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2020 Swiss Prize: Challenges and Transformation
By Evana Ho The topic of this year’s 2020 Swiss Prize was resonant on a number of levels. The annual essay competition sees ANU students submit an essay in one of the official languages of Switzerland that they’re studying (French, German, and Italian) on the designated topic. This year, it was '…
COVID cuts billions of dollars and work hours
Working Australians, on average, lost 167 hours of work worth more than $5,000 each and $47 billion to the economy from the start of March to the end of October due to COVID-19, new research shows. Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have tallied the total loss in…
Sharp decline in mental health for young Australians
COVID-19 is continuing to lead to worsening mental health outcomes for young Australians, with the highest levels of psychological distress for 18- to 24-year-olds observed this year, new analysis from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. The analysis from a survey of more…
Enterprising CASS students awarded funding for new ventures
By Evana Ho Three CASS students and a recent graduate have received a share of $50,000 in InnovationACT grants for their enterprising projects. The CASS recipients are behind two of the ten projects that were part of the InnovationACT program, which offers skills, tools, networks – and access to…
Lack of pandemic ethics set to bite Trump in the election rump
US President Donald Trump has failed to protect his citizens from the ravages of COVID-19 and should be judged harshly for it on election day, according to a pandemic ethics expert at The Australian National University. Dr Ben Bramble from the ANU School of Philosophy said Australia and…
Asian-Australians hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic
More than four-in-five Asian-Australians say they have experienced instances of discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic, new analysis from The Australian National University shows. In a survey of more than 3,000 people, 84.5 per cent of Asian-Australians reported at least one instance of…
Furniture students create on campus "lawn chair"
Passersby may have wondered what students armed with shovels and wheelbarrows were up to this week on the South lawn of the Chifley Library. In response to COVID, students from the ANU School of Art & Design course Furniture: Support/Body have taken their learning outside to install a “…