Changes to Kambri management. Kambri’s precinct management, custodian operations and venue hire and functions operations will now be managed in-house by ANU. There are no changes to existing services delivered by Kambri’s other services providers. Find out more
At approximately 3.40pm on Friday 1 July, there was an issue with the operation of the campus network that significantly impacted access to a range of services from both on campus and off campus. The issue was rectified at approximately 5.10pm on Friday evening. The cause of the issue has been identified, and we are putting appropriate preventative measures in place. ITS apologise for the inconvenience and regret the impact this had on the ANU community.
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ANU75 photo competition winners revealed
This week we are featuring the work of Dengfeng Zhao, winner in the Landscape category with an image depicting “colourful student life”.
Congratulations again, Dengfeng!
Events & activities
The art and life of Gulammohammed Sheikh
Friday 8 July, 3-4.30pm Artist, poet, teacher and art historian Gulammohammed Sheikh (1937-) has played a germinal role in the development of contemporary art in India since the early 1960s. This presentation considers the artist's work in light of three interpretive frames: translation, polyphony and cosmopolitanism, using insights from Indic and European philosophical traditions to situate the work in historical context. Register now
In conversation with Paul Daley
Tuesday 12 July, 6-7pm Award-winning journalist and author, Paul Daley. will be in conversation with Peter Fray on his new book, Jesustown, a gripping multi-generational saga about Australian frontier violence and cultural theft, and the myths that stand between us and history's unpalatable truths. Register now
Drones and Global Order: Reflections on Ukraine
Tuesday 26 July, 5.30-6.30 pm Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the U.S. inaugurated the use of drones to combat terrorists. More recently, Ukraine has capitalised on drones to help block Russia's seizure of Kyiv to install a puppet regime. This panel discussion draws on the insights of experts Professor Emeritus William Maley, Associate Professor Cecilia Jacob, and U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Paul Lushenko to understand emerging patterns of drone warfare globally. Register here
75th Time Capsule and Closing Ceremony
Friday 29 July, 2-3.30pm The University will come together to celebrate our 75th Anniversary closing ceremony. Join Chancellor The Hon Julie Bishop, Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian P. Schmidt and the ANU community as we mark this momentous journey. Find out more
Planetary purler: ANU student’s knitting creation goes viral
PhD student Rachel Kirby (pictured) has been knitting for about 10 years, but her latest creation is out of this world.
She has weaved together two of her passions - knitting and space - to design a solar system jumper inspired by her PhD and it's a purler!
In the mid-1970s to early 1980s, there was somewhat a crisis in affordable accommodation for students living on campus - until ANU came up with an innovative solution.
Work had recently been completed on the Corin Dam, where construction workers had been housed in ‘temporary’ huts – four sets of which ANU acquired and relocated to the Acton campus.
‘Corin House’, as it became known, comprised four blocks of 14 bedrooms each. Each block had a kitchen/lounge space and the two pairs of blocks each had common toilet and shower spaces. Pictured is the old "B" Block, with the end wall of "D" Block behind the Kombi.
Life at Corin was very communal and social, allowing for a rich student experience.
