Applications are now open for the first 2022 round of the Professional Staff Scholarship Scheme and the Professional Staff Development Endowment Fund - applications close at 5pm Friday 25 March. Applications are also open for the Carers’ Career Development Assistance Fund and close at 5pm Friday 18 March. Check out these opportunities and apply now
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.
Dr Virginia Marshall. Image: supplied
ANU women challenging the patriarchy in their fields
This International Women’s Day we are celebrating four ANU women who are challenging patriarchy in their respective fields. One of those women, Dr Virginia Marshall, is a Wiradjuri Nyemba woman, lawyer and scholar working in Indigenous policy and law reform. Virginia says one of the greatest vulnerabilities for women and girls is “when we intellectualise their despair, their pain and their suffering”.
“Climate collapse, war, conflict and disasters undermine human dignity and the safety of women and girls,” she says.
A composite image of different spaces in Kambri, where 'ANU after dark at Enlighten' will be held. Image: supplied
ANU after dark at Enlighten
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
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
In conversation with Wendy McCarthy
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
ANU Australia and the World Lecture
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
The Taiwan choice
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. Register now
A young artist’s breakthrough exhibition at ANU
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.
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.
