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ANU: Australia's national university
As the nation’s university, ANU delivers research and scholarship that contributes to advancing Australia and the region. To support this unique mission, the National Institutes Grant (NIG) has been provided by the Australian Government to ANU since its foundation in recognition of the role the University plays as a resource of national significance.
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13
Dec
2019
Council News – Meeting: 6 December 2019 »
The Chancellor - Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC
The 455th meeting of the ANU Council was held in the RC Mills Room on Friday 6 December 2019.
It was the Chancellor's 63rd and final meeting...
11
Dec
2019
Advancing our common future »
At the University's inaugural Grand Graduation, Helen Clark was given an honorary doctorate. In this address to graduates, she says that despite the world facing many challenges by coming together we...
11
Dec
2019
Embrace the learning »
This week Karlie Noon graduates with a master's in astrophysics. In the first student speech at the inaugural ANU Grand Graduation, she says students should embrace learning in all its stages -- ...
09
Dec
2019
Voice declared Australia’s Word of the Year »
Voice: 'a formal channel for Indigenous input into the making of laws and policies affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people'.
The term voice has been given a major shout-out from the...
04
Dec
2019
Soil study shows Australia at its most stripped back »
New research from The Australian National University (ANU) and Geoscience Australia could provide a much clearer picture of the Australian landscape, and how to better manage it under a changing...
28
Nov
2019
Study shows there’s nothing wacky about conspiracy theorists »
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have delved into the world of online conspiracy theories, showing most of the people behind them are actually pretty ordinary.
The study...
26
Nov
2019
Gunners or G-Town? Aussies go to town with place nicknames »
Australians from all over the country have answered a call-out from The Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC), providing 1,000 examples of the unique nicknames we give places.
The Centre,...
22
Nov
2019
National Indigenous Summer School Organising Committee »
The National Indigenous Summer School (NISS) started in 2016 to give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students the opportunity to experience what ANU has to offer in the science and...
30
Oct
2019
Genetic history of songbird could inspire an encore »
The genetic history of a critically endangered songbird shows its best chance of survival is to protect its rapidly disappearing habitat.
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU)...
23
Oct
2019
New research centre to study deep history of human past »
A world-first research centre will broaden history to focus on Australia's incredible but often overlooked Indigenous past.
Launched today at ANU, the new centre also aims to broaden the discipline...
