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🤝Project Food Drive – Students supporting students

COVID-19 has been tough on our community. 

Read about the team of students who set out to provide free groceries and cooked meals for students who needed food.

 

» Read more here

đź“Ť Our top picks

Recap: ANU Virtual 3MT Final

The ANU Virtual 3MT Final 2020 was a raging success, with Nutsinee Kijbunchoo from the Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics taking the crown. Catch up with the Nutsinee and the Peoples Choice winner, Jessica Sharmin Rahman.

» Catch up on this year’s competition

 

Translating resources to save lives

During a crisis, well-communicated information is key. Our academics have been on the frontline of translating materials for culturally and linguistically diverse communities. We caught up with some of our academics doing this important work.

» Read now

Help us fight climate change

How we can incentivise and embed more climate friendly behaviour into the lives of ANU students and staff? We are seeking ideas for how we can transition to a below zero emissions university. Join us at an online workshop or contribute your ideas via our online idea capturing platform.

» Contribute your thoughts now

 

Meet the new COVID Response Office

Lead by Professor Tracy Smart AO, our new COVID Response Office has been established to support all areas of ANU to thrive in this strange new world, and in doing so ensure we have a safe and resilient university.

» Meet the team behind our COVID advice

đź“š Announcements from the ACT Government

New PhD scholarship and research awards

The ACT Government is partnering with the ANU Population Health Exchange (PHXchange) to fund a PhD scholarship and two research awards. Launched on campus by Suzanne Orr MLA and members of the Community and Expert Reference Group (CERG), the scholarship is open to applicants from all disciplines and closes on 18 October.

» Learn more and apply now

 

A COVID-19 Hardship Isolation Payment for workers experiencing financial hardship due to the pandemic has been created to support Canberrans who are unable to temporarily work under a COVID-19 direction or health guidance. Workers will be eligible payments of up to $1,500 depending on an individual’s circumstances.

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đź“Ł Campus updates

Would you like to contribute valuable information to help us understand the impacts and extent of food insecurity experienced by ANU students? The University need ANU students over the age of 18 years to participant in a study on food insecurity. You do not need to have experienced food insecurity to participate – we are looking for a general community sample of ANU students aged 18+.

It is essential you do not share your Zoom meeting details and passwords with anyone not invited to the meeting/webinar. If you use Zoom, please read this security reminder.

 

🌳 Catch up with our community

Managing a university response to a pandemic is no easy feat. Grady Venville takes us through how she has weathered the COVID-19 storm.

Student Central has been able to adapt to online delivery by leveraging the bright ideas of students. Hear about how their 15 casual Assistant Student Information Officers have adapted to the pandemic.

When the ANU campus closed down in March, Catherine Galvin’s garage was transformed into the recording site for her engineering laboratories. Learn about the winner of the 2020 ANU College of Engineering Dean’s 2020 Remote Teaching and Student Award.

ANU College of Business and Economics alumnus Rob Fisher, Chief Financial and Operating Officer at Windlab, an international developer of wind farms headquartered in Canberra, sheds light on the operations of a renewable energy company.

 

🏆 Opportunities

Calling all members of the ANU community to support aspiring student researchers on our virtual conference! The ANU Student Research Conference will be held from 16-18 September 2020. Over 70 ANU students will be presenting their research on various topics on this three-day program.

 

For all the latest updates, follow our 'ANU On Campus' page on facebook. For updates on the COVID-19 situation, head to anu.edu.au/covid-19-advice.

Want to contribute to On&Off Campus? Please send your story suggestions to on.campus@anu.edu.au.

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