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On Campus
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Student edition
Tuesday 8 March
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The rundown - information you need at a glance
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- ANU has taken action on the crisis in Ukraine. If you want to know more, read our statement, Q&A and the recent opinion piece co-authored by ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt and ANU colleagues on why we have decided to suspend ties with Russian institutions.
- Residential self-isolation update: Less than one per cent of our student residents (from a population of 4,800) are currently self-isolating, with the majority to complete self-isolation in the coming days. Read more about how we’re supporting them in this story from Friday 4 March.
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| Young women like ANU law student Claudia Hodge are driving change around gender inequality in the face of climate change. Image: Markus Spiske/Unsplash |
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Young women fighting for a more sustainable and equitable world
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(Student edition) ANU law student Claudia Hodge is the epitome of this year’s International Women’s Day theme, 'Changing Climates: Equality today for a sustainable tomorrow'. Claudia is using her voice to highlight the many ways gender equality will help create solutions around climate change, health crises and violent conflicts.
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| A composite image of different spaces in Kambri, where 'ANU after dark at Enlighten' will be held. Image: supplied |
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ANU after dark at Enlighten
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Enlighten Festival has come to Kambri with a lighting showcase and other activities including free music, art and movies, bringing a bright splash of colour to our campus until Monday next week. We look forward to welcoming our community to share this unique after-dark experience on campus.
'ANU after dark at Enlighten' includes:
- a lighting showcase, along the façade of the Haydon-Allen building on University Avenue
- after-hours film sessions
- music and stand-up comedy shows
- a speaker series with ANU academics and notable artists
- the Mixed Signals exhibition by artist Jess Cochrane
- arcade gaming fun at Game On on Joplin Lane
Check out the full program |
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Upcoming events & activities
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Women in science
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Wednesday 9 March, 9.30-10.45am
A panel of experts will present their views on women’s participation in science-based university studies within Australian and Argentinian contexts.
Register now |
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Women in law
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Thursday 10 March, 8.30-10am
Interested in a career in law? Don’t miss the opportunity to come and have a chat with your peers, lecturers and recent graduates about the current opportunities for women in law.
Register now |
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In conversation with Wendy McCarthy
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Tuesday 15 March, 6-7pm
Come and hear Wendy McCarthy, one of Australia’s most influential women, discuss her new personal and political memoir, Don’t Be Too Polite, Girls. This event is part of the ANU/The Canberra Times Meet the Author series.
Register now |
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ANU Australia and the World Lecture
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Tuesday 15 March, 11.30am-1.30pm
See Craig Foster AM deliver the ANU Australia and the World Lecture at the National Press Club of Australia, 'Human Rights, Democracy and Global Citizenry - Recovering Australia's Humanity and Place in the World'.
Buy your ticket now |
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The Taiwan choice
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Thursday 17 March, 5:30-6:30pm
Don't miss this panel discussion about the future of Taiwan as the growing risk of a catastrophic war between China, the United States, and US allies like Australia, intensifies. Come meet Australian Foreign Affairs contributors Hugh White, Linda Jakobson, and Brendan Taylor.
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A young artist’s breakthrough exhibition at ANU
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ANU School of Art and Design Alumna, Emma Beer, is the youngest artist to have a major exhibition at the Drill Hall Gallery. Emma has established a studio practice and a way of life, which she says are “part method, part love”.
Her exhibition titled Emma Beer: Zooper Dooper, runs until 10 April.
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| Sian Moon. Image: supplied |
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ANU alumna making global strides with her career
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| ANU College of Business and Economics alumna Sian Moon has recently landed her dream job in Hong Kong. |
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A window to our past
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This International Women's Day we are celebrating the life and career of Germaine Anne Joplin, a global pioneer in the study of geology and petrology. In 1952 Germaine arrived at the ANU as a researcher in the newly established Geophysics Department. Over the next 16 years, Germaine supervised numerous PhD students and wrote highly acclaimed textbooks on Australian igneous and metamorphic petrology.
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