100 St Gallen Wings of Excellence Awards. The postgraduate student award, which is based on an essay writing competition, attracted over 1000 entries from around the world. As…