Published in the Research School of Physics Event Horizon
Vol45 Issue16 20–24 April 2020

Items for sharing

• The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) are providing a temporary short-cut method to help staff working from home. It's important that staff are logging their hours each week. Read more here.
  
  
• Update your signature block in support of the University's inclusive environment. Read more here.
  
  
• For the art lover: This week we take you into XU ZHEN®: ETERNITY VS EVOLUTION with a video walkthrough featuring Curatorial and Programs Coordinator Peter Johnson, and share Art from Home for our Mini-members and those looking to inspire children with art and creative thinking.  
  
  
• From Annabel Crabb - if you're a student in higher education, the Government would like you to stop watching Tiger King and do something productive, please. 
  
  
• We're going on a bear hunt - and look what we found?  Canberra kids, for the moment, no longer have the pleasure of looking out for the teddy bears positioned in trees along the Kings Highway, on the way to the South Coast. But the bear hunts underway in the suburbs across the national capital maybe making up for it a little during the coronavirus pandemic. Read the story here.
  
  
• Mindfulness refers to paying attention to the present moment with openness and curiosity.  Mindfulness is increasingly being used to enhance wellbeing as well as work engagement and performance. There is a range of resources available for staff to learn more about mindfulness and apply this in practice. 
  
  
• Discover and learn family activities brought to you by the ACT Government,  bringing family activities to you with some fun, hands-on ideas using lego. All ideas focussing on Canberra, these can be shared by the whole family – and don’t forget to share your creations with your colleagues through the Event Horizon.