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The Australian National University (ANU) is one of Australia's premier universities and ranked amongst the best in the world. It was created by Federal Parliament in 1946 to drive the nation forward and advance Australia's international standing through research and education of the highest quality. ANU is distinctive because of its national mission, international focus and impressive record in re

search and education for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Our leading researchers drive our educational programs and shape the ANU learning experience. Students at ANU enjoy excellent staff-student ratios and great employment prospects. They benefit from award-winning and challenging teaching, first-rate facilities and the collegial atmosphere of a residential campus.

ANU geophysicist Emeritus Professor Malcolm Sambridge has a knack for solving the unsolvable. His pioneering work develo...
29/05/2026

ANU geophysicist Emeritus Professor Malcolm Sambridge has a knack for solving the unsolvable. His pioneering work developing mathematical models has helped solve some of the most significant earth science problems, including helping scientists learn more about Earth’s interior, which holds clues about the planet’s evolutionary history.

A self-professed “algorithm nerd”, Sambridge has transformed how earth scientists extract information from complex data. His contributions to the earth sciences over his 40-year career has seen him elected to The Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

Sambridge’s election as Fellow of the Society sees him join an exclusive club of renowned scientists including Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Dorothy Hodgkin.

“It’s overwhelming. I mean, I’m giddy as a schoolboy. I feel very honoured, but equally I feel humbled and astonished that this has happened,” Sambridge says.

Sambridge’s path to becoming one of the world’s most eminent scientists started with a fortuitous “sliding door” moment when he decided to uproot his life in the UK, where he was studying at the University of Cambridge, and relocate to Canberra in 1984 to study a PhD in seismic imaging at the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences.

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29/05/2026

Savoir French has become so much more than a café for our community. Hidden away in the ANU School of Art & Design, it’s a place where students, staff and visitors come together each day – for coffee, conversation and connection.

That’s what makes this recognition so special. Savoir French has just been named the ACT’s favourite in the Time Out Food & Drink Awards 2026 People’s Choice 🥐

As Australia expands its ambitions in nuclear technologies, Associate Professor Elizabeth Williams says the country is g...
28/05/2026

As Australia expands its ambitions in nuclear technologies, Associate Professor Elizabeth Williams says the country is grappling with a question that doesn’t have a simple answer.

“When working in nuclear science and engineering, we need to think about how to harness the enormous benefits these technologies offer – in medicine, in energy, in research – while also being clear-eyed about the responsibilities they carry,” Associate Professor Williams says.

“That’s not a problem to solve. It’s a balance to keep working at.”

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Yesterday ANU hosted the Walk for Truth 2026 for the final leg of the Walk, with a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremo...
27/05/2026

Yesterday ANU hosted the Walk for Truth 2026 for the final leg of the Walk, with a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country.

The Walk for Truth is a national journey led by Travis Lovett, calling for truth-telling, healing and meaningful change.

An incredible 800km trek that began at Victorian Parliament in Naarm and culminates today at Parliament House in Canberra, the Walk is part of a movement to elevate the lived experience of First Nations people and to call for a national commitment to truth-telling.

"Truth-telling is ongoing work – grounded in listening, relationships and action," says ANU Interim Vice-Chancellor Professor Rebekah Brown.

"At ANU, the advancement of Australia's Indigenous peoples is core to our mission, and today strengthened our resolve to walk forward together."

Three top scientists from the Australian National University (ANU) have been announced as new Fellows of The Australian ...
26/05/2026

Three top scientists from the Australian National University (ANU) have been announced as new Fellows of The Australian Academy of Science.

Congratulations to Professor Jochen Brocks from the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences, Professor Robert Furbank FAA from the ANU Research School of Biology and Distinguished Professor Yun Liu FAA FTSE from the ANU Research School of Chemistry.

They join a Fellowship of 647 distinguished Australian scientists whose work spans fundamental discovery, translational research and the commercial application of Australian science.

Read more: quicklink.anu.edu.au/vrk7

Are smartphones helping us think, or thinking for us? 🤔From remembering directions to choosing what to buy and even beli...
25/05/2026

Are smartphones helping us think, or thinking for us? 🤔

From remembering directions to choosing what to buy and even believe, our phones are increasingly shaping how we move through the world. But at what point does this technology start to do more harm than good?

Associate Professor Rachael Brown explains why the relationship between humans and smartphones is more complicated than we think.

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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party is increasing in popularity in Australia. So, does that mean we could see a Hanson-led...
22/05/2026

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party is increasing in popularity in Australia. So, does that mean we could see a Hanson-led government in 2028?

Honorary Fellow Dr Simon Copland unpacks Australia’s shift towards right-wing politics, lessons learnt from the Reform UK party, and what One Nation’s recent success at the polls could mean federally.

Read the analysis piece in ANU Reporter: https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/could-we-see-a-pauline-hanson-led-government-in-2028-its-not-so-far-fetched

20/05/2026

Sitting on the edge of Chifley Meadows, the Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) is where big ideas come to life.

Just another beautiful week on campus 🌿📖
19/05/2026

Just another beautiful week on campus 🌿📖

A team of researchers including scientists from the ANU Research School of Physics have discovered an out-of-this-world ...
18/05/2026

A team of researchers including scientists from the ANU Research School of Physics have discovered an out-of-this-world element, a rare radioactive isotope called iron-60, or so-called ‘stardust’, trapped in Antarctic snow and ice.

Iron-60 and other chemical elements are formed in the cores of massive stars and ejected into space when they die bright, explosive deaths.

Studying the remnants of iron-60 that has crash landed on Earth millions of years ago helps researchers trace the history of our solar neighbourhood, including the Solar System, dating back tens of thousands of years.

Scientists analysed 300kg of Antarctic ice, dating from 40,000 to 80,000 years ago.

Using the Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) at ANU, the researchers isolated tiny amounts of iron, including iron-60, from the stardust entombed in the ice, until only a handful of iron-60 atoms remained out of an initial 10 trillion atoms.

The HIAF is currently the only facility in the world capable of detecting such tiny quantities of iron-60.

“It’s like searching for a needle in 50,000 football stadiums filled to the roof with hay. The machine finds the needle in an hour,” explains Annabel Rolofs from the University of Bonn.

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