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ANU alumna designs DESIGN Canberra’s visual identity
Creating a new visual identity for a festival can be overwhelming, so vast are the possibilities. In coming up with the look and feel for this year’s DESIGN Canberra, ANU Art and Design alumna Zoe Brand first delved into the past. “My jumping off point was The Shine Dome, AKA the home of The…
ANU demographers taking homicide, migration insights to global conference
ANU demography research has found that homicides claimed the lives of more than half a million young men in Latin America and the Caribbean region in the decade to 2014. Associate Professor Vladimir Canudas Romo’s research, conducted in conjunction with José Manuel Aburto of the Max Planck Odense…
New research seeks to understand why we publicly grieve over the death of a celebrity
In the minutes, hours and days after news breaks about the death of a celebrity, something very predictable happens online. Social media becomes awash with people who didn’t personally know the celebrity expressing their grief. The death of musician Chester Bennington made Digital…
ANU student curates exhibition of Dutch Master Photographers
When we walk into an art gallery or museum, we appreciate the works of art or objects but often overlook their placement and presentation. But as fourth-year Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Visual Arts student Annette Liu explains, both have a huge impact on the viewer’s experience. “I…
ANU students shine light on Canberra’s history in ‘Home Grown’ exhibition
ANU Heritage and Museum Studies Masters students have curated an exhibition of community art that tells the story of Canberra’s recent social history. Home Grown: Creative Action and Community Art in Canberra, conducted in collaboration with the ACT Heritage Library, focuses on works and…
ANU to record Indigenous biographies
The Australian National University (ANU) has launched a four-year project to document the lives of Australia's leading Indigenous people to be published by the Australian Dictionary of Biography.The inaugural Indigenous Australian Dictionary of Biography (IADB) aims to include biographies of around…
ANU academic to advise UN on global drug use and imprisonment
A leading academic in criminology at The Australian National University (ANU) has been invited to offer his expertise to the United Nations and World Health Organisation (WHO) in its global push to tackle drug-related crime and rising incarceration. Dr Jason Payne, senior lecturer at the ANU…