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ANU Student Newsletter

Tuesday 14 November 

All the important campus news, events and opportunities for ANU students. In your inbox every Tuesday. 

On Campus

ANU Student Newsletter  

Tuesday 14 November 

All the important campus news, events and opportunities for ANU students. In your inbox every Tuesday. 

 

ANU Library celebrates 100 million open access downloads      

 

Knowledge is power. It can be a gateway to social and financial mobility, and a means of generating extraordinary change and advancements, both for individuals and society. ANU University Librarian, Roxanne Missingham and Vice-Chancellor Brian Schmidt are thrilled to announce that ANU Press and ANU Open Research Repository have now had over 100 million FREE downloads, highlighting our commitment to open access information and living the value that knowledge should be free to all. 

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ANU students in Lille, France. Image courtesy of Damien Granet.

 

The Promise of Peace: Remembering this Remembrance Day

The ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences offers an 18-day intensive study tour retracing Australia's war across Gallipoli and the Western Front.

To better understand the cost of that war, students walk the ground on which the conflict was fought and explore the commemorative landscape that marks the old front line.

Download the course brochure for more information.

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Dr Sofia Samper-Carro. Photo: Jamie Kidston/ANU 

 

Digging Deeper to a Higher Ground: Meet DECRA 2024 Recipient Dr Sofia Samper Carro

She makes no bones about her passion for the profession, Senior Research Fellow Dr Sofia Samper Carro really digs being an archaeologist.

And it’s ‘humerus’ to think that her passion was apparently sparked by dinosaurs and Jurassic Park, although she later realised that neither had anything to do with archaeology. 

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Events & activities

 

Book Launch: Crosscurrents in Australian First Nations and Non-Indigenous Art

 

Thursday 23 November, 5.15-6.45pm

Join ANU Drill Hall Gallery and the ANU School of Art and Design for the book launch of Crosscurrents in Australian First Nations and Non-Indigenous Art .

Crosscurrents in Australian First Nations and Non-Indigenous Art (Routledge 2023) edited by Sarah Scott (ANU), Helen McDonald (Melbourne) and Caroline Jordan (Latrobe) is a collection of essays that examines art resulting from cross-cultural interactions between First Nations and non-Indigenous people, from British invasion up to now.

Register now

 

Narrative Power: Storytelling, Technology, and Social Change Advocacy in Australia and the U.S.

Thursday 16 November, 12-12.45pm

ANU Australian Studies Visiting Fellow Associate Professor Filippo Trevisan and ANU Crawford School of Public Policy Professor Ariadne Vromen will explore the impact of crowdsourcing, technology, and datafication on advocacy dynamics in their upcoming book. The discussion delves into how these layers reshape the landscape of voice in social change, offering insights into the evolving dynamics of activism.

Register now

 

ANU Energy Update 2023

 

Tuesday 28 November, 2-6pm

Join ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions (ICEDS) for this year’s Energy Update. Hear about recent developments in energy research and analysis in 2023. This annual event brings together energy researchers, policymakers, industry and the public to discuss an overview of energy sector developments and present an update on trajectories to decarbonisation. 

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2023 School of Art & Design Graduating Exhibition

 

Saturday 2 December to Sunday 10 December, 10-4pm

This exhibition showcases the work of graduating students from 2022 who have completed programs in undergraduate, honours, and postgraduate coursework at the School, covering a diverse range of disciplines such as art history and curatorship, design, and visual arts.

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Opportunities

Introduction to Gridap: Simulating PDEs using finite elements in Julia

 

Calling all enrolled research student in Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or related fields. 

The ANU School of Computing has organised an exclusive two-day tutorial on Gridap, a state-of-the-art finite element software framework, written entirely in the Julia programming language. This tutorial welcomes everyone to join, whether you're an experienced programmer, intrigued by Julia, or keen to explore finite elements - one of the most popular general-purpose techniques for computing numerical approximations to PDEs - this in-person tutorial is your perfect learning platform. To know more visit the website. 

General Admission (application without funding): Sunday 26 November 2023 (Note that only a limited number of seats are available, so the earlier you apply, the better).

Register now 

 

Student Giveaways

We have special giveaways for students attending the Meet the Author events.

You'll have the opportunity to win one of two copies of an author's book and be among the first to have it signed at the event. These books are available for ANU students of any program level to win. Simply follow the instructions in the entry form to participate in the draw, and you could be one of the fortunate winners.

 

Meet the Author - Kate Ceberano

 

Monday 20 November, 6-7pm

Singer, songwriter, performer and artist Kate Ceberano will be in conversation with Karen Hardy on Kate's beautiful, illustrated memoir, Unsung.

Win a copy of Kate's new illustrated memoir Unsung. The competition closes at noon AEDT on Friday 17 November.  

Enter Now (Terms and conditions apply)

 

Meet the Author - Clementine Ford

Wednesday 22 November, 6-7pm 

Incendiary feminist and bestselling author Clementine Ford will be in conversation with Amy Remeikis on her new book I Don't. 

Win a copy of Clementine’s new book, I Don't. The competition closes at noon AEDT on Monday 20 November. 

Enter Now (Terms and conditions apply)

 

Meet the Author - Liz Hayes

 

Monday 4 December, 6-7pm 

We have a special giveaway for the Meet the Author event with Liz Hayes. You can win a copy of her new book I'm Liz Hayes. 

To win a copy of Liz’s new book, I'm Liz Hayes. The competition closes at noon AEDT on Friday 1 December. 

Enter Now (Terms and conditions apply) 

 

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Canberra 

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The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

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