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Yoga is now a part of mainstream Western culture. But SHAMEEM BLACK, GradCertHE ’12 explains this presents a few challenges for its originating country, India.

Chinese society is shifting to accept LGBTI marriage, says Nick Horton.

Pulling at the heart and the purse strings

Chinese businesses are adapting to societal change and influencing the government’s policies, writes undergraduate student NICHOLAS HORTON.

Sending hope, not flowers

Death during childbirth is rare in Australia but is still highly prevalent in Pacific nations, as STEVE ROBSON writes.

Outgoing Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Young AO.

Q&A: Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Young AO

Vice-Chancellor PROFESSOR IAN YOUNG AO will leave ANU at the end of 2015 on a high.

Aung Kyaw Myint in front of The Chancelry in the early 1980s.

Alumni Then & Now: Aung Kyaw Myint, MSc (Hons) '81

When Aung Kyaw Myint left Myanmar (then Burma) for the very first time, he found a welcoming adopted homeland in Australia.

ANU by numbers: flora and fauna

The ANU campus is a beautiful space to study, exercise, work and live. Check out the flora and fauna on campus that make it so picturesque.

The ANU friend I’ll never forget

Friendships come and go but some people make indelible marks on your life. We asked some ANU alumni who their favourite on campus friends were.

The John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU.

Building a world-leading cancer research hub

Cancer is now the leading cause of death in Australia. In 2012, more than 43,000 Australians died from it.

Scientists are under a lot of pressure to perform.

A culture of publish or perish

In September, there was another very public case of a journal article being retracted as a result of academic misconduct.

The makings of a great international leader

Does it require great leadership to win an election? Or does great leadership become apparent only when one wins an election?

What happens when artificial intelligence goes wrong?

If Skynet of The Terminator movies is going to exterminate us, then it seems pretty tame - if not pointless - to start discussing regulation and liability.

Kumpaya Girgaba, Martumili Artists, Kaninjaku, 2008, acrylic on canvas.

The stories of country

It started out as a research project during his studies at ANU but it has taken Dr John Carty, PhD ’12 into the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.