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ANU has been awarded funding for research into technologies that reduce the cost of solar energy for Australians.
Cutting the costs of solar
The Australian National University (ANU) has been awarded more than $9 million in funding from the Australian Government for research projects to reduce the cost of solar energy for Australians.

Patrick Green, a Fellow at the Bandalang Studio, speaks to the traditions and the history that inform his work.
Introducing the Bandalang Design Studio
The new Bandalang Studio at ANU is honouring Indigenous Knowledge Systems in innovation, design, research and teaching

Pip Chan and Breanna Reily (centre) were recognised along with several other professional staff members for contributing to and enhancing the work, reputation and position of the College in 2022.
Award winners celebrated at end of year gathering
Congratulations to all the award nominees, winners and commendations in the 2022 Dean’s Awards for Professional Staff.
Celebrating our graduating class of 2022
Hundreds of graduating students from the College received their well-deserved degrees, certificates, and diplomas in a Conferring of Awards ceremony at Llewellyn Hall on Tuesday 13 December 2022.

Uncle Wally Bell, ANU Chancellor Julie Bishop, and Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell celebrate the refurbished Birch Building and the new School of Cybernetics.
Ribbon cutting launches School of Cybernetics, Birch reopening
The Australian National University (ANU) is celebrating the completion of a significant refurbishment of the Birch Building to support the new and growing School of Cybernetics.

Solomon Jones built a prototype for the “SmartBin” — a skip that reports waste weights in real time — in his garage during the pandemic lockdown in 2021. The world's first Waste Check System is now operating at Questacon.
The coolest thing at Questacon is in the bin
Each year, 7.3 million tonnes of food waste are piled in Australian landfills, where they break down without oxygen, emitting greenhouse gases equivalent to those of the steel industry and the iron ore industry combined.
Niraj Lal: from ANU researcher to Imagine This voyager
A brand new season of ABC’s Imagine This podcast will be dropping any day now — cause for celebration for kids and parents who love to learn about science and

ANU computing students Jacob Weston-Davis, Amelia Genova, Ethan Miegel, and Philip Caisip share their adventures as open-source coders in a COMP2120 lab session.
Computing project sends "open source ambassadors" to GitHub
Project maintainers on the cloud coding site GitHub may have noticed a recent surge in “open source ambassadors” from ANU.

Ishank Nain's journey to ANU from Narwana, India would not have been possible without The Chancellor’s International Scholarship.
Rover ace would not have been here if not for scholarship
As a boy in Narwana, India, Ishank Nain dreamed of studying abroad. Australia was at the top of his list. He wanted to become an engineer.