Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia, is the only university set up by the Federal Government of Australia.[1] The law to start the university was passed in 1946. It was set up to be a research university for subjects of national importance. These included physics, medicine, social sciences and Pacific studies.[1] The university started undergraduate courses in 1960.[1]
Nobel prizes
ANU has had five Nobel Prize winners:[1]
- Sir Howard Florey (1946) who was Chancellor of the University 1965—1968
- Professor John Eccles (1963) - first Professor of Physiology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research
- Professor John C. Harsanyi (1994) - economics teacher at ANU from 1958—1961
- Professor Rolf Zinkernagel and Professor Peter Doherty (1996) - researchers at the John Curtin School of Medical Research.
- Brian Schmidt (2011) - astrophysicist
Australian National University Media
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AUS Canberra, Central, Australian National University 016
Remains of the ANU homopolar generator designed by Mark Oliphant
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ANU School of Art located at the former Canberra High School building
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ANU's main campus in Acton, Canberra
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The Di Riddell Student Centre opened in 2019
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Side of the Kambri Cultural Centre, The Australian National University, Canberra.
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Llewllyn Hall, ANU School of Music
The Crawford School of Public Policy is based at the ANU.
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Paraboloidal dish for concentrated solar power at ANU
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ANU John Curtin School of Medical Research
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "University history - ANU - ANU". anu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
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