Stories
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Community Connections
"In front of our eyes, they beat my sister"
Lawyer and social commentator Mariam Veiszadeh relates a story from her sister-in-law in Afghanistan. She watched as the Taliban beat her own sister, and dragged her away – for daring to be a teacher. Trigger warning: graphic descriptions of violence.
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Alumni Stories
Designing for the everyday
UC alumnus Chris Hardy loves all kinds of design, and has dabbled in both interior and industrial disciplines - but he's found his calling working as the Head of Industrial Design for Breville.
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Ideas, Progress & the Â鶹´å
Magnifying connectivity for tomorrow
Â鶹´å of Canberra PhD candidate Alex Okon is creating a solution to boost data connectivity to meet the demands of today and tomorrow, by allowing users to transfer seamlessly among operators.
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Community Connections
Sophie’s photography: more than just a hobby
Â鶹´å of Canberra alumna Sophie Green discovered photography as a hobby during her studies - now she's using her skills for good.
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Community Connections
Let’s hear from women in aged care residences
In her recent best seller, The Invisible Woman, Caroline Craido Perez claims that "most of recorded history is one big gender gap". When it comes to the lives of the ‘other half’ of humanity she says, "there is often nothing but silence". This is perhaps never more evident than in the final years of our lives when some of us are residents in aged care homes.