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Members of ANU Rocketry brought their latest rocket, Halo, to help greet new starters on the first day of Orientation Week.
New starters greeted with inspiring words, rocket, courtyard luncheon
Student-led organisations set up stalls — and in one case, a rocket capable of leaving earth's atmosphere — to introduced themselves and welcome new students to ANU.

Thien Truong, PhD was one of 225 graduates of the ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science to participate in the 15 July, 2022 Conferring of Awards ceremony.
Graduates celebrate, reflect at Conferring of Awards ceremony
Graduates of the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science gathered at Llewellyn Hall on 15 July to receive diplomas, celebrate achievements, and begin new chapters of their lives.

Computational social science: As a step toward endowing artificial intelligence with moral reasoning capabilities, Josh Nguyen and a team of ANU experts analysed 100,000 threads from the popular web forum Reddit.
Algorithm charts moral culture in 100k dilemmas
Should we sacrifice the life of one person to save the lives of five others?
Game changer
School of Computing PhD student Mahsuum Daiiani is seeking your help to understand how video games can engage people around climate change and environmental issues.
Space nerd gets a boost from new engineering scholarship
Josie Bates felt a bit daunted when she first arrived on The Australian National University (ANU) campus.
TechLauncher projects impress at Technology Showcase
Our student teams presented in-person and virtually at TechLauncher's hybrid ANU Technology Showcase on 24 May 2022.
PhD research sets world record for solar-to-hydrogen efficiency
Even as power grids and passenger vehicles transition to renewable energy, the fact remains that one third the world’s CO2 emission comes from more energy-intensive industries
Scholarship winner to donate funds to Indigenous design summit
Charli Fell, winner of the 2022 Natasha Linard Scholarship for Women in Engineering and Technology, has promised to dedicate half of its funds to the continuation of a Local Design Summit that will benefit the ACT’s Indigenous and engineering communities.
Recent graduate returns to offer inspiration and advice
"Immerse yourself as much as you can, as quick as you can."