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On Campus celebrates the achievements of ANU staff and students. To let us know about the latest prize winners, email on.campus@anu.edu.au
ANU on top, philosophically speaking
The Philosophy Program in the Research School of Social Sciences has been voted the best of its kind in Australia, and took out fifteenth place among international philosophy departments in the English-speaking world. The 2006-2008 Philosophical Gourmet rankings are co-ordinated at the University of Texas, Austin, and invite philosophers to review their peers around the world. In Australia, ANU was followed by the University of Sydney at 41, then the University of Melbourne at 45. ANU was also ranked first in the previous version of the report.
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Criminologist celebrated
Professor Peter Grabosky has been awarded the 2006 Sellin-Glueck Award of the American Society of Criminology for International Contributions to Criminology. Professor Grabosky is regarded as one of Australia’s foremost criminologists and experts on cybercrime. He is the Director of Security21: International Centre for Security, part of the Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet) in the Research School of Social Sciences. The award was previously won by RegNet Director Professor John Braithewaite in 1992.
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Seismology success
Professor Brian Kennett, Director of the Research School of Earth Sciences, has been awarded the Beno Gutenburg Medal for Seismology from the European Geosciences Union. He will receive the award in Vienna next April. This honour follows his receipt of the Murchison Medal from the Geological Society of London in May 2006, and the Jaeger Medal for Australian Earth Sciences in 2005.
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Gender expert honoured
Dr Michael Flood from the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health has been awarded a NSW Violence Against Women Prevention Award for his work to better understand the issues around violence between men and women. Dr Flood, an expert in gender studies, received the Tanya King Award for an individual working to prevent violence against women, or to support victims and survivors of violence.
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Tall poppies
Three exceptional young ANU scientists with a knack for communicating have been recognised for their efforts with Young Tall Poppy Science Awards. The awards were presented in a recent ceremony at the New South Wales Parliament House. Dr Douglas Aberdeen, a Senior Researcher at National ICT Australia and postdoctoral fellow at the Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, was recognised for his work on machine learning. Dr Ulrike Mathesius, an ARC Research Fellow at the School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BaMBi), won her award for work on the chemical communication between plants and soil microbes. Dr David Tscharke from BaMBi was recognised for his work on immunology and virology.
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Double whammy
Dr Jill Julius Matthews, a Reader in History at the School of Humanities, has won two research and writing awards at the Biennial Conference of the Film & History Association of Australia and New Zealand. Dr Matthews won the best monograph award for Dance Hall and Picture Palace: Sydney’s Romance with Modernity (Currency Press, 2005) and best essay award for ‘Modern nomads and national film history: the multi-continental career of J D Williams’, published in Connected Worlds (ANU ePress, 2006). She researches and teaches histories of popular culture, modernity, sexuality, silent cinema, and Australian cultural, social and gender history.
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On Campus November 2006
Crowning success at ANU Staff Awards
More staff award winners
Pioneer reflects on Tillyard meaning
Sixteen snapshots of life on campus
Famous Indigenous artist part of show
ANU takes key role in ACT skills commission
Call for creative thinking in world affairs
Discovering research projects
Briefs
Meet Stuart Hay in People@ANU
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