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Meet our 2022 DECRA recipients
We’re so proud of our 2022 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) recipients. Dr Laura Rademaker and Dr Maria Dahm are working on important projects that will engage with people in our communities and professions, inform decision makers, and help make a…
Accelerate to Impact – Introducing Irene Lemon, the new CASS Business Development Manager.
Irene Lemon has found a home at ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences to bring her industry knowledge and creative industries expertise to the role of CASS Business Development. One of the first initiatives Irene is involved with is implementing a pilot program to help investigate ways support…
Music student gives forgotten composer new digital life
In classical music, women composers’ voices are few and too often unheard. That’s in present day. Historically, the situation was even worse. Enter ANU music student Ronan Apcar. He has recently released a digital album of four pieces by the late Dulcie Holland (1913-2000). If you’ve…
DECRA Success for History and Healthcare Communication Researchers
The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences congratulates two outstanding reseachers who have been received Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRAs). Dr Laura Rademaker from the School of History and Dr Maria Dahm from the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics each received…
2021 Drawing Prize winning artwork draws the eye
An evocative artwork that suggests liminal space has won the ANU School of Art & Design (SoAD) 2021 Drawing Prize. There were 29 finalists of this year’s competition, which celebrates the breadth and depth of the drawing practice of students at SoAD. This year’s winner was Lucy Chetcuti, a…
A call for kindness in these dark times
ANU Arts & Social Sciences · Dr Merlinda Bobis reading from The Kindness of Birds It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, with the pandemic bringing out our most self-interested impulses, but also our humanity and selflessness. ANU Honorary Senior Lecturer Dr Merlinda Bobis’…
From microscopic things, big ideas grow
Using a new technique that she and her thesis supervisor pioneered, Aleese Barron has discovered that sorghum and pearl millet were domesticated several hundred years earlier than previously determined. Sorghum is one of the most important cereal crops in the world behind rice, wheat, and barley…