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HRC Hosts CHCI 2012 Annual Conference on 'Anthropocene Humanities'
The Humanities Research Centre is currently hosting a major global conference on humanities and climate change as part of the 2012 Annual Meeting of Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI). This is the first time in over a decade that the annual meeting of this consortium is being…
Australians back fast food ad ban: ANU Poll
More than 75 per cent of Australians support a ban on junk food advertising during children’s television programs, nearly half of Australians feel that GM foods are safe to eat, and a small but significant number are struggling to pay to put healthy food on the table, according to the latest ANU…
Regional schools explore arts
Last week more than 600 students from regional secondary schools visited the ANU campus as part of the annual Explore Arts and Sciences days. Academic staff provided lectures, music performances and visits to the School of Art allowing the students to sample, and gain some understanding of, the…
French day on campus
45 senior secondary school students from the ANU Regional Partnership Schools Program and the Karabar Distance Education Centre recently attended a French study day at the ANU, coordinated by the ANU Student Equity Office. Dr Peter Brown, Convenor of French, wecomed the students and Alice Million…
Indigenous students to study at Cambridge and Oxford
Mr Kyle Turner, a graduate of the Bachelor of Archaeological Practice (1st class honours) has been named as one of three young indigenous students to be given the opportunity to study at Oxford and Cambridge, after being named as a recipient of the Charles Perkins Scholarship. Kyle is an…
Philosophy great Pettit to join School
World-renowned political theorist and philosopher Professor Philip Pettit has been announced as the newest faculty member of the ANU School of Philosophy. Professor Pettit will take up the position of Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the School later this year. The position will be a…
Professor Tom Griffiths at TEDx Sydney 2012
On Saturday 26 May, ANU School of History's Professor Tom Griffiths will share the stage with some of Australia's most innovative thinkers at TEDx Sydney. Tom's presentation, 'One degree, one thousand years: An environmental history', will take participants on a journey into the ice, especially…