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The 2022 ANU Tall Poppy Award recipients
14
Oct
2022

VC’s Update – Mask mandate update and enterprise sessions  »

Hi everyone,  I am writing to you from the United States, where I have made my first trip in three years. I have been to NASA, had...
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A photo of a women with shoulder length blonde hair standing in front of a judger's bench. The woman is wearing a black jacket and glasses.
14
Oct
2022

First female majority on High Court a 'historic moment' »

Justice Jayne Jagot’s appointment to the High Court is a major step forward for Australia’s legal profession, a leading ANU expert says.
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A photo eucalyptus trees with thin trunks standing close together.
14
Oct
2022

Stopping native forest logging key to getting to net zero »

Stopping native logging will provide the carbon emissions savings Australia needs each year for the next nine years to reach net zero.
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Photo shows Professor Lu standing in front of equipment in his lab. He is holding up the device used in this research with one hand.
13
Oct
2022

Discovery of exciton pairs could enable next-gen technology »

Electrical engineers from ANU have demonstrated how to create exciton pairs in a new type of semiconductor structure.
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Professor Emily Banks
12
Oct
2022

Major ANU funding win to boost health for all Australians »

A tobacco-free future and stopping cancers caused by infections are two of the exciting ANU projects to win major NHMRC funding.
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Professor Nicholas Biddle sits at his computer. He's facing the camera and wearing a dark suit and purple tie.
12
Oct
2022

More than one in 10 Aussies have had long COVID: ANU study  »

Nearly one-third of Australian adults who’ve had COVID-19 have had symptoms lasting longer than four weeks, according to a new ANU study.
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An images of a large grey trey in a field of short, dry grass. The tree has a large carving on its trunk.
12
Oct
2022

Race against time to find ancient Indigenous carvings »

Researchers are working with a group of First Nations Australians to document ancient Indigenous art in the bark in boab trees.
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Dr Kiara Bruggeman, Dr Joshua Chu-Tan, Dr Bjorn Sturmberg and Dr Amy Dawel
10
Oct
2022

Young ANU scientists make their mark with Tall Poppy honours »

Four outstanding researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have been recognised with ACT Young Tall Poppy Science Awards.
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07
Oct
2022

Council News – Meeting: 7 October 2022 »

Council News   Meeting 5/2022 7 October 2022   Council met in person for the fifth meeting of 2022. Council MembershipCouncil welcomed the...
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An oblique view of the Crater Daedalus on the lunar farside as seen from the Apollo 11 spacecraft in lunar orbit.
07
Oct
2022

ANU to support Aussie start-up in growing plants on the moon »

ANU will lend its support to an ambitious space mission that aims to grow plants on the moon by as early as 2025. 
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Caspian is standing with his arms crossed and smilling beside the carillon. He's wearing a blue shirt.
06
Oct
2022

Top gong for young ANU composer  »

An aspiring music composer from The Australian National University (ANU) has won a major international prize for his piece for the carillon.
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A sketch of huts and villagers in an early Tongan village by the ocean with palm trees.
05
Oct
2022

New data reveals impact of contact with Pacific nations »

Population decline following European settlement in Pacific island nations was far greater than previously thought, ANU research shows.
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windmill in a field amongst sunset
05
Oct
2022

First Nations estate can boost Australian agriculture »

A landmark report calls for serious leadership and investment in the agricultural potential of the First Nations estate, especially if...
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Three people (blurred) walking past Reserve Bank of Australia.
04
Oct
2022

Shadow RBA says no respite on interest rates »

Home-owners should be prepared for more interest rate increases, according to the latest data from the RBA Shadow Board at ANU.
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Vice-Chancellor, the Hon Brett Mason and the Chancellor
30
Sep
2022

VC’s Update – The Wizards of Oz and launching meta-optics  »

Hi everyone,  The ACT Government has announced the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and relaxed restrictions across the...
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Associate Professor Marian Burr in a science lab wearing a white lab coat and holding up a test tube containing a blue substance.
30
Sep
2022

Scientists step closer to unlocking new leukaemia treatments »

New research from ANU and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre could lead to new treatments for leukaemia patients who have relapsed.
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Four people have their sleeves rolled up and bandaids on their arms after a COVID vaccine.
29
Sep
2022

Australia's COVID vaccine program has stalled, data shows »

Australians with lower levels of education and household income are significantly less likely to have received a third or fourth COVID shot.
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Professor Dragomir Neshev and Professor Chennaputi Jagadish looking through a machine
28
Sep
2022

Game-changing holographic tech focus of ANU research centre »

A ground-breaking research centre focused on optical technologies, which could create lifelike moving holograms that display straight...
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Dr Hardip Patel in a science lab holding up a test tube containing an unknown substance
26
Sep
2022

Improving health outcomes for First Nations Australians »

A new DNA database will help improve diagnostic rates for First Nations Australians living with rare genetic disorders.
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Food delivery driver on small motorbike. Wearing red jacket and red helmet.
23
Sep
2022

Greed putting food couriers at risk, researchers warn »

The recent deaths of several food delivery couriers in Australia have highlighted a lack of regulation in the industry, ANU researchers warn
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Professor Des Ball AO. Photo by Bob Cooper
Keeping the region secure »
Professor Bruce Chapman AM
Designing modern Australia »
Peter Drysdale AO circa 1970s
Bringing prosperity to the region »
Professor Mark Oliphant discusses the specifications of the homopolar generator with his senior technical officer, Mr Jimmy Edwards, 1953
Unpacking the mysteries of science »
Professor Brij Lal AM
Helping bring democracy to the Pacific »
Frank Fenner inoculating chick-developing embryos with a virus suspension as part of his research into the genetic interaction between animal viruses. Circa 1950.
Saving lives »
Image: Part of Sidney Nolan’s Riverbend which is on display at the Drill Hall Gallery (c) Sidney Nolan Trust/Bridgeman Images
Telling the Australian story »
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New residential halls for ANU »
What a revitalised Union Court might look like
Union Court revitalisation – newsletter sign up »
Margi Sweeney.
Sharing knowledge of science »
The ANU School of Music was the idea of Sir Ernest Llewellyn.
Conducting a grand musical vision »
ANU College of Law student Joel Dennerley.
Space law: the final frontier »
Andrew Farris with ANU School of Music students Rosemarie Costi, Alec Brinsmead and Hugo Lee.
The school of rock »
Rabbits around a waterhole in the myxomatosis trial site on Wardang Island in 1938.
Life sentences: Australia's rabbits »
ANU Reporter looked at energy conservation ideas in 1982.
Leg warmers and chunky jumpers: energy saving over the years  »
Emily Casey explored the historic city of Venice with Drill Hall Gallery Director Terence Maloon.
Travel Journal: Exploring Venice »
Dr Paul Francis.
Inside the classroom with Dr Paul Francis »
Rachael Stevens has written a book about her struggles.
Out of the dark: beating anorexia »
Professor Michael Smithson
Ignorance can be bliss »
Michael Cooney was former Prime Minister Julia Gillard's speechwriter.
Q&A with Michael Cooney »