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Rocktober at ANU with special Midnight Oil gig
Aussie music royalty Midnight Oil will bring their blend of pulsating rock and politics to The Australian National University (…
ANU physicist making waves in space joins top global society
A theoretical physicist from The Australian National University (ANU) whose pioneering work has fundamentally altered our…
Champion of Indigenous education made professor
Director of the ANU Tjabal Indigenous Higher Education Centre Anne Martin has been appointed to the position of Professor in the…
Dictionary seeks smorgasbord of Aussie food terms
Do you add chicken salt to your parmy or schnitty? Do you go for a halal snack pack (HSP) or servo food after a night out?…
ANU staff win Outstanding Engagement Award
Last month, three ANU staff members, Karen Jackson, Lorena (Lori) Sciusco and Sejul Malde, won the Outstanding Engagement…
Electric vehicles pass the remote road test
Electric vehicles can handle the distances required to travel to essential services in remote and regional Australia, a new…
The viral magic behind the Gentleminions TikTok trend
If you've taken a trip to the cinema over the school holidays, you might have been bewildered by the sight of high school boys…
Life satisfaction plummets among young Aussies during COVID
Young Australians have suffered the greatest drop in life satisfaction during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, new…
Star couple caught ending their embrace
We now have new clues about a mysterious stage in the life of binary stars, thanks to research from The Australian National…
Here’s what you need to know about the Varroa mite
Bee populations worldwide have been collapsing under attack from parasitic Varroa mites. Now, these mites have reached…
Planetary purler: ANU student’s knitting creation goes viral
PhD student Rachel Kirby has been knitting for about 10 years, but her latest creation is out of this world. …
VC’s update – Marramarra Murru and 75th closing celebrations
Hello everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the lull before Semester 2 starts. I am currently in Germany for the 71st…
Engaged ANU pilot projects
Earlier this year, we invited expressions of interest from ANU researchers to participate in the Engaged ANU pilot project…
Open Air Factor: a natural form of infection control?
A leading infectious diseases expert from The Australian National University (ANU) suggests a forgotten but formidable…
Changes to PARSA funding arrangements
Dear students Many of you may be aware of the ongoing governance and operational issues within the independent ANU…
Leading public service thinker to head Crawford School
Professor Janine O'Flynn has been appointed as the new Director of the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy, returning to ANU to…
Academic Board News – Meeting: 28 June 2022
Academic Board News Meeting 3/2022 28 June 2022 The ANU Academic Board's third meeting of the year took place on Tuesday…
National forum to drive First Nations' economic sovereignty
First Nations leaders have issued a call to action for governments and industry to work with them on building new and better…
$45m injection to electrify innovation in Aussie solar tech
The Australian National University (ANU) will play a critical role in researching and developing cheaper, more efficient and…
Unpopular leaders punished at the polls in 2022 election
Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce were the most unpopular leaders of any party since 1987, new analysis of the 2022 federal…