Knowledge is power. It can be a gateway to social and financial mobility, and a means of generating extraordinary change and advancements, both for individuals and society. ANU University Librarian, Roxanne Missingham and Vice-Chancellor Brian Schmidt are thrilled to announce that ANU Press and ANU Open Research Repository have now had over 100 million FREE downloads, highlighting our commitment to open access information and living the value that knowledge should be free to all. 

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The ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences offers an 18-day intensive study tour retracing Australia's war across Gallipoli and the Western Front.

To better understand the cost of that war, students walk the ground on which the conflict was fought and explore the commemorative landscape that marks the old front line.

Download the course brochure for more information.

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She makes no bones about her passion for the profession, Senior Research Fellow Dr Sofia Samper Carro really digs being an archaeologist.

And it’s ‘humerus’ to think that her passion was apparently sparked by dinosaurs and Jurassic Park, although she later realised that neither had anything to do with archaeology. 

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Thursday 23 November, 5.15-6.45pm

Join ANU Drill Hall Gallery and the ANU School of Art and Design for the book launch of Crosscurrents in Australian First Nations and Non-Indigenous Art .

Crosscurrents in Australian First Nations and Non-Indigenous Art (Routledge 2023) edited by Sarah Scott (ANU), Helen McDonald (Melbourne) and Caroline Jordan (Latrobe) is a collection of essays that examines art resulting from cross-cultural interactions between First Nations and non-Indigenous people, from British invasion up to now.

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Thursday 16 November, 12-12.45pm

ANU Australian Studies Visiting Fellow Associate Professor Filippo Trevisan and ANU Crawford School of Public Policy Professor Ariadne Vromen will explore the impact of crowdsourcing, technology, and datafication on advocacy dynamics in their upcoming book. The discussion delves into how these layers reshape the landscape of voice in social change, offering insights into the evolving dynamics of activism.

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Tuesday 28 November, 2-6pm

Join ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions (ICEDS) for this year’s Energy Update. Hear about recent developments in energy research and analysis in 2023. This annual event brings together energy researchers, policymakers, industry and the public to discuss an overview of energy sector developments and present an update on trajectories to decarbonisation. 

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Saturday 2 December to Sunday 10 December, 10-4pm

This exhibition showcases the work of graduating students from 2022 who have completed programs in undergraduate, honours, and postgraduate coursework at the School, covering a diverse range of disciplines such as art history and curatorship, design, and visual arts.

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Calling all enrolled research student in Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or related fields. 

The ANU School of Computing has organised an exclusive two-day tutorial on Gridap, a state-of-the-art finite element software framework, written entirely in the Julia programming language. This tutorial welcomes everyone to join, whether you're an experienced programmer, intrigued by Julia, or keen to explore finite elements - one of the most popular general-purpose techniques for computing numerical approximations to PDEs - this in-person tutorial is your perfect learning platform. To know more visit the website. 

General Admission (application without funding): Sunday 26 November 2023 (Note that only a limited number of seats are available, so the earlier you apply, the better).

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We have special giveaways for students attending the Meet the Author events.

You'll have the opportunity to win one of two copies of an author's book and be among the first to have it signed at the event. These books are available for ANU students of any program level to win. Simply follow the instructions in the entry form to participate in the draw, and you could be one of the fortunate winners.

Monday 20 November, 6-7pm

Singer, songwriter, performer and artist Kate Ceberano will be in conversation with Karen Hardy on Kate's beautiful, illustrated memoir, Unsung.

Win a copy of Kate's new illustrated memoir Unsung. The competition closes at noon AEDT on Friday 17 November.  

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Wednesday 22 November, 6-7pm 

Incendiary feminist and bestselling author Clementine Ford will be in conversation with Amy Remeikis on her new book I Don't. 

Win a copy of Clementine’s new book, I Don't. The competition closes at noon AEDT on Monday 20 November. 

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Monday 4 December, 6-7pm 

We have a special giveaway for the Meet the Author event with Liz Hayes. You can win a copy of her new book I'm Liz Hayes. 

To win a copy of Liz’s new book, I'm Liz Hayes. The competition closes at noon AEDT on Friday 1 December. 

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