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50M Gift for Student Scholarships Autumn 2013 Autumn 2013 $50M gift for student scholarships Autumn 2013 In brief 6 Into the light 26 News from Australia’s national university. Dr Anne Gallagher has worked tirelessly to bring the plight of modern-day slaves to the international agenda. What lies beneath 9 Explore the mysterious insides of ancient fossils Retirement blues 27 and the human body without leaving a mark. Why are older Australians still bearing the brunt of the Global Financial Crisis? Blood and ink 10 A collection of artworks has been donated to ANU to ensure the Devil in the detail 28 world never forgets the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime. Is the plan set out in the White Paper on Australia in the Asian Century achievable? Venomous bytes 13 Community clinic 30 Could something lethal help make us stronger? Dr Jason Agostino is bringing smiles to the faces of Aboriginal children in Far North Queensland. Bright star 14 Winner of the 2012 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, Professor Flying high 33 Ken Freeman, recalls the past 50 years of his stellar career. Research at ANU could revolutionise the way we think about aviation and its practical uses. The butterfly effect 16 Alumnus Graham Tuckwell has given $50 million to ANU Best foot forward 34 to support the new Tuckwell Scholarship program. Brad Carron-Arthur battled severe dehydration and crocodile- infested waters to raise money for a cause close to his heart. The first scholars 22 Trace the early history of ANU and the contribution of Keeping the peace 36 the University’s first scholars to a budding bush capital. Explore the extraordinary lives and work of three Canberra peacekeepers. From paddock to politics 24 ANU has developed a suite of tours to celebrate the Table talk 37 University’s remarkable place in the Canberra landscape. An exhibition involving ANU artists is giving old objects a new lease on life, with a gourmet twist. “I travelled to ANU because of the university’s international reputation. ANU Reporter is published quarterly Views expressed in ANU Reporter are not by Strategic Communications and necessarily the views of The Australian National University. This publication may contain third- Public Affairs at The Australian This is the place where world-leading minds are meeting down the corridor. party advertisements. ANU does not endorse National University or recommend any of the third-party goods or services advertised and does not accept Editor: Tegan Dolstra any responsibility or liability for the content of I want to make a real difference and I know that ANU graduates do.” T: 02 6125 5575 those advertisements or the goods or services F: 02 6125 8255 they advertise. E: [email protected] W: http://news.anu.edu.au/anu-reporter/ Volume 44 No. 1 Mail: ANU Reporter Cover: Graham Tuckwell, p16 Strategic Communications and Public Affairs The Chancelry Photo: Belinda Pratten. The Australian National University ISSN 0727-386X CRICOS Provider No. 00120C Canberra ACT 0200 Design: Wendy Dawes Production: Fairfax Media learn.anu.edu.au CRICOS #00120C | 2012Brand ANU Reporter Autumn 2013 3 Vice-Chancellor’s introduction t was with great pleasure and honour that I had the opportunity on February 5th to announce one of Australia’s most Itransformational and forward-thinking scholarship programs. The new Tuckwell Scholarship program was born from a vision of one of our most distinguished graduates, Graham Tuckwell, and his wife Louise. At the heart of their vision is a desire to see a program that nurtures talented young students to fulfil their potential and reinvest their knowledge, skills and experience in ways that positively benefit others. Each year, 25 new Tuckwell Scholars will receive $20,000 per annum for up to five years as they complete their undergraduate degree. In support of the scholarship the Tuckwells have made a gift of $50 million to the University through the Graham & Louise Tuckwell Foundation. This gift is the largest ever to an Australian university from Australians and the largest gift ever given to an Australian university for the benefit of students. CANBERRA BY NIGHT On behalf of the University and our BY ZHUORAN XU community I would like to deeply and sincerely thank Graham and Louise for their most This stunning image is the combined result of 200 long-exposure photographs taken from the generous and visionary gift. top of Mount Ainslie over two hours in September 2011. It is unlike anything that has come before it. “This picture captures the apparent motion of the stars above Canberra due to the rotation of the Earth. When I looked closely at the final photograph, I was excited to see a meteor in the We really are very proud to count Graham left part of the sky,” says Xu. as a member of our community and a distinguished alumnus. The photograph earned Xu an honourable mention in the Capture Science Photography Competition run by the ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment. An exhibition of Professor Ian Young the photographs will be held later this year. Vice-Chancellor and President For more information and to view the other winning photographs visit http://bit.ly/rep_captsci 4 ANU Reporter Autumn 2013 ANU Reporter Autumn 2013 5 Chancellor Evans Research tops nation reappointed ANU topped the nation in the Commonwealth’s Professor the Hon 2012 Excellence in Research Gareth Evans AC QC will Australia ratings. continue as Chancellor of ANU for a further three- “More than four out of five year term. ANU academics evaluated in the report are working on “Professor Evans makes research in disciplines where performance is an invaluable contribution rated above, or well above, world standard,” to ANU in many ways, but especially in said Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) positioning ANU as Australia’s leading Professor Margaret Harding. public policy institute,” said Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Young. “This is a tremendous result which confirms the University’s world-class research standing “He works tirelessly in Australia and around across a broad range of areas. the world to raise the profile of, and generate support for, this great institution. “These results are a cause for celebration He has contacts, reach and respect, and is right across the University community and an asset to ANU.” a tribute to the work of both academic and professional staff.” Menzies Library Anniversary Food crisis research boost Plant scientists at the Research School of th A celebration marking the 50 anniversary Biology have been awarded up to $7 million of the RG Menzies Library will be held by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. on 13 March. The celebration will also commemorate the first ANU theses, which The grant will fund a five-year project led were awarded 60 years ago. The theses by the University of Illinois to enhance photosynthetic efficiency in crop plants to from 1953-55 have been digitised and The launch of the Canberra Centenary Community Tapestry. PHOTO BY ANNE-MARIE Bryant. are available online at digitalcollections. tackle the looming global food crisis. anu.edu.au. For more information on the celebration visit http://anulib.anu.edu.au. New Drill Hall Director Terence Maloon, Extension diploma First threads for Centenary tapestry former Senior Curator of Special Exhibitions at the launched he first threads of the Canberra Centenary Robyn Archer, Creative Director of the Centenary of Art Gallery of New South The ACT region’s best and brightest senior Community Tapestry have been woven in the Canberra celebrations, was one of the first people Wales, has been named secondary students will get a head start on ANU School of Art Textiles Workshop. to contribute to the tapestry. as the new Director of the university study with the launch of the ANU Drill Hall Gallery and ANU TThe 2.7m by 1.4m tapestry, which will include key “The participatory nature of the making of this Extension Diploma of Advanced Studies. Art Collection. landmarks such as Parliament House, the Australian tapestry means that many who are not skilled in Year 11 and 12 students will be able to War Memorial and Black Mountain Tower, has been the art will still be able to make a contribution. Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Young said attend ANU at the same time as completing designed to commemorate Canberra’s history. I encourage everyone to come and pick up the that Mr Maloon was an ideal fit for ANU. school, and will get academic credit for needle,” she said. ■ The project is open to everyone and several training “Mr Maloon was the senior art critic for the completed subjects. At the end of year 12, The new Jaeger 8 Building. PHOTO BY BEN WRIGLEY, PHOTOHUB. students will be able to transfer straight into workshops will be held for members of the public For more information visit Sydney Morning Herald during 1980-1982. a degree with full credit for the university who wish to get involved. www.canberra100communitytapestry.com Throughout this period he was intensely subjects completed. involved in creating and researching historical exhibitions for the Art Gallery of New South Wales, enabling Australian art to Father of ecological be seen in an international context,” he said. “Mr Maloon has a proven record of economics joins ANU Jaeger Building opens motivating collaborators and getting results One of the world’s and I welcome him to ANU.” leading ecological economists, Professor New solar he award-winning Jaeger 8 Research School research collaborators and ‘legends of geology’ Robert Costanza, has been of Earth Sciences Building was opened by the late Professors Allan White and Bruce Chapman Alumni Awards launched appointed Chair in Public Parliamentary Secretary for Higher Education was installed in the garden behind the building A new annual awards program will recognise Policy at the Crawford and Skills the Honourable Sharon Bird in December.
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