Past events

Find information about past ANU Science events.

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Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 10 - 11am

Join this seminar to hear Phillippe Phanivong, Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute for Energy and Environment, University of California, Berkeley, explain an ambitious energy transition project – its challenges and opportunities and lessons learnt.

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Friday, 26 Apr 2024, 8am - Sunday, 28 Apr 2024, 5pm

Are you interested in data wrangling, visualisation, analysis, and presentation design? The Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics will be holding an American Statistical Association DataFest from April 26 - 28.

Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University
Monday, 22 Apr 2024, 12 - 1pm

Join a conversation with an admission officer from Knight-Hennessy Scholars, a multidisciplinary,
multicultural graduate scholarship program. Each Knight-Hennessy scholar receives up to three years of financial support to pursue graduate studies at Stanford. Scholars form a community while engaging in experiences that prepare them to be visionary, courageous, and collaborative leaders who address the world's complex challenges.

HOLOCENE CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS IN THE AUSTRALIAN REGION
Thursday, 18 Apr 2024, 6 - 7:15pm

Join acclaimed palaeontologist Professor Patrick De Deckker for a lecture on Holocene climatic fluctations. Professor Patrick De Deckker AM FAA is the 2023 recipient of the Royal Society of Victoria’s Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research in Category III: Earth Sciences.

SCIENCE ART FILM
Wednesday, 17 Apr 2024, 6 - 9:30pm

A movie followed by a panel discussion on the positive and negative dimensions of genetic engineering, both fulfilling and subverting genre conventions.

Asia-Pacific Workshop on Engineered Living Materials
Thursday, 11 Apr 2024, 9am - Friday, 12 Apr 2024, 5pm

The two day event will be held at the Australian National University from 11-12 April 2024 to discuss the emerging field of ELMs.

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Thursday, 11 Apr 2024, 5:30 - 6:30pm

Join us for a public lecture with Mathematical Sciences Research Visitor Robin Zhang from MIT. Light refreshments will be served afterwards.

Associate Prof Anthony Millar
Saturday, 6 Apr 2024, 4:30 - 5:30pm

Join Associate Professor Anthony Millar and some alumni to find out everything about the Master of Biotechnology at ANU - you will be able to discuss subjects, internship opportunities, career pathways, and life in Canberra.

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Wednesday, 27 Mar 2024, 6 - 7pm

World-leading forest expert, Professor David Lindenmayer, will be in conversation with Alex Sloan on his new book The Forest Wars.