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CASS student takes on World's big issues
When nearly 1600 of the world’s brightest young leaders meet in Zurich next month, Australia will be represented by ANU student, Vanessa Picker. The 20-year-old Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws student will participate in the One Young World Summit (OYWS) and debate a youth response to a…
Professor McAllister receives Political Science Award
Professor Ian McAllister from the School of Politics and International Relations, has recently been adjudged joint winner of the Leon Weaver award for the best paper presented at a panel sponsored by the Representation and Electoral Systems Division at last year's American Political Science…
Graduate hits a high note with Winston Churchill Fellowship
Arts graduate Matthew Lendrum is one of 107 Australians named as a Winston Churchill Fellow for 2011. The former student will use the scholarship to travel to the USA, UK and Germany to study how to engage children, young people and special-needs students through symphonic music. “I work…
Buon Compleanno Italia! Celebrating Italy's 150th Birthday
The inaugural ‘Why Italian’ celebration was held at the ANU today, as part of World Italian Language Week, designated by the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs to promote the Italian Language throughout the world, to celebrate 150 years of Italian Unification. A video conference, hosted by the…
Prize winning School of Art graduate
A graduate of the ANU School of Art, Masahiro Asaka, has been awarded the $15,000 Ranamok Glass Prize. It was announced this week that Asaka's entry - Surge 12 - had been selected from the works of 32 finalists at the Canberra Glassworks. The Ranamok Glass Prize, now in its 17th year, aims to…
Survival of Indigenous music and dance traditions
The National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance in Australia was conceived as a collaborative response to Indigenous concerns for cultural survival. The project focuses on recording and securing archiving arrangements for Australia’s many highly-endangered Indigenous music and dance…
Out for the count
Dr Ben Wellings was in the United Kingdom during the recent, historic referendum on preferential voting. The poll revealed a lot about voter apathy and the unpopularity of politicians. It also exposed some shady myths about Australia, he writes in the latest edition of ANU Reporter. Australia…