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Congratulations👏Professor Genevieve Bell, who has been named the world's inaugural Engelbart Distinguished Fellow by
@SRI_Intl
for her trailblazing work on technology, artificial intelligence & culture. Learn more about the university's
#AI
visionary:
Thinning forests can actually make them more fire-prone, says
#ANUExpert
David Lindenmayer.
"In many cases this is actually a crass pitch from the forestry industry to start logging areas they shouldn't be logging."
LISTEN🎧
#AustralianBushfireDisaster
Here at ANU we are taking every precaution against
#COVID_19
. There's no immediate threat to our campus or community.
"They are very optimistic we can control COVID 19 and not have a runaway outbreak - but we do need to take precautions and take them now."
🚨 Law scholar first Australian woman elected to the
#ICJ
🚨
Overnight, ANU &
@UniMelb
legal expert Distinguished Professor Hilary Charlesworth was appointed to the UN's 'World Court'. She's only the 5th women ever to be appointed.
📖
@CIJ_ICJ
The astonishing career of
@GeraldineDoogue
has spanned print, radio and television. Today, in recognition of her exceptional contributions to journalism in Australia and abroad, Ms Doogue was conferred an Honorary Doctorate by
@OurANU
. Congratulations and thank you!
"Brian is the leader of our time," says
@ourANU
Chancellor
@HonJulieBishop
.
We agree & are super excited Professor Brian Schmidt has been reappointed as
@VC_ANU
for another five years!
"They still think America's the dominant power in East Asia and is going to remain so forever."
Hugh White says the government - not Paul Keating - doesn't understand how the world has changed.
#AUKUS
Hear the full conversation on
#DemocracySausage
.
"I've had a great passion for understanding Indonesia & for helping to ensure the two countries have the best possible relationship."
Congratulations
#ANUExpert
@GregFealy
for being honoured as a member of the Order of Australia (AM)👏
#ItsAnHonour
Professor Margaret Jolly & Professor Rae Frances have been academic trailblazers for decades. They’ve been honoured as Members of the Order of Australia in today’s
#AustraliaDayHonours
for their work on gender & the Pacific and on history. Well done! 👏
Today
@GIWLANU
has appointed former political staffer & women’s safety & equality advocate Brittany Higgins as its inaugural Visiting Fellow.
“In Brittany, Australia has an incredible leader who is already having a profound impact.” -
@JuliaGillard
📖
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Congratulations to Professor Bruce Chapman who today has been named an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
The architect of HECS, the award recognises his distinguished service to higher education.
Well done Bruce! 👏🙌👩🎓🧑🎓
There was an electrifying discussion on campus today, with Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden joining ANU experts to talk about aspirations & best practice on the path to net-zero. ANU expertise on electrification & lessons from Sweden for Australia were shared.
Breaking through the glass ceiling:
#ANUExpert
Prof Susan Scott is the first woman to receive a PM’s Prize for Science for an achievement in physics:
#pmprizes
.
@VC_ANU
Professor Brian Schmidt outlines the University's response to new travel restrictions between Australia and China.
Read his message 👇
#coronavirus
❗️FROM THURSDAY ANU WILL MOVE TO REMOTE WORK & STUDY
We will still operate as the nation’s university, but not from our campus until at least 27 June.
Full details here:
#coronavirusau
It's official: 46,345 people across hundreds of locations in Australia looked at the Moon through a telescope for 10 minutes at the same time on 23 May to break the world record for the 'Most people stargazing - multiple venues'
New role: We're excited to announce Professor
@HelenCSullivan
is stepping into the role of Dean at
@ANUasiapacific
.
She brings with her a wealth of experience as a researcher and leader.
Congratulations, Helen! 👏👏👏
Congratulations
@ouranu
Alumna Professor Marcia Langton for being named an Officer of the Order of Australia👏 Prof Langton graduated with an honour's degree from ANU in 1984, becoming the University's first Indigenous honours graduate in anthropology.
'Go hard, go early' approach to lockdown is the right move, a new study from
@ourANU
&
@UniMelb
argues 😷🦠
The approach leads to massive economic & health benefits, the researchers say 👇
The 2021 Australian
#BirdOfTheYear
poll is open! 🐦🦜🦅
3 critically endangered species studied by our Difficult Birds Research Group are in the running.
Learn more about the swift parrot, regent honeyeater & orange-bellied parrot in the thread below.
🗳️
Congratulations to Professor Genevieve Bell (
@feraldata
) & Professor Hal Hill who have both been appointed Officers of the Order of Australia in this year’s
#AustraliaDayHonours
. They’ve been recognised for advancing our understanding of
#AI
&
#economics
👏 We’re all so proud!
ANU has never accepted gifts with such restrictions as demanded by Ramsay, and under our watch as Chancellor and Vice Chancellor we never will: Professors Evans and Schmidt.
Indigenous Australians cultivated bananas as far back as 2,145 years ago.
Kambri-Ngunnawal scholar &
#ANUExpert
Robert Williams made the discovery analysing ancient starch granules, plant microfossils & charcoal found on Mabuyag Island.
Learn more:
ICYMI: Parrot plight cause for fright 🦜😨Habitat destruction is pushing parrot species towards extinction & protected areas are failing to mitigate these effects.
#ANUExpert
@olahgy
says the fate of our feathered friends is in the hands of policy makers.
New Orange-bellied Parrot documentary to premier in Hobart tonight stars ANU researchers. Dr Dejan Stojanovic from the Fenner School of Environment and Society will be on the Q&A panel:
“Brittany is a voice for change who will not only help advance the case for reform in Australia but who will inspire a new generation of women to keep demanding nothing less than what they are all owed: respect," GIWL Director
@shellkryan
said.
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Congratulations ANU Chancellor
@HonJulieBishop
for being named one of four Fisher Family Fellows by
@Harvard
👏
Ms Bishop will draw on her vast experience & outstanding record as Foreign Minister to train the next generation of diplomatic leaders.
In this role
@BrittHiggins_
is committed to enacting "real change for Australian women so they can be better served by our major institutions.”
She will work on a code of conduct to prevent & respond to abuse, harassment & sexual misconduct in Parliament House & workplaces.
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To stop the spread of
#COVID19
we all need to act as if we already have the virus & take stock of our actions.
We need to make sure we know:
🗺️Where we’ve been
👨👩👧👧Who we've been in contact with
🤝What we've touched
If we work together now, we can save lives, says
@VC_ANU
.
He’s the man who’s shaken 28,000 hands!
In his incredible 10 years as
@ourANU
Chancellor, Prof the Hon Gareth Evans has presided over 100+ graduation ceremonies.
Lucy Baker was the lucky last student to get her degree from him.
A huge round of applause for both! 👏🥳
SHELTER IN PLACE HAIL EVENT. ANU staff and students should shelter in place if it is safe to do so, & follow instructions of their Wardens. There may be more storm fronts on the way so travelling at this stage is not advised.
Congratulations to three
#ANUExperts
who have received Australia's top research funding award. 🥳 👏🎉
Professor Yun Liu, Professor Sharon Friel and Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths have all won prestigious
@arc_gov_au
Laureate Fellowships.
Read more:
The
#COVID19
situation is changing quickly, but if you remember anything, ensure you are social distancing at all times.
@VC_ANU
is asking us all to remind friends & colleagues to keep their 1.5 metres distance for everyone's safety.
Learn more:
Congratulations to
@profElanor
for her recent appointment to Innovation & Science Australia board and to Genevieve Bell
@feraldata
for appointment to PM’s Science & Tech Advisory Council (along with
@VC_ANU
). Two women pioneering new ways of thinking in their fields.
ANU Chancellor the
@HonJulieBishop
has been named the 2021 Kissinger Fellow by
@McCainInstitute
👏
She will help the next-generation of foreign policy & national security leaders meet the challenges of the 21st century 🌏
Well done to Professor Emerita Joan Beaumont & Dr Graeme Worboys who have been appointed Members of the Order of Australia. Their
#AustraliaDayHonours
recognise their work on war history & environmental conservation. Well done! 👏
Oh boy! New research has found female swift parrots can determine the sex of their offspring, and they're making sure their sons hatch first.🦜
#ANUExpert
@RobHeinsohn
explains what it means for numbers in the wild.
Learn more:
#birdnerd
Ahead of this today’s G7 summit,
@VC_ANU
Brian Schmidt & another 125 Nobel laureates are calling on world leaders to take urgent action on climate change.
Here’s why they’ve made the unprecedented call to arms:
#ClimateAction
#auspol
#G7
#OurANU
has launched the Kambri Scholarships program & endowment to unlock university & personal opportunities for Indigenous Australians. ANU will provide $25M in matching funds to help establish a $50M endowment to fund scholarships in perpetuity.
Long COVID cost the Australian economy, on average, about $9.6 billion in lost work hours in 2022.
@GraftonQuentin
and co-authors of a new
@theMJA
paper say governments and policymakers should treat long COVID as a public health priority.
➡️
Brian’s big plans for Indigenous students &
#climate
action were announced to
@ouranu
staff at the State of the University address today. Learn more about our bold pledge to become carbon-negative & $50 million commitment to Indigenous student success.
Students in their final year of school have experienced a very tough year already. Now all Yr 12 students who want to study at ANU can focus on completing their studies, knowing if their marks from Yr 11 meet our entry requirements they can join one of the world’s leading unis.
In light of hazardous smoke conditions, we have decided to close the Acton, Mt Stromlo & Kioloa campuses to all but essential staff from midnight today Thursday 2 January until 9am Tuesday 7 January.
There is no immediate threat to campus. Learn more:
A new $7.6m research facility at ANU will boost Australia’s climate, weather & Earth systems modelling, helping make better predictions.
"With ACCESS-NRI we are bringing the best of the best together," inaugural Director
#ANUExpert
Andy Hogg said.
📖
We are proud to announce that from 2022 the
@ouranu
International Women’s Day address will be known as the Susan Ryan Oration.
In her time in Parliament & beyond, Susan made an outstanding contribution to improving equality for women in Australia.
#IWD
📖
Congratulations ANU physicist Dr Rose Ahlefeldt for being named ACT Scientist of the Year for her work paving the way for quantum computers that could solve some of the world's "impossible" problems.
ONE WEEK TEACHING PAUSE
@VC_ANU
has paused all coursework teaching from 23 March, resuming 30 March.
The pause is in teaching, not learning, so keep studying.
University libraries, childcare centres, retail outlets & residential halls remain open.
ANU is giving thousands of school-leavers greater certainty in uncertain times. Today
@VC_ANU
has announced the University will admit domestic undergraduate students for 2021 on the basis of their Year 11 performance.
#COVID19
#Covid19australia
#highered
Congratulations
#ANUExpert
Dr Lara Malins, who has been named a 2021 Westpac Research Fellow👏
Dr Malins will receive $811,000 to support her research & development of new antibiotic drug leads to help overcome antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Learn more:
When beer coasters inspire a new website that uses
@BOM_au
data to visualise the impact of climate change in 112 locations around Australia....... yes, really.
“Pretty” parrots 🦜 are more likely to be snatched up for Indonesia’s illegal
#wildlife
trade, according to a new study from
#ANUExperts
@olahgy
and Rob Heinsohn.
Learn more:
As we head away for a well-deserved break,
@VC_ANU
hopes the whole campus ends the year on a high-note 🚗🎼👩🎤
His end of year video shows it's community spirit & the simple joys of a singalong that bring us all together, even in challenging times. WATCH
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders should be a “priority” group rather than being labelled “vulnerable”, experts say.
They say using this language does not reflect the resilience & strengths within communities to address challenges like
#COVID19
.
📖
This is a selection of the significant collection of Indigenous art today donated to ANU. Come see the collection on display at the Drill Hall Gallery starting 18 October.
Mathematics does not lie, but it turns out election polls do.
@VC_ANU
unpacks the maths & concludes that
#election2019
polls were manipulated—probably unintentionally. But this is a downward spiral our democracy can ill afford.
#auspol
Why aren't women in science applying for grants?
90% of
@scienceANU
research projects funded by the 2020 round of ARC Discovery Grants are led by men.
On International Women’s Day, what can we learn from this data?
#IWD2020
#IWD
#STEM
#STEMwomen
Astronomers from ANU and CSIRO have witnessed, in the finest detail ever, the slow death of a neighbouring galaxy, which is gradually losing its power to form stars:
This beat-banging bird is the world’s only non-human rhythmic drummer, but it's under threat by bushfires & climate change. 🥁🐦
To save the palm cockatoo, Australia needs to manage fires better, writes
#ANUExpert
@Robheinsohn
with
@UQ_News
's
@CNZdenek
.
“Where & what you choose to study this year, will be a part of your life, long after a vaccine is rolled out & our border restrictions are lifted.”
Chancellor
@HonJulieBishop
writes to the Yr 12 Class of 2020, as they consider next steps & big dreams🎓🌈
“It was surprising to see just how clear this image was. We were able to see small-scale structures for the first time.”
#ANUExpert
@NickolasPingel
led the team that captured this stunning image, but can you guess what it is? 📷🤔🌌
📖
Great to see
@VC_ANU
&
@Rory_Medcalf
appointed to the Advisory Board for the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations. They will bring deep expertise on ways to strengthen cooperation with China.
ICYMI
@ouranu
has finalised our research support package.
HDR candidate support includes:
Candidature extended by 6 mths
Deferral of commencement
Flexibility moving to part-time
Extension of many scholarships by 6 mths
Emergency financial support