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Top glass: making Australia’s most famous trophies
Hand-making 36 intricate glass sculptures is no easy task — but Australian National University (ANU) alumnus Louis Grant has taken it by the callipers. A talented glass artist whose work can be seen in multiple shows across Australia, Grant has added lead fabricator for the Australian of the Year…
The real life Muses that shaped Roman literature
In the first part of the 21st century, our shelves and drives have bulged with brilliant feminist retellings of classic stories. From the Odyssey’s Circe to 1984’s Julia, contemporary readers are lapping up these acts of narrative reparation to women once…
Making his own kind of music
One of the youngest students in ANU history is on a path to his PhD, one composition at a time. When Nathanael Koh appeared in a documentary about gifted teens, his story caused a wave of internet chatter. Although the 13-year-old was profiled by Channel NewsAsia’s On the Red Dot for his…
2023 CASS Award Winners Named
The 2023 College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) Awards for Excellence have been awarded in a ceremony at the Research School of Social Sciences building on Thursday 7 December. Divided into three categories; education, research and professional staff, these awards highlight the achievements…
Vicky Higginson and Anna May Kirk announced as 2024 Christine and Stephen Procter Fellows
The Glass Workshop at the ANU School of Art and Design is pleased to announce the latest winners of the Christine and Stephen Procter Fellowship. Honouring Christine and Stephen’s shared vision of international exchange and travel, the new fellows will build on Stephen’s legacy of highly crafted…
Looking through the Glass: The Artist and Artistry behind the Australian of the Year Awards
Compared to global cities, Canberra is relatively small. Maybe, just quietly, you scroll the Canberra Times, just to see if you recognise a name or two. Conversations often lead to the discovery of mutual acquaintances, like when your daughter calls from Europe to excitedly share that she went to…
Younger Australians less likely to disapprove of coercive control
The vast majority of Australians consider coercive control unacceptable, but only just over half of the population know what the term means, according to a new study from The Australian National University (ANU). The study asked more than 3,500 adults about their views on coercive control, a…