News briefs
Charity
concerts to benefit HIV orphans
A new annual charity concert series at ANU will raise money for
South African children who have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. >>
ANU-Treasury
agreement bears first fruit
The Secretary to the Federal Treasury said he’d like to
deepen the relationship between his department and ANU at the
launch of a working paper produced by researchers from the two
institutions. >>
New
centre to promote legal scholarship
The creation of a new research base at the ANU College of Law
will strengthen the University’s tradition of legal scholarship. >>
Caldicott
launches medical student’s website
Anti-nuclear campaigner Dr Helen Caldicott encouraged future
doctors to become environmental leaders at the launch of a new
student-created website linking environment and health issues
created by ANU medical students. >>
$7
million grant for solar energy storage system
The first large-scale working demonstration of a solar energy
storage system based on ANU research will be developed thanks
to a $7 million grant.
Northern
Ireland’s prospects for peace explored at NEC
Over one hundred people crowded into the National Europe Centre
(NEC) on April 17 to hear about the prospects for peace in Northern
Ireland. >>
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Awards
Law prize
Dr Daniel Fitzpatrick has won the 2007 Hart Socio-Legal Article
Prize from the UK Socio-Legal Studies Association. The prize
was awarded for ‘Evolution and Chaos in Property Rights
Systems: the Third World Tragedy of Contested Access’,
published in the Yale Law Journal in March 2006.
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Research
Australian
marsupials challenge gene theory
Scientists studying the kangaroo genome have cast doubt on the
credentials of a gene thought to be crucial to the process of
inactivating one sex chromosome in women. >>
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Education
International
students at top of Australia
Seventy international students climbed to the summit of Mt Kosciuszko
on 11 April as part of a social program run by the International
Education Office (IEO). >>
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Staff info
Emergency SMS system
In the wake of the recent hailstorm, the university is implementing
an emergency SMS alert system to establish better contact with
the ANU community. All staff and students are asked to add a
Campus Emergency Mobile Phone Number to their personal details
in HORUS or ISIS. In the event of a campus closure or other
emergency, these numbers will be used to broadcast SMS messages
to keep everyone informed.
Dalai Lama ticket early bird rate continues
Former High Court Chief Justice Sir Gerard Brennan will moderate
the ANU Interfaith Dialogue featuring the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan
spiritual leader will join representatives of the Christian,
Islamic and Jewish faiths in a symposium exploring the role
of religion in war and conflict to be held at the AIS Arena
on Tuesday 12 June. Tickets are available to staff at an early
bird discount up until 16 May. More information is available
at the event
website.
Graduate Studies Information Evening
Thinking about further study? The Student Recruitment Office
is holding a Graduate Studies Information Evening on 24 May
from 5pm at University House. The evening will allow prospective
graduate students to find out about ANU and the graduate coursework
and research programs on hand. All seven colleges will be represented
and attendees will also be able to gain an understanding of
what it takes to be a graduate student at ANU with information
available on fees, administration processes, study abroad opportunities
and much more. For a schedule of presentations and to register
your interest, visit Study@ANU.
Chance to recycle old personal computers
ANUgreen and Dell are hosting a computer recycling event for
the ACT between 9am and 3pm on Saturday 26 May. People will
be able to drop off their old personal computers, monitors,
and keyboards at the Lennox Crossing Carpark, opposite Old Canberra
House. The parts from the old machines will then be recycled,
reducing waste. For more information, contact Millie
Roonie at ANUgreen.
Cuppa for a good cause
Support the Cancer Council of Australia by attending Australia’s
Biggest Morning Tea hosted by the ANU
Golden Key Chapter. The event will be on 24 May between
8:30am and 12pm in the Manning Clark Foyer Concession area.
A gold coin donation will buy you delicious scones, tea and
real coffee.
Council news: Liquor Statute 2007 and Associate Diplomas
Rules (Repeal) 2007
Council has approved an amendment to the University’s
Liquor Statute that allows persons who are under 18 years old
to come into contact with liquor within the University under
certain conditions. The conditions are set out in subsection
10.4 of the Statute. In addition, section 18 of the 2006 Statute,
which provided for a now expired 90 day transitional arrangement,
has been removed. The amended Statute commenced on 19 April
2007 and can be viewed on the CABS
website. Council also repealed the Associate Diplomas Rules
2006, as the University no longer offers programs leading to
the award of an associate diploma.
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Movements
The Dean of the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Professor
Adam Shoemaker, has been appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(Education) at Monash University. He’ll take up the new
role in September.
Peter Radoll is the new Director of the Jabal
Centre. He is also completing a PhD at the ANU College of Business
and Economics, looking at ICT take-up in Indigenous communities.
The Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Studies,
Professor Mick Dodson, has been appointed to
the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for
a further three years.
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Books
The life of one of Australia's great scholars of Asian economics,
Heinz Arndt, is told in Arndt's Story: the life of an Australian
economist, written by Peter Coleman, Selwyn Cornish and
Peter Drake with Bettina Arndt, and co-published by Asia
Pacific Press.
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Can Quentin Grafton mix Environmental Economics with the Fab
Four? Yeah, yeah, yeah. >>
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Q&A
Q. What was the first building on the ANU campus?
What was the first building constructed on the ANU
Campus?
Pennie Pemberton from the University Archives writes:
The answer is – you have a choice. Leaving aside evidence
of Aboriginal occupation and the early pastoralists, the earliest
buildings on what is now the ANU campus (and still in use) are
…Read on. >>
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