In August, former prime minister, the Honourable Kevin Rudd, AC, BA ’81, HonLLD ’16, delivered a lecture at ANU on Australia’s future and its place in the region and the world. This is an edited version of his speech.

Dr Toni Eagar, PhD ’13, investigates the influence of Triple J’s annual music poll on the Australian identity.

Meeting as Master of International Relations students, Stephan Modest (who is German) and Salonie Dua (who is Indian) ensured their Bell School graduation ceremony will forever be doubly special thanks to a surprise proposal.

Ben Mitchell is a father of eight (a North Queensland Father of the Year recipient, in fact) who’s racked up his fair share of flight hours between Canberra and his home in Cairns to achieve his ANU Master’s degree in Business Administration.

Dr Veronica Fynn Bruey, PhD’19, has harnessed astonishing adversity to pursue a vocation of academic advocacy.

Tamara Riley is combining her skills as a vet and studies in applied epidemiology to evaluate an animal health and management program in the remote Northern Territory community of Wadeye. She spoke with Liz Drummond.

When injury forced Sally Melhuish, OAM BMus ’87 , to switch from strings to woodwind, she discovered a rich new world of musical experience.

Often when we think of cyber, we feel vulnerable, afraid, and unsure.

ANU academics have enjoyed a rare all-hands-on-deck encounter with the HMAS Canberra, Dr Aurore Chow, PhD ’12, writes.

You’d expect all of the advanced digital technology we have today to be a godsend to the painstaking movement to revive and repatriate Indigenous languages. But right now, a paper dictionary of an Indigenous Australian language has a better chance of long-term preservation than an online dictionary.

An exhibition at the School of Art showcases the work of ANU alumni.

By Gabrielle Carey and Julia Brown, PhD ’18, BA ’12 (Hons1), BSc ’11

Alexandra Clare, LLB ’12, was honoured as the University’s 2019 Young Alumna of the Year for her contribution to humanitarian advocacy through creating opportunities for youth in conflict-affected countries across the Middle East. She is the co-founder of Re:Coded, which runs coding boot camps and creates professional opportunities in the technology industry.

This edition gives a powerful insight into the brilliant research happening all around the ANU campus.

This year Professor Tony Dreise became the first Indigenous Director of the ANU Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australia’s foremost research body in this area. He spoke to Adam Spence and Kaya Kaihe* about his new role.

Bob Hawke contributed many words to Australian English, as Australian National Dictionary editor Dr Amanda Laugesen, BA (Hons) ’97, PhD ’01 explains.

Dr Samuel Furphy reflects on the lives of two of his relatives in the Australian Dictionary of Biography.

Moscow is organising a special tribute to an ANU academic. Evana Ho reports.

Researchers on the island of Luzon needed help to identify animal bones. That just happens to be the specialty of Professor Philip Piper from ANU. Jess Fagan reports.

In the 2019 International Women’s Day Lecture at ANU, Dr Sam Mostyn, HonLLD ’18, LLB ’89, BA ’86, spoke about her experiences in maledominated boardrooms. This is an edited extract of her speech.
