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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
A researcher from The Australian National University is calling on the local Canberra community to lend a helping hand in the crusade to save our native Australian birds by hosting a bird nest box in their backyard.
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
The Australian National University and the Australian War Memorial have signed an agreement of collaboration that will see the two national institutions work together to host a major international conference, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli.
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke writes on the East Asia Forum about his take on the ties between China and Australia - past, present and future.
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Friday, September 25th, 2009
The discovery of exactly how the malaria parasite resists the effects of the drug chloroquine could lead to a resurgence in the use of this one-time ‘wonder drug’ to combat the global malaria problem.
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
The head of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at ANU has congratulated two Indigenous communities from northern Australia on the announcement of new Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs).
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
An international group of 28 scientists has proposed nine planetary boundaries that the human race should not transgress if its civilizations are to continue into the future.
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
The mystery of why there are ‘rogue waves’ on the world’s oceans is one step closer to being solved thanks to a team of optical scientists.
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Australia’s health system is failing the many people who suffer from multiple illnesses as it is principally designed to deal with individual conditions, a new study suggests.
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
ANU has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, enabling the two institutions to collaborate in research on nuclear science and technology including key accelerator facilities, future energy sources and nuclear non-proliferation. The MOU was launched by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr.
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Only 30 million years ago Australian and New Guinean echidnas had an amphibious, platypus-like ancestor, according to a new ANU study.
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
Australian Scientific Instruments, a commercial enterprise of The Australian National University, has sold its “SHRIMP” technology to the University of Granada in Spain for $6 million.
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
Boom and Bust: Bird Stories for a Dry Country, co-edited by ANU researchers and featuring many contributions from ANU, has won the Whitley Medal, the nation’s most prestigious award for zoological publication.
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
The inspiration for Lily, Eliza Murray’s winning story in this year’s annual Uni Pub / ANU Short Story Competition, came from her grandmother – a woman who could break apples in half with her bare hands and make a “mean” four inch tall scone. Eliza took home $6,000 as the winner of the one of Australia’s richest short story contests.
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
New approaches to Indigenous youth and learning are required in remote Australia – that’s the mission motivating a group of professionals who will meet in Darwin this week to share ideas on how non-mainstream models of learning are empowering young people from remote communities.
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Protection for whistleblowers in Australia is patchy and inconsistent, writes Norman Abjorensen.
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
ANU has formed a new partnership with Indiana University in the United States to create a Pan-Asian Studies Institute.
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
PARSA President Tegan Kelly writes: Hi everyone. Spring has sprung. Yay! While the weather gradually warms up, there’s plenty you can do to celebrate.
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
As part of Floriade 2009, the ANU School of Music will present Rhythm ’n’ Blooms on Stage 88.
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
ANU has approved the new ANU Child Protection Policy and Procedure.
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Presented by Professor Alfredo Rehren, ANCLAS Visiting Chair of Latin American Studies.
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
ANU has approved the new ANU Child Protection Policy and Procedure.
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
ANU Schools and Centres from relevant areas are invited to nominate a performer for the 2010 H.C. Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship.
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Authored books, chapters in edited books, peer reviewed journal articles and peer reviewed conference papers may be eligible for funding under the HERDC scheme.
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Twenty-one researchers from ANU have secured ARC Future Fellowships worth $15,774,875 in total as part of a new scheme designed to keep talented mid-career researchers working in Australia.
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Come along and be a part of the Film Group’s fourth Annual Trivia Night.
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Host a nest box and save our native birds
Collaboration of national significance
Bob Hawke: Looking back on China’s relationship with Australia
Discovery to help stem malaria’s drug defiance
Researcher backs IPA declarations
Nine enivronmental boundaries could safeguard human future
Maths solves a mystery of the deep sea
Patients with multiple illnesses need better health care: Study
National research partnership launched
Echidnas had recent amphibious ancestor
ANU business sells $6 million “Time Machine” to Spain
Whitley Medal for bird book
Indigenous youth learning outside the classroom
Inside Story: Blowing the whistle