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The viral magic behind the Gentleminions TikTok trend
If you've taken a trip to the cinema over the school holidays, you might have been bewildered by the sight of high school boys dressed in formalwear and brandishing bananas. Well-dressed youths around the world are flocking to theatres to attend screenings of Minions: The Rise…
Life satisfaction plummets among young Aussies during COVID
Young Australians have suffered the greatest drop in life satisfaction during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, new analysis from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. The findings come from the COVID-19 Impact Monitoring Survey, which has asked more than 3,500…
ANU alumnus Rupert Boyd as duo Boyd Meets Girl comes back to Canberra with new album
For ten years classical guitarist and ANU School of Music alumnus Rupert Boyd with wife American cellist Laura Metcalf have performed as the critically acclaimed duo Boyd Meets Girl. Both successful soloists, with Rupert described by The Washington Post as “truly evocative”, they performed across…
Algorithm charts moral culture in 100k dilemmas
Should we sacrifice the life of one person to save the lives of five others? For social scientists, hypothetical dilemmas with stark, life-and-death consequences play an important role in theorising about philosophical first principles, ethical norms, and moral psychology. But a…
Unpopular leaders punished at the polls in 2022 election
Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce were the most unpopular leaders of any party since 1987, new analysis of the 2022 federal election from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. The findings come from the joint ANUpoll/Comparative Study of Electoral Systems survey of more than 3…
New conversation series seeks solutions to racism
An ANU historian who examines race and power in her research has joined students in the fight against racism both on and off campus. Dr Karo Moret-Miranda, in collaboration with the Bla(ck), Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC) Department, is spearheading a conversation series with the aim of…
Past CASS academics honoured in Queen's Birthday commemorations
Several members of the Australian National University community were recognised in the 2022 Queen's Birthday honours list, including the previous Head of Textiles at the ANU School of Art & Design. Emeritus Professor Valerie Kirk, who led the ANU textiles workshop from 1991 to 2017,…