ANU Reporter showcases the vital work happening within our community, telling compelling stories, providing expert analysis that helps answer topical and complex questions, and showcasing ground breaking research happening on campus. 

Check out some of our latest stories:

Swinging Thor's hammer: the ANU researcher battling bacteria 

Professor Si Ming Man is weaponising our immune systems against infection and disease, and says it's an exciting time to be a scientist. 

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What are our waves worth? Surfing economics can help us work that out 

Dr Ana Manero, a Research Fellow at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy, is researching the value of surfing to the Australian economy and its contribution to the wellbeing of society. 

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Education is unequal in many Indigenous communities. Faith wants to fix that 

Faith Stevens is a Yolngu woman from Galiwin’ku and a Kambri Scholar at ANU, working to pursue her goal of education reform in Indigenous communities. 

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Events & activities

Thursday 13 April, 6-7.30pm 

On 25 March 2019, NASA announced it would launch the first all-female spacewalk of two women at the International Space Station. Yet, days after the announcement was made, the spacewalk was cancelled as there was only one space suit that would fit a woman. Months later, the historic spacewalk was completed, yet the incident highlighted the gender gap that remains in space.

Join our panel of national and international experts to explore the importance of diversity and gender equality in space.

Register for the Gender Equality in Space Conference

Thursday 13 April – Friday 12 May, 10.30am-3pm 

Come along to a group exhibition featuring work by alumni of the ANU School of Art & Design. 

Exhibiting artists: Joel Arthur, Esther Carlin, Bryan Foong, Louis Grant, Aidan Hartshorn, Alex Hobba, Jacquie Meng, Belle Palmer 

Register for after the past

Friday 14 April, 12-7pm. 

University House is excited to announce the launch of a new wine bar in the heart of the ANU Kambri Precinct – Symposium.

Read more about the launch of Symposium  

Monday 17 April, 6-7pm 

Jennifer Robinson, will be in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on Jennifer's book, How Many More Women? Exposing how the law silences women, co-authored with Dr Keina Yoshida. 

Register for Meet the Author with Jennifer Robinson 

Tuesday 18 April, 6-7pm 

Women and Whitlam. Revisiting the revolution, edited by Michelle Arrow, brings together three generations, including Elizabeth Evatt, Eva Cox, Patricia Amphlett, Elizabeth Reid, Sara Dowse, Tanya Plibersek, Heidi Norman, Blair Williams and Ranuka Tandan, to revisit the Whitlam revolution and to build on it for the future. 

Register for Meet the Author with Michelle Arrow, Marie Coleman, Elizabeth Reid & Blair Williams 

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Reconciliation - call for nominations 

From 2023, the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Reconciliation will be awarded to align with National Reconciliation week, in May-June each year.

This award aims to encourage and recognise ANU staff members for initiatives and activities that support the pursuit of reconciliation, within the University or beyond.

At ANU, reconciliation is a whole-of-university effort. We are proud to be on a journey in pursuit of strengthened relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous peoples, for the benefit of all members of our community and the nation.

Nominations are now open and close Tuesday 2 May 2023. Further information and nomination via the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Reconciliation site. 

 

Health, Safety and Wellbeing Training Calendar 

FREE on campus trainings for all staff and students are available from Thursday 20 April to Thursday 22 June.

Learn more about what constitutes sexual violence, clarify the roles and pathways of support services and disclosure tools, gain practical skills for intervention, and join the ANU Ally Network through its Ally training as support for LGBTQIA+ communities experiences.  

Hear what previous attendees had to say:   

Understanding sexual violence and bystander intervention 

‘the training provides a useful strategy to interact in the situation…there are lots of support around campus that I can seek help if I cannot deal with the situation by myself’  

LGBTQIA+ Ally Training 

‘a safe place to understand the different groups that make up LGBTQIA+ and ask questions.’  

For more information, please visit www.anu.edu.au/respect or contact respect@anu.edu.au.

Are you following us on Instagram?

If you follow us on Instagram, you may have seen our recent post about the snakes you can find at ANU.

Our bush campus is home to many kinds of wildlife, including snakes. Dr Gavin Smith from @act_snakes_removals explains what to do if you have a close encounter of the serpent kind. 

Watch the video

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