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On Campus
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Student edition
Tuesday 1 March
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The rundown - information you need at a glance
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- Tomorrow, the University will publish its first annual report on Sexual Misconduct Disclosures & Reports. From tomorrow afternoon, you will be able to read the report on our new webpage dedicated to the University’s response to sexual violence prevention and response.
- We won't introduce a broad vaccination mandate for our community at this time, but we will continue to monitor the public health advice and consult with our community. Read more
- ANU will continue to require that masks be worn indoors for the foreseeable future. If you are in a place where a mask was required at the start of week one, it is still required now. Read more
- The Kambri distribution hub will now operate until Thursday 3 March – if you haven’t already, please collect your free masks and rapid antigen tests (RATs) by Thursday. Learn more
- We encourage any of you who may be impacted by the floods in Queensland and New South Wales to reach out if you need support. We can help support you with your studies and wellbeing.
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| His Excellency Xiao Qian, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Commonwealth of Australia (left), with ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt. Image: Jamie Kidston, ANU |
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Ambassador visits ANU for Lunar New Year in first Australian event
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China's new ambassador to Australia used his first community event to acknowledge the "great relationship" between the two countries and call on both nations to manage it in a "mature way".
Attending the ANU Lunar New Year celebrations on Saturday, His Excellency Xiao Qian, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Commonwealth of Australia, said he hoped to use this year's 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations to find ways to manage differing views.
Read more |
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International Women's Day at ANU
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Celebrate International Women's Day (IWD) at ANU as we engage in important conversations across all disciples and highlight this year’s theme of 'Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow'. Key IWD events at ANU will include the 'The Inaugural Susan Ryan Oration' presented by journalist Samantha Maiden and 'Truth to power - how young leaders are reshaping Australia', with Dr Elise Stephenson as Chair and Yasmin Poole, Latoya Rule and Varsha Yajman as panellists.
Check out our IWD events here |
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ANU community rallies to support students in residences
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As semester one kicked off, ANU saw a number of positive COVID-19 cases in our on campus student residences. As soon as cases were confirmed, the University was quick to take action to support any resident who tested positive for COVID to self-isolate safely on the ANU campus, as well as ensure they received the ongoing care they needed.
A team of professional staff from across the campus and dedicated teams from across our halls and lodges also came together to provide meals and other essential items to self-isolating students each day. Senior residents and other student leaders were also quick to play their part and help. |
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| The late Professor Brendan Sargeant. Image: ANU |
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Professor Brendan Sargeant memorial
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ANU will host a public memorial to honour the life of Professor Brendan Sargeant, who was one of Australia's most respected defence strategists.
The Canberra community is welcome to attend. |
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Upcoming events & activities
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Game On
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Open seven days a week, 10am-4pm
Check out the new ANU games arcade on Joplin Lane in Kambri this week. Featuring pinball, arcade machines, air hockey, ping pong and more, Game On offers fun way to spend time with your friends. Read the Canberra Times article about it here. |
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Climate impacts and adaptation
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Wednesday 9 March, 6-7.30pm
Join this online webinar and Q&A with Professor Mark Howden, Professor Kathryn Bowen and Professor Bronwyn Hayward about the key findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Sixth Assessment Report, released yesterday. The event hosted by ANU and University of Melbourne.
Register now |
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ANU Counselling activities
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Various times this semester
Studying at university can be stressful, and ANU Counselling is here to help. Explore the range of free programs and workshops they offer during semester one, including Everyday Mindfulness, Healthy Mind Platter and Managing the Inner Critic.
Register now
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ANU after dark at Enlighten
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10-14 March
Explore our ANU campus at night during the Enlighten Festival, an outdoor art and cultural event across Canberra. We will provide further details about activities on campus in next week's edition. |
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Your mental health matters
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After being away so long you might feel a sense of sadness or grief at having ‘missed out’ on the typical university experience, ANU mental health expert Dr Lou Farrer says. She offers some tips on how you can maintain good mental health as you transition back to campus, and where to reach out if you need more help. Lou is the project lead of the Uni Virtual Clinic-Lite, a study providing university students with access to information and tools to help with their mental health.
Learn more and get involved in the study |
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| Christina Juyeon Lee. Image: Tracey Nearmy/ANU |
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The ripple effect
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Recent ANU College of Law Graduate and Phillipa Weeks Scholarship recipient, Christina Lee, has reflected on her time at ANU and those who helped shape her journey, none more so than the late Phillipa Weeks herself.
"Phillipa Weeks taught me not to just be a great lawyer but also a kind human." |
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Read & Publish agreements
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The ANU Library has negotiated Read & Publish agreements with certain publishers, so authors can publish journal articles via open access without paying processing charges.
Learn more |
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| Photograph of Prime Minister Bob Hawke, and others including his senior economic adviser Ross Garnaut, with a Chinese delegation visiting the Pilbara in 1985. Image: ANU Archives. |
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A window to our past
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Economist Ross Garnaut has been a central figure in developing Australia's international economic relations within Asia and the Pacific, especially China. This 1985 photograph depicts former Prime Minister Bob Hawke with the then General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Hu Yaobang. Ross, then the Prime Minister’s senior economic advisor, is also in the photograph. The group was photographed in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, which became a central source of iron ore for Chinese industries since the 1980s. Ross' connection with the ANU began with a Bachelor of Arts (1967) and then a PhD (1972). He is currently the Chairman of the China Economy Program at the Crawford School of Public Policy.
Check out this story and others from our past at ANU Explorer
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