This series contains items symbolic of ANU during its 75th anniversary year. These include objects showing the impact of the 2020 hail storm and COVID 19 on the campus, teaching and research between 2020 and 2022, an updated paid parental leave scheme, the ANU First Nations Portfolio, cooperation with Indigenous communities, mementous discoveries in science and 75th anniversary events.

Author: Professor Maryanne Dever, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education and Digital)

In 2021 the ANU provided a selection of archival and contemporary digital material to a team of ANU rocketry students for the payload of a rocket being sent into space.

During National Reconciliation Week (NRW) 2022, with a launch video the University announced a national 'Collaborate' partnership with Jawun for the University community to be enriched by two-way learning and connection between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia. The program works to develop solutions that result in greater self-sufficiency for Indigenous peoples and communities. Chief Operating Officer, Paul Duldig, has pledged his commitment to the secondment program during last year's NRW and is pleased to be launching the program during NRW 2022.

The University's 75th Anniversary was a year-long celebration that began on 1 August 2021 and the centrepiece to our celebrations included a public debate on the future of universities. During our 75th anniversary celebrations we have reflected on our history, what we've achieved and who helped us along the way.

This panel style discussion looks at the next 75 years - how will our university and others will look, how we are ensuring graduates are ready for the future of work, and how the higher education sector meets the needs for a rapidly changing world. Speakers:

Professor Giselle Byrnes, Provost, Massey University, New Zealand
Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell, Director of the School of Cybernetics
Professor Sherman Young, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education & VP, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
Professor Michelle Ryan, Director of the Global Institute of Women's Leadership (GIWL)
Dr Timo Henckel, Senior Lecturer, ANU College of Business & Economics

Composition by Professor Kim Cunio from the ANU School of Music

Speeches by Professor Brian P. Schmidt (ANU Vice Chancellor) and The Hon Julie Bishop (ANU Chancellor)

In 2015 the first direct detection of a gravitational wave was made. This was a momentous discovery in science. A team of ANU physicists played a leading role in this landmark discovery, providing critical technology for the exquisitely sensitive Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory detectors, and creating data analysis techniques and systems for the processing of the gravitational wave data. Research team members are now part of the Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics. This movie is a simulation of the first observation of a binary black hole collision. The author is Susan Scott.

A volume of obituaries of 192 ANU members 2000 - 2021. Compiled and edited by James J. Fox on behalf of the ANU Emeritus Faculty, for the 75th anniversary of the ANU.

This copy of the Strategic Plan is signed by Vice Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt AC, FRS, FAA.

The Tuckwell Scholarship Program is the most transformational undergraduate scholarship program in Australia. Every year, we offer 25 talented school-leavers the opportunity to fulfil their potential by actively participating in the very best that ANU has to offer. Scholars are selected on the basis of intellect, character, leadership and their commitment to Australia. https://tuckwell.anu.edu.au/

Student First is a multi-year program of work that will uplift and improve the student experience. Central to this work is the active participation and involvement of the ANU community in co-designing solutions, with an emphasis on creating the space for a strong and meaningful student voice. https://services.anu.edu.au/planning-governance/planning-review/digital-master-plan-dmp/student-first-program

This is an example of the baby-sized T-shirt given to ANU staff taking part in the parental leave scheme.

This vial of red, yellow and white ochre has been collected from the community of Galiwin'ku and gifted to the National Centre for Indigenous Genonics as a connection between the two organisations.

This is one of the many roof tiles damaged by a hail storm in 2020.