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8 May 2025
ANU students take on rural Australia ahead of the World Solar Challenge
You think building a solar-powered vehicle from scratch sounds complicated? Try driving it across the country with 40 university students to host workshops for schoolkids.
5 May 2025
Breaking barriers: ANU academic recognised for championing under-represented students
For Professor Samantha Bennett, an academic career was unexpected. Now, she is using her platform to advocate for inclusive and equitable pathways for students.
7 March 2025
Illuminating the cosmos: ANU students light up Mount Stromlo
Students from the ANU School of Art and Design are showcasing astronomically inspired work as part of the Enlighten festival.
6 February 2025
Australians want less migration but support for international students remains steady
Australians hold inaccurate and often contradictory perceptions of migrants, a new ANU study has found.
20 December 2024
Record number of ANU students ready to leave lasting mark in Indo-Pacific
Seventeen ANU students have received New Colombo Plan scholarships for 2025, the largest ever number of recipients from the University to date.
10 December 2024
ANU to welcome refugee students as part of pilot program
ANU will welcome two refugee students from the Asia Pacific in 2025 as part of a new Refugee Student Settlement Pathway.
28 November 2024
Funding futures: the students financing ANU scholarships
These ANU students are learning the ropes of investment for a good cause.
13 November 2024
Love the nightlife? ANU students have an app for that
Tech entrepreneurs Dexter Todd and Oliver Bagin have launched Bardar to spare us from disappointing nights out.
13 February 2024
Be audacious to change the system, advocate tells new students
From packing up her belongings to speaking alongside prime ministers, Ashleigh Streeter-Jones’ ANU journey has been a risk worth taking.
22 January 2024
From code to Vogue: the ANU student behind sustainable food start-up Ohna
Start-up founder and student Kayleigh Sleath is helping to redefine the face of STEM — one Vogue Australia feature at a time.
12 January 2024
Racing with the sun: student-designed car lights up prestigious solar race
ANU students shone in a recent solar race through the Australian outback, illuminating the bright future of solar-powered vehicles.
16 December 2022
Why do ANU astronomy students burn their PhD thesis?
The tradition of burning their PhD thesis has been handed down from student to student at Mount Stromlo ever since the 2003 bushfires.
6 December 2022
ANU students to forge own path in Indo-Pacific in year of firsts
For the first time, two First Nations students from ANU have won New Colombo Plan scholarships to study and intern in the Indo-Pacific.
31 August 2022
Why Biden's student loan forgiveness doesn't go far enough
The recent decision by the Biden administration to forgive student debt may help students now but won't fix the student loan crisis in the long term, according to a world-leading expert on student loans.