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
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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
The Di Riddell Student Centre opened in 2019
Side of the Kambri Cultural Centre, The Australian National University, Canberra.
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.
