We need your nominations!

This is the last week to get your nominations in for the 2019 VC’s Awards, which are open to professional and academic staff. Please take the time to think about your colleagues who have made a positive impact within our community. Nominations close Friday 18 October, 2019.

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A chat with our new COO Paul Duldig

We bet you can’t guess what our new Chief Operating Officer likes to do in his spare time! We’ll give you a hint, it has nothing to do with running the operations of a university.

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Mental health – what is ANU doing in this area?

With World Mental Health Day taking place last Thursday, our interim Pro Vice-Chancellor (University Experience) Professor Tony Foley released his first blog that talks about the confronting topic of suicide. In it, he outlines what the University is doing to address this critical issue in our community.

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ANU wins silver at 3MT Asia Pacific

He talked about beating hearts and it seems he set a few hearts a flutter! ANU PhD student Lithin Louis has taken second place at the 2019 Asia-Pacific 3MT final in Queensland. Well done Lithin!

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Ahhh choo! Allergy season is here, well and truly

As the weather starts to warm up and the flowers continue to, well, flower, spring can be the start of a very uncomfortable few months of allergies. Here are a few tips courtesy of the ANU Human Resources Division, via their Health and Wellness E-Bulletin.

» I suffer from allergies, what can I do to reduce the problem

In other news

Staff and students are invited to a meeting to contribute to the development of an ANU statement about freedom of expression and academic freedom

Know an alumni or student who has done amazing things? Nominations for the 2020 ANU Alumni Awards are now open

PARSA’s new President likes Lord of the Rings and the taste of a decent Kebab with grilled lamb, hummus, chilli and lots of salad. But who inspires Utsav Gupta and what is his goal for 2020?

Academic freedom and international student education – just some of the topics in the latest Academic Board News; meeting 4, 2019

Learn about a new and interactive way of identifying IP trends in your field of research

Good luck to our 40 students, from across the campus, who have been working for the past two years, to ensure ANU represents well in the 2019 World Solar Challenge, which started on 13 October and runs until 20 October

Come along to Kambri’s free wellbeing classes. There will be Sunrise Yoga, Zumba in the Pool and Circuits on the Green