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Fellows oval, ANU.
03
Oct
2024

VC's student update - Announcement regarding ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµrealignment: Renew ANU

Dear students,As Australia’s national university, our purpose is to serve the nation through transformational research and…

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ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµRocketry holding a Project Garawana at Ardlethan launch site
24
Sep
2024

To infinity and beyond: the ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµstudents with a plan to reach the stars

As a child, did you ever dream of being an astronaut? Perhaps you wished to traverse galaxies, experience life on Mars, meet an…

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Daley Road, Acton
17
Sep
2024

Executive appointment - Chief Operating Officer

Hi everyone,I am delighted to announce that after a competitive global search, we have appointed Jonathan Churchill to the role…

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Dr Michael Anenburg is wearing safety goggles and is leaning against a desk next to lab equipment in the ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµResearch School of Earth Sciences
16
Sep
2024

Extinct volcanoes a ‘rich’ source of rare earth elements

A mysterious type of iron-rich magma entombed inside extinct volcanoes is likely abundant with rare earth elements and could…

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Fellows Oval, ANU.
11
Sep
2024

FAQs: Gender and culture Review in the ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµCollege of Health and Medicine and its schools

Who commissioned the Review? The Review has been sponsored by the Provost, Professor Rebekah Brown, endorsed by the Vice-…

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Distinguished Professor Xuemei Bai has her arms crossed and is smiling. There are trees behind her
11
Sep
2024

Path to prosperity for planet and people if Earth’s critical resources are better shared: report

Earth will only remain able to provide even a basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and…

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Aerial of Kambri and city
09
Sep
2024

Nominate a trailblazing woman for the ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµbuilding renaming initiative

We're fortunate to have many remarkable and legacy-building women among us, both past and present. However, out of 150 named…

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A student scrolls Instagram on their phone
03
Sep
2024

Social media negatively impacting teens’ life satisfaction

Social media is negatively impacting the life satisfaction of Australian high school students, according to the latest findings…

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An aerial view of homes in a suburb
02
Sep
2024

Asbestos study highlights risk of ACT residents developing cancer

New data published in the latest edition of the ACT Asbestos Health Study, led by ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ (ANU),…

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An aerial view of a crowd of people crossing a pedestrian crosswalk
26
Aug
2024

Australia needs a National Migration Institute: ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµexpert

Australia must establish an independently run Migration Institute to counteract widespread misinformation about migration which…

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COVID-19 samples in the lab
14
Aug
2024

Long COVID cost Australian economy about $9.6 billion in 2022

Australian workers living with long COVID cost the economy, on average, about $9.6 billion in 2022, according to a new study from…

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An image showing all of the different species of darkling beetle body shapes and colours thanks to hundreds of millions of years of evolution.
13
Aug
2024

'Masters of shape-shifting’: How darkling beetles conquered the world

Large-scale genomic analysis of darkling beetles, a hyper-diverse insect group of more than 30,000 species worldwide, rolls back…

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ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµCampus
13
Aug
2024

Student encampment protest FAQs

Please note the University does not publicly comment on disciplinary matters.Academic freedom and freedom of speech Is ANU…

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ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµCampus
12
Aug
2024

Professional Services and Procurement

Dear colleagues, Our University has a critical founding mission to provide Australia with the research and education…

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Professor Alex Maier holds a test tube containing live parasites. He is wearing a white science lab coat
12
Aug
2024

Trojan horse method gives malaria parasites a taste of their own medicine

More than a quarter of Australians over the age of 50 take cholesterol-lowering drugs to prevent heart disease and strokes, but…

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Dr Vicki Athanasopoulos is in a science lab wearing a white lab coat. She is wearing a floral pattern shirt under her lab coat
12
Aug
2024

Eye-opening discovery offers fresh hope for disease that can cause blindness

An international team of scientists including researchers from ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ (ANU) have identified a rare,…

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Students walk past the Research School of Biology in the Science Precinct at the Australian National University
09
Aug
2024

Council News – Meeting: 9 August 2024

Council NewsMeeting 5/2024 9 August 2024Council held its fifth meeting of 2024 in person in the RC Mills Room, Chancelry.…

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ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµPhD student standing at the ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµcampus.
08
Aug
2024

‘Fuel to the fire’: repeated climate-sceptic claims enough to nudge even the strongest of climate change endorsers

The threat of misinformation runs rampant in our digital age, where a single repetition of a climate-sceptical claim seems more…

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ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµscientist in a lab environment.
31
Jul
2024

ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµresearchers unlocking the full potential of RNA

Scientists at ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ (ANU) are teaming up with the community to unlock the full potential of…

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Kambri, ANU
25
Jul
2024

CPO message to all staff

I am writing to provide some information to our community about two payment issues which have recently come to the University’s…

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