From the Vice-Chancellor
Welcome to the first edition of On Campus for 2008, and a special welcome to students who are receiving this fortnightly newsletter for the first time. On Campus is a newsletter for and about the ANU community. >>
News briefs
Class of 2007 heads onward and upward
The ANU Class of 2007 is taking on the world after graduating at ceremonies throughout December. >>
An Asia Pacific week in review
From Bollywood films to a discussion of the survival of Pakistan, Asia Pacific Week 2008 was a veritable smorgasbord of scholarly pursuits. >>
Making a splash in the USA
ANU academics made a splash in Washington D.C. and New York City in January, bringing their perspectives on 'The Energy of Asia' to the G'Day USA celebrations. >>
Tackling the big questions
Mingling with leaders from around the world - as well as a newly elected Prime Minister and ANU alumnus Kevin Rudd - thirteen ANU students were on the ground in Bali for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Bachelor of Philosophy (Science) student Ed Boydell shares the experience. >>
A VW in a snowstorm - celebrating 40 years of biological sciences
Four foundation professors shared more than four decades of memories at the 40th anniversary celebration of the Research School of Biological Sciences (RSBS) late last year. >>
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Staff info
HR is listening
A report into better ways to attract and keep staff at ANU has been handed to HR and the results may surprise you. >>
ANU Diary 2008
The much-anticipated ANU Diary for 2008 is now available.he spiral bound Diary has a recycled plastic cover and inside pages. The layout sets a week over two pages. The diary includes useful ANU references, acronyms, dates, a pull-out year planner, map and contact numbers. Secure your Diary by ordering online from Corporate Express, or purchase in person from the Coop Bookshop or the Union Shop for $15.00.
General Staff Endowment Fund for Professional Development
Applications are invited for the awards from the General Staff Endowment Fund for Professional Development. >>
Celebrate Sustainability Day
There are plenty of fantastic sustainability initiatives underway at ANU and ANUgreen wants you to help celebrate them. >>
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Student info
O-Week 2008
Orientation Week 2008 is all about being Born in the 80s. ANUSA Social Officer Sham Sara has the details. >>
Student Services
The student services counter in the Pauline Griffin Building will have extended opening hours between 18 February and 7 March. The counter will be open between 8.30am and 6pm and the cashier between 8.30am and 5.30pm.
Semester One Fees
Semester One invoices are on their way to continuing students. Fees (DTF ISF and Commonwealth Supported payments) are due by the 14 March 2008 and payments made after this date will incur a $125.00 late fee. Brick payments will be taken at the Manning Clark Centre between Tuesday 19 February and Friday 7 March. Payment will be taken at the Pauline Griffin Building after these dates. Science bricks are can be purchased and collected from the Co-Op book shop
Celebrate Sustainability Day
There are plenty of fantastic sustainability initiatives underway at ANU and ANUgreen wants you to help celebrate them. >>
ANU Diary 2008
The much-anticipated ANU Diary for 2008 is now available.he spiral bound Diary has a recycled plastic cover and inside pages. The layout sets a week over two pages. The diary includes useful ANU references, acronyms, dates, a pull-out year planner, map and contact numbers. Secure your Diary by ordering online from Corporate Express, or purchase in person from the Coop Bookshop or the Union Shop for $15.00.
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Features
Presidential pursuits
Although her family has a long association with ANU, Jamila Rizvi has her sights fixed firmly on the future and the survival of ANUSA in a post-VSU world. >>
More than just acting
From Adelaide to Oxford and south again to Canberra, it has been an interesting road for the local GP who is leading an ANU research institute. >>
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Awards
Professor John Braithwaite from RegNet has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Catholic University of Leuven in the Netherlands. This degree honours the criminologist's work on social justice, peace building and sustainable development. Leuven is the leading European university for restorative justice, a field pioneered by John.
Arts and science student Daniel Guinness has won an Australia-at-large Rhodes Scholarship for 2008. He is currently completing Honours in Anthropology, and intends to study for a Master's in the discipline at Oxford later this year.
Professor Neil Trudinger from the Mathematical Sciences Institute has won the 2008 Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition from the American Mathematical Society. The award is for his book Elliptic Partial Differential Equations of Second Order, written with David Gilbarg. The work deals with the kinds of equations most famously explored by John Nash, the subject of A Beautful Mind.
Professor Brian Kennett of the Research School of Earth Sciences has been awarded a Gold Medal by the Royal Astronomical Society in recognition of his work in seismology.
Professor Wang Xujia has been recognised with a Morningside Medal of Mathematics at the International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians. Wang won the gold medal for his contribution to fully nonlinear equations and Hessian's theory.
David Pereira from the ANU School of Music has been awarded the 2007 Canberra Critics Circle Award for Music. He shares the award with pianist Marcela Fiorillo for a concert they presented at the Wesley Centre.
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Movements
The University has appointed biological scientist and former Dean of Environmental and Life Sciences at Macquarie University, Professor Elizabeth Dean, as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education). Her role will enhance the University’s focus on research-led education.
Professor Aidan Byrne has been appointed Dean of the ANU College of Science. Aidan first joined ANU in 1981 as PhD student and was most recently Head of Department of Physics.
Professor Chris Baker, currently Professor of Intelligent Radar Systems at the Royal Academy of Engineering and Thales (Aerospace division) in the UK, has been appointed Dean of the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science. He will take up his position in September.
Professor Michael Coper has been reappointed as Dean of the ANU College of Law for a further 5 year term. Michael has been Dean since 1998.
David Akers has been appointed as Executive Officer in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor. David joins ANU from the former Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training where he worked in the Higher Education Group. His position will focus on devising and implementing government relations strategies.
The ANU Media Office has become part of the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and is now the ANU Communication and External Liaison Office (CELO). In addition to its continuing role in producing On Campus, ANU Reporter and providing advice and support for the University’s media activities, the office will also play a key role in government relations, facilitating ANU engagement with the Parliament. If a journalist calls, they’re still here to help.
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Bookshelf
Talking and Listening in the Age of Modernity: Essays on the history of sound
ANU E Press, edited by Joy Damousi and Desley Deacon
Public Sector Employment in the Twenty-First Century
ANU E Press, edited by Marilyn Pittard and Phillipa Weeks
Information Systems Foundations: Theory, Representation and Reality
ANU E Press, edited by Dennis N. Hart and Shirley D. Gregor
Conflict and Resource Development in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea
ANU E Press, edited by Nicole Haley and R. J. May
Oceanic Explorations: Lapita and Western Pacific Settlement
Terra Australis 26
ANU E Press, edited by Stuart Bedford, Christophe Sand and Sean P. Connaughton
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Not a bad office, really. ANU Geology students take measurements of algal and coral communities on a field course in New Caledonia. >>
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Matthew Brookhouse - underneath the willows and swamp cypress just below the stepping stones on Sullivan's Creek. >>
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