ANU has placed 30th in the 2025 QS World University Rankings.🌍🙌
The rankings measures universities’ performance across key indicators - including international research collaboration, employment outcomes and sustainability.
Read more 🔽
Today, Professor Brian Schmidt announced he will step down as
@VC_ANU
at the end of this year.
He is excited to spend 2023 working to achieve our shared goals, before returning to
@StromloANU
to research & teach as a professor of astronomy.
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If you have anyone in your life that is waiting anxiously for their Year 12 exam results, please share this message from
@VC_ANU
with them.
"Your ATAR does not define your worth as a human being."
A standing ovation from the audience as we say goodbye to President Zelenskyy following a truly special address and Q&A.
Thank you to everyone who attended in person or watched online.
#UnisWithUKR
We’re excited to announce that Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell will be the University’s next Vice-Chancellor.
“Genevieve is a compelling and compassionate leader, with a deep understanding of the University’s distinctive mission,” ANU Chancellor Julie Bishop said.
The ANU Council has issued a statement giving its unreserved support to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament.
@VC_ANU
encourages every member of the ANU community to engage with the referendum from an informed position.
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ANU Vice-Chancellor
@cosmicpinot
was honoured to confer a Bachelor of Arts degree on Ian Mathews yesterday.
Mr Mathews, 88, began studying his degree after retiring in 1988.
"On behalf of our community, congratulations."
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Hilary Charlesworth who has been elected to the International Court of Justice
#ICJ
🎉
Hilary is a champion of human rights & incredible legal scholar.
#ANU
is celebrating you & this well-deserved recognition 👏
Congratulations
#ANUExpert
@Lisa_J_Whop
who has received $1.5m
@nhmrc
funding to continue her work to eliminate cervical cancer among Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander women.
Read more about her work to increase cervical screening via self-collection:
ANU statement on
#Ukraine
The Australian National University (ANU) strongly condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
In response, ANU will suspend all ties with Russian institutions.
Read our full statement:
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Emeritus Professor Brij Lal overnight.
An incredible scholar & champion for democracy in his home nation Fiji, Brij represented the very best of ANU.
Our thoughts are with his family, loved ones & friends.
Vale Brij.
Semester 2 is about to begin and we want to remind everyone that masks are required indoors at ANU.
Wearing a mask is a simple and effective way to protect yourself and others.
Thank you for helping to keep our campus safe.
It’s the Tillies' world - we're just living in it. ⚽💛
After a monumental year for women's soccer, we are proud to announce 'Matilda' as the ANU Word of the Year 2023.
Click to read more!
📸: Tiffany Williams/
@FootballAUS
From tomorrow, ANU will give eligible students & staff a personal supply of rapid antigen tests & P2/N95 masks. 🧪😷
We know these items can be costly & hard to find & we want to make sure our community has access to them.
Learn more:
We are honoured to invite the ANU community to a special address by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
President Zelenskyy will speak live via video link from Ukraine to guests at Llewellyn Hall.
📅 Wednesday 3 August, 4.45-6pm
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To celebrate
#InternationalDogDay
we'd like to introduce you to Zorro.
Zorro works with
#ANUExpert
Nicole Gill in the Difficult Bird Research Group to identify potential nesting & roosting habitats for the elusive Tasmanian masked owl. 🦉
He's a very good boy! 🐶
#DogsWithJobs
Congratulations to
@cosmicpinot
, the only Nobel Laureate to head an Australian university, for receiving the 2023 AFR Education Lifetime Achievement Award! 👏👏
The accolade recognises his singular contribution to research and higher education.
Our very own
@VC_ANU
, Brian Schmidt, has been appointed as the next Chair of
@GroupOfEight
. 👏
“I look forward to working ... to ensure our universities continue to deliver major benefits for all Australians.”
Congratulations
@cosmicpinot
!
Today
@HelenCSullivan
steps into her new role as Dean of the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.
Professor Sullivan is one of the world's leading political scientists and was most recently Director at
@ANUCrawford
.
Welcome Professor Sullivan!
Professor Emily Banks AM has been honoured by the Australian Medical Association for her research on the dangers posed by e-cigarettes.
The
@ama_media
Gold Medal is the highest honour bestowed by the medical body. Congratulations Professor Banks! 👏
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It's an honour to welcome President Zelenskyy to address our community.
We are grateful to him for sharing time & thoughts with Australia's national university & students across the country.
Share photos & messages of solidarity using
#UnisWithUKR
.
Thanks to the many volunteers from across the ANU community who are putting together packs of food & other essential items for our students who are currently under enhanced stay at home orders in their residences 🙌🙏
#Covid19ACT
We can't think of a better legacy for
@VC_ANU
than renaming the university's most majestic body of water in his honour.
From 1 April, Sullivans Creek will be renamed after
@cosmicpinot
. Introducing Schmidt's Creek! 🎉🎈
And in other news, happy April Fool's Day. 😉
Paying tribute to a defence leader.
Today the ANU community is mourning the sudden passing of Professor Brendan Sargeant.
"Brendan was a giant of the University, of Canberra and of the nation," says
@VC_ANU
Prof Brian Schmidt.
Good luck to ANU graduate
@KateGrarock
, who is putting her survival skills to the test in the
@SBS
series Alone. 📺
Kate is a past Superstar of STEM, and her PhD examined how we can protect native wildlife from invasive species.
@ANUAlumni
@scienceANU
Congratulations to
#ANUExpert
@MartinAnne139
on being appointed Professor in the Practice of Indigenous Advancement.
"Anne is a true leader at ANU, in Indigenous communities and both nationally and internationally," says
@VC_ANU
.
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Being vulnerable & not knowing is important during the educational journey, says Gamilaraay woman
@karlie_moon_
, reflecting on her path from dropping out of school at 13 to graduating with a
#ouranu
Masters in Astronomy and Astrophysics 🚀🎓👏
#anugrandgrad
Congratulations to
@karlie_moon_
and
@KrystalDeNapoli
on winning the People's Choice Award at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards! 👏🌌
Read an extract of their book Astronomy: Sky Country here:
We are back!🎉👏 Today, after enduring the hardest two years in the history of ANU,
@VC_ANU
Professor Brian Schmidt welcomed our community back to campus. The VC's State of the University address paid tribute to staff & students' hard work & resilience.
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Learning the 'Wednesday dance' certainly wasn't part of the 2022 plan for
@VC_ANU
. 🕺
But
@cosmicpinot
and
@HonJulieBishop
are very grateful for everything the ANU community has achieved this year, and are looking forward to 2023.
Happy holiday season to all!
ANU BELOW ZERO 🌏🌲
Today we're the first university in Australia to commit to reducing greenhouse emissions to below zero by 2030.
"As the national university, we must show leadership in driving a societal transformation to address climate change."
Congratulations to Professor Lisa Kewley who has been appointed as Director of the
@CenterForAstro
👏
Professor Kewley is world leader in astronomy & astrophysics and a champion for gender equality in science 👩🔬🌌
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We're pleased to welcome
@DrSJaishankar
to deliver the JG Crawford Oration 2021.
Dr Jaishankar will provide India's perspective on 🇮🇳-🇦🇺 relations & the Indo-Pacific. He will also be in conversation with
@HonJulieBishop
.
Register to join us online:
Thanks to everyone who celebrated our 75th birthday today!
What a wonderful way to kick off a year of celebrations 🎉🥳
And a big happy birthday to Aunty Matilda, who celebrates her 75th today too!
#ANU75
📸 Jamie Kidston/ANU
If you are planning to visit campus, we strongly recommend wearing a face mask or covering to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our community.
Learn more about the
#ourANU
COVID-Safe campus:
Congratulations to three scholars from the ANU community -
@yasmin_poole
, Lauren Skinner & Madeleine McGregor - who have been awarded 2022
@rhodes_trust
Scholarships to study at
@UniofOxford
. 🥳👏🎉
Learn more about what they'll study below 👇
Let them make cake! 🎂
Today
@anuearthscience
students took part in the annual Bake Your PhD competition.
The budding bakers whipped up cakes & other treats inspired by their thesis topics.
🧵1/2
Congratulations to our
#FutureFellows2021
! 👏🥳
#ANUExperts
Nicholas White, Meghan Miller, Seth Lazar, Lia Kent, Natasha Fijn, Marcus Doherty & Bina D'Costa have received a total of more than $6.7m in funding for projects under the 2021
@arc_gov_au
Future Fellowships scheme.
Graduates from ANU have been ranked Australia's most employable graduates and are listed among the world's most sought after employees. ANU was ranked 21 in the world, up 11 places on 2015 and up one place on 2016.
A big shout out to our Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander colleagues from
@ANUPopHealth
& Professor Peter Yu, who alongside AUSMAT with the Commonwealth, are doing some great work out on the frontlines in Western NSW to assist with the ramped up vaccine rollout. 👏💉🙏
Congratulations to our alumna
@mdavisqlder
, a Cobble Cobble woman from the Barrungam Nation, who has been appointed Chair of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People. 👏👏
The University's Return to Campus Taskforce has created a graduated system for our return to campus.
From 18 May, the relevant Dean can approve access to campus for those researchers whose research can only occur on campus.
Learn more from
@VC_ANU
's blog
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."
Students in their final year of school have had a tough year already & studies have been significantly disrupted by
#COVID19
.
That's why
@VC_ANU
has announced ANU will admit domestic undergraduate students for 2021 on the basis of their Yr11 performance.
You're joining one of the finest universities not just in Australia, but in the world,
@TurnbullMalcolm
tells the ANU community in his 2021 Commencement Address.
Be restlessly curious & keep asking questions🤔
A good lesson for life is if you don't ask, you don't get, he says.
“If you take one piece of advice from me, it's to think about the world you are in & how you want to change it,” says
@VC_ANU
. "You’ll never know if it will be a big or a small change until after it happens."
Congratulations class of COVID, you did us proud👏
#ANUGrandGraduation
And last but not least a huge congrats to our top shelf University Librarian Roxanne Missingham who has been awarded a medal in the Order of Australia for her service to library & information sciences 📸Jamila Toderas
Congratulations to Prof. Alex Brown, who was today confirmed as the first Indigenous scientist to join
@CSIRO
's board. Prof. Brown’s research has helped create enduring health outcomes in Aboriginal communities across Australia:
@ANUmedia
@PressClubAust
A visionary teacher, mentor & leader,
#ANUExpert
Katerina Teaiwa has been named the 2021 Australian University Teacher of the Year for her outstanding contribution to Pacific studies in Australia & globally.
Congratulations
@KTeaiwa
. 👏🥳
📖
#AAUT
Our community is mourning the loss of one of Australia’s most influential & respected climate scientists, Emeritus Professor Will Steffen.
He leaves behind a lasting legacy at ANU, as former Director of
@ANUFennerSchool
& the ANU Climate Institute.
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Congratulations to
@ozgravityguru
, who has been awarded the Blaise Pascal Medal in Physics by the European Academy of Sciences! 👏
Distinguished Professor Scott has been honoured for her groundbreaking work in gravitational wave science.
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COP27 starts this weekend and ANU is proud to have several representatives attending.
Here are some of our wonderful scholars in Canberra ahead of their departure.
#COP27
Congratulations to our leading social scientists elected as Fellows of
@AcadSocSci
. 🎉👏
#ANUExperts
Heather Booth, Wayan Arka, Boyd Hunter, Kalpana Ram & Lyn Parker have been recognised for their work in demography, linguistics, economic history & anthropology.
Congratulations to
#ANUexpert
Professor
@BinaDCosta
who has won the J Ann Tickner Award from the International Studies Association.
The award recognises Professor D’Costa for her bravery, pushing the boundaries of international relations & deep commitment to service 👏
As a university that serves the entire nation, ANU is delighted to open a Perth office!
Our new home in the west will be a base for Chancellor
@HonJulieBishop
, support partnerships with
@minderoo
&
@telethonkids
& the work of
@ANUEnergyChange
exploring green energy solutions.
Congratulations to
@thaliyanage
, whose fascinating Three Minute Thesis scored her second place at the 2021 Asia-Pacific
#3MT
Final! 👏🥳
Tharika is on a quest to solve a billion-year-old mystery: who makes cheilanthanes?
📺
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Emeritus Professor Will Steffen was an internationally-renowned climate scientist and a passionate advocate of science communication.
This obituary in
@Nature
pays tribute to Professor Steffen's legacy as one of the world's leading climate champions.
Ngambri & Ngunnawal custodian Paul Girrawah House is carrying out tree scarring on Country at ANU for what is likely the first time since colonisation.
As part of
#NRW2022
you can experience a tree carving ceremony on campus.
📖 Learn more & register:
Walkley-winning journalist
@samanthamaiden
will deliver the Susan Ryan Oration on International Women's Day.
The event is named in honour of the late Susan Ryan, one of the University's greatest pioneers for equality.
⏰ 8 March, 6-7.30pm
🎫
#IWD2022
We’ve had incredible interest in President Zelenskyy’s special address.
Audiences across Australia will be able to livestream the address via this link:
🗓️Wed, 3 August at 4.45pm AEST
Use hashtag
#UnisWithUKR
to share photos and messages of solidarity.
We were very proud to host two aspiring young scientists at
@JCSMR
this week.
Best friends Zara and Mila (aged eight and nine) have been making and selling earrings to support
@Quinn_Lab
's brain cancer research, and have raised more than $12,000!
#IWD2023
#IWD
Happy Pi Day!
ANU Vice-Chancellor
@cosmicpinot
celebrated the international day of π by whipping up a raspberry pie with homegrown berries. 👨🍳 🥧
Want to try it at home? Here's his recipe:
#PiDay2023
#PiDay
Congratulations to
#ANUExperts
Lyndon Ormond-Parker and Virginia Marshall, who have received
@arc_gov_au
Discovery Indigenous grants to fund important new research projects. 👏🥳🎉
Congratulations to
@dr_akmorrison
and
@SiMingMan1
on receiving
#PMPrizes
for Science! 👏
"Adele and Si Ming are undertaking research that is improving our lives and our planet every day – they are scientific rock stars,"
@VC_ANU
says.
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Did you know ANU's first permanent building has a nuclear bunker?
University House is about it to undergo a major renovation ahead of its 70th anniversary.
Learn more about its hidden treasures.
While many in our community are unable to join us in
#CBR
, today we welcome more students & staff back to campus for Semester 2. At
#ourANU
we are one community & in the face of adversity we look after one another. Learn about our COVID-safe campus return:
Hello everyone, I've made a special holiday message which I hope you will all enjoy. Thanks for all your hard work and support this year. I hope you and your families have a great holiday break. Brian
@VC_ANU
Major gains (& grains) from plant-inspired tech! 🌾💧
Researchers from ANU & CSIRO have been awarded more than $1 million to develop technology that harvests valuable resources from wastewater, helping to sustain & grow Australia's agri-food sector.
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A very big congratulations to the winners of the 2021 Chancellor & Vice-Chancellor’s Annual Awards. 👏🎉✨
We’re proud to recognise academic & professional staff who have gone above & beyond the call of duty in their workplaces.
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🥳Congratulations to our 2021
@eurekaprizes
finalists. 👏
#ANUExperts
Niraj Lal, Lindell Bromham & Xia Hua have been shortlisted in the awards, which are known as the "Oscars of Australian science".
📖:
There may be a few clouds & a little rain in Canberra today☔️ But we're still set to partayyy! 🥳🎉
Events for our 75th birthday are still on! 🙌
If you're thinking of joining us, check out details below 👇
To celebrate our 75th birthday & kick off a year of festivities, ANU will host a community day on Sunday 1 August.
Join us for cake🎂& free events:
🗣️Pop-up talks
🤹Kids activities
🧪🤯Live science show
🖼️✍️ANU Living History Project
Register🎟️
#ANU75
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reflected on the heroism & atrocities of war at an address to Australian students hosted by ANU.
@ZelenskyyUa
urged young people to use social media to help fight disinformation about the invasion.
📖
#UnisWithUKR
Congrats to Professor Lisa Kewley on being nominated to the US National Academy of Sciences.
The prestigious honour recognises her stellar career and incredible contribution to understanding
#space
💫🪐
Well done Lisa! We are so proud of you!! 👏
#NAS158
The Voice to Parliament referendum is one of the most important votes in our nation's history, writes
@VC_ANU
.
He says Australians must arm themselves with the knowledge they need to make an informed choice.
📷
@_capitalgirl
・・・
You could not have asked for a more perfect morning for a balloon flight across Canberra. Yes it was freezing (-6oC), but the sun, the lake and the fog made for stunning views. Thanks
@balloonaloftcanberra
for a great flight. …
📷
@missy_clover
・・・
Tip to de-stress the exam and assignment season is to walk around the campus and enjoy this breathtaking view that autumn has to offer.
Congratulations to our five
#ANUExperts
who received
@nhmrc
grants: Emily Banks, Thomas Preiss, Yuerui Lu, Ehsan Kheradpezhouh & Mark Polizzotto. 👏
Learn more about their research here:
"We salute your courage, resilience and strength - this is a remarkable day for you, never forget this feeling of achievement."
Chancellor
@HonJulieBishop
congratulates the class of 2020 celebrating
#ANUGrandGraduation
today! 👏👏👏
The MC of our 2023 Commencement Address is none other than
@KTeaiwa
!
Learn more about Katerina's journey at the link below and remember to reserve your seat for Commencement next week.
📆 Monday 13 February, 10-11am
🎟️ Register:
Graduation is back 🎓🎉👏
More than 2,000 graduates will this week attend the University's first in-person graduation ceremonies since 2019.
ANU VC
@cosmicpinot
congratulated all graduates on reaching the end of their studies.
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Whether you're flocking to the beach, taking flight to a far-flung destination or nesting and resting at home, we wish you a happy festive season. 🏖️✈️🏡
Have a fun, safe and restorative break and thank you so much for being a part of the ANU community in 2022! 🦆
Congratulations to
#ANUExperts
Susan Scott, Si Ming Man, Yuerui Lu and Richard Hartley who have received awards from
@Science_Academy
for their stellar contributions to science. 👏
The 2023 honorific awards celebrate the achievements of the country’s leading minds.
We are delighted to share the news that
@ParryBronwyn
has been appointed as dean of
@ANUcass
.
Professor Parry is an exceptional global health & social medicine researcher & will also be taking up the role of University Lead for Social Impact.
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Today we're cheering on
@thaliyanage
, who is competing at the Asia-Pacific Three Minute Thesis Final. She'll be winning over hearts & minds with her research to solve a billion-year-old molecule mystery.
Tune in here at 2pm:
#3MT
Good luck Tharika! 👏👏