News briefs
Dalai
Lama interfaith dialogue
The Dalai Lama emphasised the shared religious messages of love,
tolerance and forgiveness at an event hosted by the ANU College
of Law this month. >>
US
internships to build green skills base
Two students will gain hands-on experience of sustainability
initiatives at Yale University as the first participants in
a new internship program. >>
Water
debate flows to discussion of complexity
There are no simple answers to solve Australia’s water
crisis – that was the consensus reached by a panel of
experts at the second Great Green Debate organised by the ANU
Sustainability Learning Community. >>
Scholarships
to boost career prospects for research students
Research students from all disciplines will be able to enhance
their career prospects by developing business and commercial
skills under a new training program. >>
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Awards
Queen’s
Birthday honours recipients
A sea-faring scientist, a historian of Australia’s first
peoples, a leader of the arts community and a human geographer
were honoured on the Queen’s Birthday holiday. >>
Burton
scholarships recall man of integrity
Four bright students from Burton and Garran Hall have won Professor
H. Burton Scholarships, which cover their accommodation costs
for one year. >>
RSBS apprentice Ashley Moore has been named
the ACT Outstanding Trade Apprentice of the Year. The citation
for the Unions ACT (Trades and Labour Council) prize described
the young electrician as an excellent role model for younger
students, willingly offering assistance in a friendly and supportive
manner.
More than 80 scholarships, prizes and awards were handed out
at the recent ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
presentation evening. The event at University House included
musical interludes and a talk from ANU alumni Michael Honey
who is now the director of Canberra-based graphic design studio
Icelab.
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Research
New
study to identify individual retirement needs
Providing people with a better appreciation of what they will
need for a comfortable retirement based on their current lifestyle
will be the focus of a new research project at ANU. >>
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Education
International
garnish for SkillSoup podcast
An online radio show created by the Academic Skills and Learning
Centre (ASLC) at ANU has been named best education podcast for
2007 by a respected education program at Fordham University
in New York. >>
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Staff info
New OHS statistics and plant policy
A report on the University’s Occupational Health and
Safety Performance for 2006 has been prepared. The statistical
collection will continue and be used to monitor performance
and develop injury reduction strategies/programmes. To view
the report: http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/OHS/Performance_Appraisal/index.asp
The new Plant (Equipment) Policy, Procedure and guidance material
is now on the web and should be implemented. Plant (equipment)
is defined as any machinery, equipment or tool, and any component
thereof. It includes office equipment as well as workshop and
trade machinery. To view the policy http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/OHS/Hazard_Management_Procedures.asp
Any comments are welcome to ohs.officer@anu.edu.au.
2008 Fulbright Scholarship applications now open
Fulbright scholarships are open to Australian citizens to undertake
research or study in the United States for three to 12 months.
Valued at up to $A40,000, the scholarships can be started between
1 July 2008 and 30 June 2009. Applications are open to Postgraduates,
Postdoctoral, Professional and Senior Scholars from any field
of study. More information: www.fulbright.com.au.
Applications close 31 August 2007.
Monash awards open
Nominations have opened for the Sir General John Monash Awards,
which offer up to $150,000 over three years for postgraduate
studies (PHD, DPhil or professional Masters Degree) at any of
the world’s best universities overseas. Eight Awards are
made each year to Australian citizens adjudged to have outstanding
academic achievement, community consciousness and service and
leadership potential. More information: http://www.monashawards.org
Applications close 31 August 2007.
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Movements
Professor Harvey Butcher has been appointed
the new Director of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Professor Butcher completed a PhD at Mt Stromlo Observatory
in 1974, and was most recently Director of the Netherlands Foundation
for Research in Astronomy.
Professor Peter Veth has been appointed Deputy
Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Studies. He was
previously Director of Research at AIATSIS and is an Adjunct
Professor at the Research School of Humanities, College of Arts.
Leading Islamic politics scholar Professor James Piscatori
has been appointed Deputy Director at the Centre for Arab and
Islamic Studies. Currently based at the University of Oxford,
he’ll take up the position in February.
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Books
A
Passion for Policy: Essays in Public Sector Reform
edited by John Wanna is concerned with issues of policy development,
practice, implementation and performance.
In The
Journey of a Book: Bartholomew the Englishman and the Properties
of Things, Elizabeth Keen traces the history of a literary
treasure from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries.
Boats
to Burn: Bajo Fishing Activity in the Australian Fishing Zone
by Natasha Stacey explores the social, cultural, economic and
historic conditions which underpin Bajo sailing and fishing
voyages in the AFZ.
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When not on stage, Tony Turner investigates the colour of magic. >>
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Q&A
ANU is home to experts on all manner of subjects. Why not put
your question out there? Or if you know the answer, tell the
campus. Email on.campus@anu.edu.au
with your queries and responses.
Q. Who is the Sullivan in Sullivans Creek? Janet Bruce,
Council and Boards
A. RSSS PhD student and Cashews member Alison Proctor
writes: Local band the Cashews, consisting of myself
and Pete Lyon (an ANU alumni), have penned a song about Sullivan
[owner of the property Springbank, which predates the ANU campus]
and Sullivans creek. The song looks at the Sullivans Creek experience
from both contemporary and historical lenses. The words are
as follows:
Chorus: Down by Sullivans creek, your soft breath on my cheek,
there’s no reason to speak, we don’t need anything
more.
Verse One: Old Sullivan, with his possum skin coat, he moved
from Springbank which is now afloat, in a lake full of dreams,
that you’d be crazy to swim in.
Verse Two: Old Sullivan, a formidable man, entertaining Catholics
from Queanbeyan, came from Ireland, so far, then he moved south
to Sulwood in Kambah.
Verse Three: Old Sullivan, your tentative hold, it’s
just one tale from a place so old. Rivers of stories run deep;
down by Sullivans Creek.
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