News briefs
First
meeting for new equity committee
The next step for community development and equity management at ANU will occur this month when a new advisory body meets for the first time. >>
Annual
report reflects on achievements
The adoption of a new strategic plan, the implementation of the College structure and the University's ranking success were all given pride of place in the 2006 Annual Report for ANU. >>
Celebrating
50 years of Australian biography
Very nearly derailed in its early days by a brawl involving
the historian Manning Clark, the Australian Dictionary of
Biography (ADB) has survived and flourished to celebrate
its 50th year. >>
Last
lecture nominations
The first round of nominations for the Last Lecture may have
closed, but last year’s winner is encouraging staff members
to get involved if the opportunity arises. >>
MAC
back to I Block
The Marketing and Communications Division (MAC) has returned
to storm-fortified facilities at I Block after four months in
a temporary location. >>
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Awards
Smart 100 finalists
Three ANU academics were finalists in the Bulletin
magazine’s Smart 100 list this year. Listed in the science
category were Professor Kurt Lambeck from RSES, Dr Mahananda
Dasgupta from RSPhysSE and Professor Jenny Graves from RSBS.
Professor Graves was also named Thinker
of the Year for 2007 by the School of Thinking and the Melbourne
Exhibition and Convention Centre.
McAllister elected to Scottish society
Professor Ian McAllister from the Department of Political Science
at RSSS has been elected a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal
Society of Edinburgh (RSE), Scotland's national academy of science
and letters. Director of RSSS from 1997 to 2004, Professor McAllister
was honoured for his contribution to comparative politics, including
British and Northern Ireland politics, and democratisation in
postcommunist Europe. The RSE was established in 1783 by Royal
Charter for 'the advancement of learning and useful knowledge'.
Sung
Cha a rising star
A student researching more cost-effective systems for unmanned
flying machines has won a prize for best undergraduate thesis
from Engineers Australia. >>
Mental health scholarship winner
PhD student Michelle Banfield from the Centre for Mental Health
Research has been awarded a $26,000 per annum scholarship to
study consumer beliefs about priority areas for research into
depression and bipolar disorder. The Ian Scott Scholarship was
granted by the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund.
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Staff info
New Council minutes online
The unconfirmed minutes of the Council Meeting held on 1 June
2007 are now available on the Council
and Boards website.
Media training
Regardless of whether you’re an academic or a general
staff member, you’ll learn how to get the most out of
contact with journalists at one of the free training session
run by the Media Office. These monthly forums will give you
an insight into how new news media operate, and how you can
best communicate your messages. The next session is due to be
held on 11 July, with another one scheduled for 11 August. For
more information or to register your interest, contact Amanda
Morgan on x55575 or Amanda.morgan@anu.edu.au
Summer study scholarships
Applications have opened for the latest of round of Summer
Research Scholarships, which bring promising undergraduate and
honours students from Australia and New Zealand to ANU over
the summer break. Recipients work with a leading scholar on
a short research project. The scholarship includes full board
at an on-campus residential college, a weekly allowance (tax-free)
for eight to eleven weeks between November 2007 and February
2008, and return travel to Canberra. More information: http://www.anu.edu.au/graduate/srs/
New super representative
Derek Corrigan from the Research School of Earth Sciences has
been elected the General Staff representative on the UniSuper
Consultative Committee. He can be contacted via email at Derek.Corrigan@anu.edu.au
or by phone x53401.
Focus on friendships
All staff and students are invited to attend a seminar offered by the University Counselling Centre that will look at how people have understood friendships, and how they develop in some relationships and not in others. Conducted by Sue Todd, the session will cover the components that make friendship work (or not), and how people move from acquaintance to friendship. Bookings are not required for the hour-long seminar, which begins at 12.30pm on Thursday 26 July 2007 in the Finkel Theatre at JCSMR.
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Movements
Dr Nicholas Brown, Senior Fellow with the
Australian Dictionary of Biography at RSSS, has been appointed
to the committee advising the Federal Government on a national
history curriculum for schools. His main areas of research are
in Australian twentieth century cultural, political and environmental
history, and Australian biography.
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Research
Landmark
research finds practically good governance
The common threads of governance across Australia’s diverse
Indigenous communities have been identified as part of a landmark
research project between the Centre for Aboriginal Economic
Policy Research (CAEPR) at ANU and Reconciliation Australia.
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Brugman
joins hunt for soldiers’ remains
The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies recently played
a part in the recent discovery of Australian soldiers’
remains in Vietnam, through the donation of staff time and equipment.
>>
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Education
Pop
culture a link to history
Dr Roald Maliangkay’s office is lined with colourful records,
books and toys from South Korea and its region. Some of the
LP jackets depict smiling women from the 1950s; on one shelf,
an assortment of Doraemon toys grin benignly. >>
Valedictory
celebration
More than 100 people attended a Valedictory night hosted by
the International Education Office last month that was designed
to acknowledge the contribution that completing international
students have made at ANU. >>
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Books
Where
the sea takes us by Kim Huynh from the School of Social
Sciences tells the story behind his family’s flight from
Vietnam to Australia in the late 1970s.
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When Peter Veth spies a flensing, he heads for the flute. >>
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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. In addition to Alison Proctor's more poetic
answer last edition, Jill Waterhouse from the Humanities
Research Centre writes: The association is with William
Sullivan and his family of Springbank (now remembered in Springbank
Island). The property had several previous owners but remained
in the Sullivan family until it was acquired by the Commonwealth
from William's son, Frederick, as part of the Federal Capital
Territory. For more information see Alan Fitzgerald, Historic
Canberra, 1825-1945, AGPS, Canberra, 1977.
Q. What’s the story behind all of the outdoor
artworks that have been popping up around the School of Art?
Jane O’Dwyer, Media Office
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