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ANU astronomers find fastest-growing black hole known in the Universe that is devouring a mass equivalent to the sun every two days:
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First critically endangered swift parrot babies of the season!!ANU researcher
@teamswiftparrot
over the moon to find a 30 day boy & a girl.
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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
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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!
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What will the human cost of Australia’s current COVID-19 strategy be this winter?
@CrabbBrendan
and
@c_s_wallace
join
@markgkenny
to discuss whether Australia has dropped the ball on virus prevention on this
#DemocracySausage
.
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"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!
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"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
.
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"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
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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! 👏
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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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Swift action needed to help critically endangered parrot 🦜😢
There could be fewer than 300 swift parrots left, according to new research from
@olahgy
& colleagues at
@ANUFennerSchool
.
#parrots
#EndangeredSpecies
📖
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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.
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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! 👏🙌👩🎓🧑🎓
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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
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❗️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
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.
@VC_ANU
Professor Brian Schmidt outlines the University's response to new travel restrictions between Australia and China.
Read his message 👇
#coronavirus
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More than 20 previously unrecorded critically endangered regent honeyeaters have been discovered by ANU researchers:
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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'
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Curious about Planet 9? Ask
@ProfBrianCox
a question about it using
#StargazingQuestions
during
#StargazingABC
at
#SidingSpringANU
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We’re excited to announce the next ANU Chancellor will be
@HonJulieBishop
. We look forward to welcoming Ms Bishop in 2020!
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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! 👏👏👏
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"We still need to avoid infection, as best as possible."
@CrabbBrendan
from the
@BurnetInstitute
says Australia has dropped the ball on
#COVID19
.
Hear the full conversation with
@c_s_wallace
and
@markgkenny
on this
#DemocracySausage
.
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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.
🗳️
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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:
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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:
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“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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#AustralianBushfires
have poisoned our summer & are the canary in the coal mine when it comes to
#climatechange
,
@VC_ANU
Prof Brian Schmidt writes in
@australian
.
@ANU_Climate
@ANUEnergyChange
@ANUFennerSchool
@scienceANU
@cosmicpinot
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Thank you to everyone who helped raise more than $120,000 in crowdfunding to help save the orange bellied parrot:
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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.
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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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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! 👏🥳
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ANU astronomy will take centre stage as BBC and ABC host Stargazing Live programs at Siding Spring Observatory ⭐️🔭🇦🇺
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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 🌏
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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! 👏
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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
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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
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A crowdfunding project has been set up to help save the orange bellied parrot. Donate now:
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Picky parrots 🌳🦜
Turns out the iconic
#SuperbParrot
is very fussy about the types of tree hollows they nest in.
This new
#ANUExpert
study could be key to protecting the threatened species.
📖
#parrot
#WildOz
#environment
#conservation
#birds
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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:
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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.
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ANU excited to host a major forum in 2018 on national Indigenous policies and governance:
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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.
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Crowdfunded swift parrot nest boxes are hot real estate for the newly arrived orange bellied parrots at Maleluca. Thank you donors!
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ANU has officially opened the Siding Spring Observatory lodge that was rebuilt after the 2013 bushfires
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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.
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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
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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:
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The public's help is needed to save the orange bellied parrot before they go extinct:
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Nobel laureate Professor Brian Schmidt has been announced as the new Vice-Chancellor for ANU
http://t.co/vXx1dN7qbX
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#Canberra
is currently blanketed in a thick, hazardous smoke from the
#AustralianFires
.
Sadly, the impact will be even more severe for less-advantaged people across our city,
#ANUexpert
Dr Aparna Lal tells
@canberratimes
:
#canberrasmoke
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Give extinction the bird🖕🐦 Help save the regent honeyeater from extinction by protecting what little habitat it still has access to, says
#ANUExpert
@CratesRoss
. Learn more about the new
@ouranu
study
#ExtinctionRebellion
#Twitchers
#WildOz
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Congratulations to ANU Honours student Ben Oliver on the discovery of the first Orange Bellied Parrot eggs of the season.
Look it's a terrible photo of a geeat thing! 6
#OBP
females are in boxes at melaleuca and 2 have started laying eggs
#operationobp
#Parrot
#EndangeredSpecies
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“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:
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Ngambri-Ngunnawal-Canberra Indigenous elder Matilda House has been awarded an ANU Honorary Doctorate. Congrats! …
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ANU scientist Graham Farquhar first Australian to win Kyoto Prize:
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Female researchers have won 13 of the 20 Discovery Early Career Research Awards at ANU in the Australian Research Council's latest funding round:
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We did it!!!
We now hold the official World Record for the most number of star gazers!
A huge thanks all involved!
http://t.co/OzDP1UGJN9
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Vice Chancellor Prof. Brian Schmidt admires a student's cheeky T-shirt at the Union Court Farewell event today.
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Every household bar those in the top 20% income group will pay more tax under the Coalition’s 2024-25 income-tax cuts, says
#ANUExpert
@BenPhillips_ANU
who did the economic modelling.
#auspol
@Johnkehoe23
@WhatAustThinks
@ANUcass
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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:
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Today
@VC_ANU
Brian Schmidt announced a new $50 million endowment to unlock university study for more
#Indigenous
Australians. He tells
@LindaMottram
why he thinks these scholarships are so vital
#highereducation
#highered
@cosmicpinot
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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
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VC Brian Schmidt has just announced the ANU will build a multimillion dollar swimming pool that will be open to the public!
Merry Christmas!
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We’re really excited to announce that
@ourANU
will partner with former PM
@JuliaGillard
& the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership
@KingsCollegeLon
to improve gender equality in the Asia-Pacific.
@GIWLkings
#highered
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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
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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.
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A big thank you to everyone who supported the swift parrot campaign. More than $56,000 raised in less than 24 hours!
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Tech trailblazer 🧑💻🚀
Congrats
#ANUexpert
Prof Elanor Huntington on being elected as a 2020 Fellow to the Australian Academy of
#Technology
and
#Engineering
👏👏👏
@ATSE_au
says
@profElanor
's work is "changing the world for the better":
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Hydro storage can be used to help build secure & cheap Australian electricity with 100% renewable energy: ANU study
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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
.
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“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🎓🌈
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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.
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“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? 📷🤔🌌
📖
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Australia needs “moonshots”: big research projects to tackle equally big challenges, ANU VC
@cosmicpinot
says.
Two goals on his list are making Australia the world’s lowest cost producer of renewable electricity & boosting agricultural productivity.
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