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馃挅 We鈥檙e in this together

In this edition of On Campus, we bring you stories of how our students and staff have responded to the pandemic.  

When confronted with the transition to online learning, the Physics Education Centre innovated. Their idea: home experiment kits!  

» Learn more about the Physics Education Centre鈥檚 response

馃弳 Meet some Heroes of ANU 鈥� students and staff going above and beyond during COVID-19

Lucy Kirk: medical student by day, COVID-19 researcher by night

Lucy has been working as part of the ANU College of Health and Medicine COVID-19 Evidence Team. Her work has been used to inform local healthcare systems as well as State and Federal Government COVID-19 responses.

» Learn more about Lucy

Facilities and Services Client Services: mobilising to keep out campus safe

When COVID-19 struck, more than 480 events had to be deferred or cancelled. Geraldine Schmid, Client and Administrative Services Manager, reflects on how the pandemic affected her team and how they rapidly mobilised to respond.

» Learn more about Geraldine and her team

2020 has seen bushfires, hail and COVID-19. Mick Kelly, Manager of ANU Gardens & Grounds, discusses the silver lining of COVID-19; an opportunity for our campus to replenish.

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Tracy Smart: blogging to spark important conversations about COVID-19

Professor of Military and Aerospace Medicine, Tracy Smart AO, has been blogging throughout COVID-19. Read her latest blog contribution 鈥� an exploration of how we have responded to COVID-19 through the prism of grief.

» Read more

馃攷 Campus Updates

On Friday 31 July, the ANU community participated in a Respectful Relationships Summit. The Vice-Chancellor has provided an update. Read the update.

ANU students in Shanghai gathered last Friday night to celebrate the opening of the university's first offshore Study Hub in the city, which will run throughout Semester 2, 2020.

Join us on Friday 28 August in wearing purple for 鈥淲ear It Purple Day鈥�, a day to recognise and celebrate LGBTIQ+ inclusion, and foster supportive, safe, and empowering environments for rainbow young people. Struggling to find something to wear? Download the Wear It Purple Day Zoom background instead, and show your support.

The Safe Passage Student Return pilot program has been delayed. We will continue to work with the ACT Government on this program and we will provide an update as soon as we know when it might resume.

Time is running out to take part in the Satellite Selfie! Head to your favourite spot on campus, or your nearest oval, carpark or backyard to display large designs, flags, logos or personal messages.

Join an ANU College of Law panel of experts, Dr Jonathan Liljeblad, Yun Jiang, Helen Zhang and Dr Graeme Smith (moderator) as they explore China's rule-of-law project under Xi Jinping's rule. This event is part of the ANU College of Law鈥檚 60th anniversary celebrations.

This year, the Indonesia Update Conference has gone online. Join the ANU Indonesia Project鈥檚 four-day virtual conference unpacking the theme 鈥楨conomic of COVID-19 in Indonesia: responding to the crisis.鈥�

馃摎 Brain Bites - read the latest ANU research 

Supercomputer simulations could show us how to stop COVID-19. Read about how ANU researcher Associate Professor Megan O鈥橫ara is using the Southern Hemisphere鈥檚 most powerful and fastest supercomputer to understand how coronavirus invades human cells.

ANU Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence of Indigenous communities cultivating bananas more than 2,000 years ago. The evidence of cultivation and plant management dates back 2,145 years and was found at Wagadagam on the tiny island of Mabuyag in the western Torres Strait.

Researchers have found a way to help one of Australia's rarest birds 'self-fumigate' or safeguard their鈥痭ests, to protect their young from deadly parasites.

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.

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