Volume 47 Number 2
Volume 47 Number 2

Editor's picks

Distinguished Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC. Photo by Stuart Hay.

A big name in a tiny world

He's known across ANU and his sector by one name: Jagadish.
Alan Alda visited ANU to celebrate a link up between The Alda Center and the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. Photo by Stuart Hay.

Q&A with actor Alan Alda

Actor Alan Alda has graced stages and TV screens for six decades, starring in the likes of M*A*S*H and The West Wing, among others.
ANU Professor Susan Scott at the announcement of the discovery of gravitational waves at Parliament House. Photo by Stuart Hay.

Wave of the century

Gravitational waves are vibrations of space and time themselves, one of the most outlandish predictions of Einstein’s 1916 General Theory of Relativity.
Jessa Rogers and Areti Metuamate continue to have strong links with ANU. Photo supplied.

When two cultures unite

It started with a tweet. In less than 140 characters, Woroni editor Areti Metuamate contacted Indigenous advocate Jessa Rogers to discuss her passions. As with much in social media though, nothing immediate came of it.

In the community

Australian Society of Herpetologists presidential crown, 2016, gold plated aluminium and bronze stand, 30x20x23cm, modelled by Pip Beale. Photo by Brenton McGeachie.
Nest egg
Mosquito.
Textbooks can cost hundreds of dollars each semester.
The so-called Islamic Stat. Photo: Flickr.

In their words

ANU undergraduate student Katya Murphy at the top of Volcan Villarrica in Chile.
A twin sister can be a blessing or tough, as Siobhan Kathleen writes. Photo by Savanna Lininger.
Lieutenant-General David Morrison AM (Retd) at the ANU Commencement Address. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Dr Vinh Lu (right) with ANU management students. Photo by Stuart Hay.
The ANU campus is at the heart of a rapidly changing Canberra. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Dr Howard Bradbury AM with a dish of cassava flour. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Xavier Herbert. Photo courtesy of Allen and Unwin.
The Hunting Ground documentary looks at sexual assaults on US university campuses.
Emerita Professor Meredith Edwards. Photo: supplied.
The Tennis Court at South Oval, ANU. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction is a fan favourite. Photo: Flickr.

Features

Douglas Pike was the founding editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
Students on the terraces of the former ANU Student Union Building in the late 1960s. Photo courtesy of ANU Heritage.
ANU School of Sociology Senior Lecturer Dr Gavin Smith. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Safe migration aims to move the policy focus of human trafficking onto the wellbeing of the people involved. Photo courtesy of Flickr.
ANU PhD candidate Atem Atem in the Australian flag t-shirt he wore when he was racially abused next to Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin. Photo: Stuart Hay.
The Mongolian Ger at ANU. Photo by Stuart Hay.
The First Folio of William Shakespeare’s comedies, histories and tragedies, on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Photo published under Creative Commons 2.0.
After Huang Qianren (1694–1771), Complete Map of the Everlasting Unity of the Great Qing (Da Qing wannian yitong dili quantu), Jiaqing period (1796–1820), National Library of China.
ANU Reporter Volume 26 No 7, Wednesday 3 May 1995.
Dr Mark Dybul. Photo supplied.
The Guardian and NITV journalist Stan Grant. Photo by Kathy Luu.
Professor Adrian Manning and ACT Minister for Territory and Municipal Services Meegan Fitzharris launch the eastern quolls at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary. Photo by Stuart Hay.

One more word

The Acton Memorial. Photo by Bradley Cummings.
ANU Bush Week 1987.
Village of Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre, Italy, by Stephen Rowe.
The Rahui, edited by Tamatoa Bambridge. Image courtesy of ANU Press.

In the community

Australian Society of Herpetologists presidential crown, 2016, gold plated aluminium and bronze stand, 30x20x23cm, modelled by Pip Beale. Photo by Brenton McGeachie.
Nest egg
Mosquito.
Textbooks can cost hundreds of dollars each semester.
The so-called Islamic Stat. Photo: Flickr.

In their words

ANU undergraduate student Katya Murphy at the top of Volcan Villarrica in Chile.
A twin sister can be a blessing or tough, as Siobhan Kathleen writes. Photo by Savanna Lininger.
Lieutenant-General David Morrison AM (Retd) at the ANU Commencement Address. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Dr Vinh Lu (right) with ANU management students. Photo by Stuart Hay.
The ANU campus is at the heart of a rapidly changing Canberra. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Dr Howard Bradbury AM with a dish of cassava flour. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Xavier Herbert. Photo courtesy of Allen and Unwin.
The Hunting Ground documentary looks at sexual assaults on US university campuses.
Emerita Professor Meredith Edwards. Photo: supplied.
The Tennis Court at South Oval, ANU. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction is a fan favourite. Photo: Flickr.

Features

Douglas Pike was the founding editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
Students on the terraces of the former ANU Student Union Building in the late 1960s. Photo courtesy of ANU Heritage.
ANU School of Sociology Senior Lecturer Dr Gavin Smith. Photo by Stuart Hay.
Safe migration aims to move the policy focus of human trafficking onto the wellbeing of the people involved. Photo courtesy of Flickr.
ANU PhD candidate Atem Atem in the Australian flag t-shirt he wore when he was racially abused next to Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin. Photo: Stuart Hay.
The Mongolian Ger at ANU. Photo by Stuart Hay.
The First Folio of William Shakespeare’s comedies, histories and tragedies, on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Photo published under Creative Commons 2.0.
After Huang Qianren (1694–1771), Complete Map of the Everlasting Unity of the Great Qing (Da Qing wannian yitong dili quantu), Jiaqing period (1796–1820), National Library of China.
ANU Reporter Volume 26 No 7, Wednesday 3 May 1995.
Dr Mark Dybul. Photo supplied.
The Guardian and NITV journalist Stan Grant. Photo by Kathy Luu.
Professor Adrian Manning and ACT Minister for Territory and Municipal Services Meegan Fitzharris launch the eastern quolls at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary. Photo by Stuart Hay.

One more word

The Acton Memorial. Photo by Bradley Cummings.
ANU Bush Week 1987.
Village of Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre, Italy, by Stephen Rowe.
The Rahui, edited by Tamatoa Bambridge. Image courtesy of ANU Press.