Australian National University - , here is your ANU Alumni E-News July 2009

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July 2009

Dear Jess,

Remember those freezing cold days of June when you were studying hard or sitting exams in Canberra? Today is such a day. However be warmed in this edition of Alumni E-news by invitations to events interstate and in the UK, and by news of our Alumni making news. Our Profiles feature a sea-change environmental scientist who now makes a living from his art, and an American who lives in Germany but travels the world working from wherever with her ANU degree. We have such interesting and diverse alumni, as our group of 45 who are travelling to Cambridge in July attest. A report of that ANU Alumni Visit to celebrate Cambridge’s 800th year will feature in the next edition.

Best wishes,

Christine Keller Smith
ANU Alumni Director

What's On

AUSTRALIA

Brisbane

Monday 9 September

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Perth

Monday 21 September

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ANU

View calendar of upcoming events at ANU

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INTERNATIONAL

United Kingdom

Cambridge
Friday 31st July

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Lawrence Cram invites Alumni and Friends to Afternoon Tea
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Time: 3.00pm - 6.00pm
Venue: Madingley Hall, Madingley
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New Zealand

July (various dates and venues)

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Concerts by Alumni

Geoffrey Lancaster BA(Mus) 1977

Haydn Complete Keyboard Sonatas Series

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Seminars by Alumni

Dr Tikki Pang (PhD 1977), Director, WHO

Global Health Governance - A Search for Meaning

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Have You Heard

Graduate proves Aussies love Scandanavian design

“If you talk to people in the street and ask them to tell you something about Scandinavia, they’ll probably say something about design,” Dr Robert Bell (PhD 2008) states "People without a professional interest in design would instantly say Georg Jensen, Volvo, Ikea...
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Chimps keep close eye on human activity

Chimpanzees are the closest cousins to humans, yet human activity could send our primate kin to extinction. One ANU graduate has made it her life's mission to conserve chimps for the future. Read more

Loss of trees in rural Australia
Dr Joern Fischer, PhD 2004, is the team leader of an investigation into Australia’s temperate grazing regions facing a tree regeneration crisis. The investigation is suggesting that millions of hectares could be treeless within decades...Read more

PM commends ANU for 'truly exceptional' research

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (BA Asian Studies 1981) opened the new building for The John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR).
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Graduate Music News

Geoffrey Lancaster, BA(Mus) 1977, conducted the Australian Youth Orchestra in Brisbane. "The concert was a great success, and had two ANU students on double basses". Recent graduate Jack Chenoweth (BMus 2008) led the orchestra.

Where Are They Now

Ms Michelle Craig Tourbier

Then: MLegStudies 1998
Now: Lecturer

Michelle is participating in the ANU Alumni Visit to Cambridge in July. “I have fond memories of Cambridge from my first exchange to England. We took a picnic, rented punts and danced a Viennese Waltz on the lawns!”.
Michelle grew up in Arizona and Montana and completed her undergraduate degree in political science

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Dr Roger Dawson

Then: BSc(Hons) 1988
Now: Director and Artist of Everyone Deserves Art gallery

Dramatic career change from Environmental Scientist to Practising Artist and Gallery Director

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Congratulations to...

Eloise Fisher BMus (Performance) 2006 for winning 3rd prize in the inaugural Beijing International Clarinet Competition and Lee Grant BA(DevS) 2004 for winning her first major photographic competition!

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