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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Australia will benefit greatly from the appointment of astronomer Professor Penny Sackett as its new full-time Chief Scientist, the Vice-Chancellor of The Australian National University said.
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Forget the cliché about heavenly strummers – there’ll be plenty of passion, pluck and precision on display at the 3rd Australian Harp Festival to be held at The Australian National University tomorrow.
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Immunology, vaccines, anti-inflammatory drugs, cancer, anti-cancer drugs.
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Supernovae, gamma ray bursts, cosmology, dark matter, stars
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Sociology, especially housing, urban research, clothing industry, retailing. Third World Development, Latin America
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Policy makers need to rethink their approach to health and introduce stricter standards for the media if a decline in the health of Australia’s young people is to be halted.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
The latest ANU Poll has found that a majority of Australians believe a university degree is a virtual necessity in today’s world.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Indonesia’s best hope for combating corruption lies with the re-election of its current leader, a visiting academic told the Indonesia Update at ANU last week.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
ANU students took on the great human values of truth, righteousness, peace, love and non-violence, in the 14th Annual Lions Oratory Competition.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Is there a role for members of the public and community-minded volunteers to monitor biosecurity threats to Australia and how do you define what those threats are?4
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Three public forums focusing on the key issues of the 2008 ACT Election will kick off in the lead up to the election by providing the views from the candidates.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
The Communications and External Liaison Office has launched the 2008-2009 ANU Experts Guide.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
The ANU College of Law and ANU College of Asia and the Pacific are hosting their postgraduate studies information evenings for anyone considering postgraduate research or coursework programs in 2009.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Bringing ANU staff and students together online has earned Dr Megan Poore an Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Professor Peta Spender has been appointed as a part-time presidential member of the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Who: Sarah Sloan
What: Women’s Officer and 3rd year Asian Studies/Law student.
My favourite space on campus is … the ANU Gym.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Two high-level officials from Bangladesh have visited ANU for as part of a project for eGovernment capacity building, supported by the AusAID Public Service Linkage Program (PSLP).
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Genuinely affordable solar power technology could soon grace rooftops from Sydney to Shanghai thanks to a new partnership between Australian, American and Chinese researchers.
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
A research team lead by a scientist from The Australian National University has discovered a new species of iguana in the central regions of Fiji. The discovery is part of a study which suggests that the ancestors of the Pacific iguanas arrived up to 13 million years ago after an 8000 kilometre rafting trip from the New World.
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
With world food supplies under threat, prices for produce escalating rapidly and an increased demand for biofuels, a three day conference aims to address how we increase plant energy and water productivity to meet our current and future needs.
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
The challenges of governing Indonesia – the world’s largest archipelagic state – will be explored at a conference this week.
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
From birds to bats and worms to weeds, people throughout the Canberra region battle biosecurity threats, and a special event at the National Museum has brought together these everyday science soldiers from the frontline of protecting our landscapes.
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
Less than two percent of public interest whistleblowers receive organised support from the government agency that employs them, even though their value to public integrity is widely acknowledged, a new study published by ANU E Press has found.
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
If you want to ‘get real’ on climate change, more work needs to be done on practical and sensible adaptation measures that will help the public plan for an uncertain future, according to an academic.
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
The following speech was given by Professor Ian Chubb AC, Vice-Chancellor of The Australian National University on Thursday September 11, 2008, to mark the launch of the 2nd ANU Poll.
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ANU congratulates Sackett on Chief Scientist role
Professor Chris Parish
Professor Brian Schmidt
Dr Alastair Greig
Urgent action needed to fix youth health
ANU-China partnership to boost solar power
Rafting iguanas say hello, hello
Planting the seeds to meet our needs
Water, water everywhere: Indonesia Update 2008
Battling birds, bats & beasties at the Science Cafe
ANU E Press: Whistleblowers need better protection
‘Get real’ and move beyond mitigation: academic