The rundown - what you need to know

If you are an international student impacted by the recent Medibank data breach, the Department of Education has released an information sheet to help support you.
Consultation for the 2023-2024 Reconciliation Action Plan is now open for staff and students until Friday 18 November.

Please keep reading to find out about upcoming events and activities, stories, and other updates across the University.

Image: © Ryan Hall, resident of Fenner Hall

Fighting racism and bigotry one conversation at a time

The conversation about how the ANU community can come together to fight bigotry and racism came to Fenner Hall last month.

Co-convened by Dr Karo Moret-Miranda (School of History) and Dr Tania Colwell (Residential Experience and School of History), the conversation series was created as a platform to raise awareness and give visibility to the issues that impact university students.

“These are conversations that when I was a student, I wanted to have,” Karo says.

Read more about the Intersectionality panel event

2023-2024 Reconciliation Action Plan Consultation

ANU is in the process of developing its next Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) with Reconciliation Australia and is seeking input from all staff and students.

The draft 2023-2024 Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan builds on our previous RAP. Read the draft and provide your feedback before Friday 18 November.

You can submit feedback directly using this form: https://anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1FYJpsyiDzujR30

Please contact belonging@anu.edu.au if you have any questions.

Events & activities

Australian Migrant Heritage in South China

Thursday 10 November, 4–5.30pm
This interdisciplinary study addresses a problem at the intersection of the scholarly fields of heritage studies and migration history: How to recognise and manage the heritage of a shared past beyond the boundaries of the nation-state?
Register for the Australian Migrant Heritage in South China seminar

Extended Seminar: The Colour Revolution in Victorian Britain

Tuesday 22 November, 2–5pm
The ANU Centre for Art History and Art Theory is pleased to host this extended seminar on colour in Victorian Britain. Through presentations and discussion, we will examine colour in Victorian arts, sciences and discourse.
Register for The Colour Revolution in Victorian Britain seminar

ANU Centre for Early Modern Studies End-of-Year Reception: An evening with Matthew Winterbottom

Thursday 24 November, 5.30–7.30pm
The ANU Centre for Early Modern Studies is pleased to welcome Matthew Winterbottom, Curator of Western Art Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, as our special guest for the final CEMS event for 2022.
Register for the Centre for Early Modern Studies’ End-of-Year Reception

ANU Energy Update 2022: From Energy Crisis to Net-Zero

Tuesday 29 November, 2–6pm
Will the current energy crisis accelerate transitions to renewable energy? Join us for this year’s ANU Energy Update to discuss this question and hear about recent developments in energy research and analysis in 2022.
Register for the ANU Energy Update

New ANU Reporter website

ANU Reporter is the University’s premier magazine, and for more than 40 years has told compelling stories from our campus and community.

We’re excited to launch a new ANU Reporter website. With this new website, we will be able to better showcase the excellent work done at ANU to a much broader audience.

The new site will highlight the best of our research, insights and expertise through interesting, relevant, helpful and fun content.

If you have story ideas or would like to contribute an article, please contact Reporter@anu.edu.au.

Visit ANU Reporter

The best of the best

Tabitha Carvan, a science writer at the College of Science, has had one of her articles featured in an anthology of The Best Australian Science Writing 2022.

Read Tabitha’s article Professor Amnon Neeman doesn’t really mind whether you read this story or not.

ANU Community Connect food pantry to stay open until end of exams

To support students who need food or financial relief, the ANU Community Connect food pantry is open Monday and Thursday 1-4pm until the end of exams.

The last day of operation this year is 17 November 2022 so be sure to grab any pantry essentials you need before this date.