Alumni news

Alumni news

Woman on a rock
Wed, 30 Aug 2023
  • Career story

“It is a strange thing being so intimately part of something but also not understanding what will happen, and the secrecies involved in it,” says ANU alumna and Alone Australia contestant Kate…

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Man in storeroom looking at a blue rock
Mon, 03 Apr 2023
  • Career story

This is a job you’d want to rock up to every day.
Peek behind the scenes on a tour of the collection with Museum Curator at Geoscience Australia and ANU alumni, Steven Petkovski.

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A book called Night Parrot and a woman's hands reading
Fri, 24 Feb 2023
  • Academic profile

For more than a century, the Night Parrot has inspired gripping tales of obsessive odysseys and miraculous discoveries. But now the truth has gotten in the way of a good story. And Dr Penny Olsen is…

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Two women
Sat, 11 Feb 2023
  • Career story

To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the joint conveners of ANU Women* in Physics, Astro and Engineering, Dr Noemie Bastidon and Dr Julie Tournet, were in conversation with ANU…

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Hands throwing papers into a firepit
Fri, 16 Dec 2022
  • Student profile

The tradition of burning their PhD thesis has been handed down from student to student at Mount Stromlo ever since the 2003 bushfires.

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Jack Simpson
Mon, 14 Nov 2022
  • Career story

Jack Simpson tracked the movements of honeybees for his PhD, now he’s a director of an energy economics company.

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Close up of someone holding a smartphone, sitting at a table with microphones and a notebook in front of them.
Thu, 26 Aug 2021
  • Career story

Science journalism is a dream career for many people with a passion for science and flair for writing. For ANU graduate Ellen Phiddian, that dream is now a reality.

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Jennifer Zhu
Tue, 06 Oct 2020
  • Career story

ANU graduate Jennifer Zhu is helping grow Australia’s space industry.

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Ecologist, Kate Grarock.
Sat, 18 Apr 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

How does it feel when your 'happy place' is razed in the summer fires? And where do you go to from there?

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