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Canberra - ANU Open Day |
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Saturday 29 August
Venue: Graduate Studies at ANU stand, ANU Sport and Recreation Centre
Time: 9.00am - 4.00pm
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ANU attends MBA & Postgrad Expos |
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September (various dates and venues)
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Brisbane - Alumni & Friends 1 |
Wednesday 9 September
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Queens Ballroom, Hilton, 190 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane QLD
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Perth - Alumni & Friends |
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Monday 21 September
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Karri Room, Parmelia Hilton, 14 Mill Street, Perth WA
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Canberra - Indigenous Alumni & Friends |
Friday 2 October
Time: 6.00pm onwards
Venue: Vivaldi's, The Australian National University
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Melbourne - Alumni & Friends |
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Thursday 15 October
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Hilton on the Park, 192 Wellington Parade, Melbourne VIC
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| Have You Heard |
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Alumni Visit to Cambridge
 Forty-five Alumni and Friends travelled from around the world to the United Kingdom to participate in the Alumni Visit to the University of Cambridge held from 26 July - 1 August. Participants, along with Alumni living in the UK, enjoyed a reception as part of the program, with Deputy Vice-Chancellor Lawrence Cram.
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PhD Student runs tape-measure over Australia
Norman Abjoresen (PhD 2005) investigates 'how democratic is Australia now?'
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Professor Murray Esler (PhD 1973) wins Victoria Prize
 Professor Murray Esler, a biomedical researcher who pioneered new ways of treating heart failure, stress and high blood pressure, was presented with Victoria's most prestigious science award, worth $50,000, by Governor of Victoria Professor David de Kretser. Read more |
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20th Anniversary Jabal Centre Celebrations
Jabal Centre Celebrations are planned in September/October and include a Welcome to Country Indigenous Dance as well as the launch of the newly renovated Jabal Centre presented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Lawrence Cram. An Alumni Dinner, art exhibition and Public Lecture | |
Clarinet.Ballistix
Alumni are welcome to attend Clarinet.Ballistix at Llewellyn Hall at the ANU School of Music on Sunday 16 August at 3pm. If you are unable to attend | |
| Where Are They Now |
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| Nadia Baker
 Then: GradDipScComm 2003
Now: Schools Outreach Officer, University of Cambridge
Nadia is currently working on 'The Hands-on Risk and Probability Show' at the University of Cambridge. "I develop and manage all aspects of the project and deliver interactive presentations and workshops in secondary schools throughout the United Kingdom and abroad communicating the mathematics behind situations in the real world involving risk, probability and chance."
Nadia also completed 'The Enigma Project' that involved visiting over 200 schools and organisations internationally, delivering hands-on workshops on Cryptography which included demonstrating a genuine WWII Enigma machine.
The career history of Nadia includes time as a Mathematics and English Teacher as well as an Education Officer at the Science Education Centre in Canberra. In addition to this Nadia has also been a Floor Manager and Science Show Presentator at the Investigator Science and Technology Centre in Adelaide, Australia.
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| Dr Neil Williams
 Then: BSc(Hons) 1970
Now: Chief Executive Officer, Geoscience Australia
Neil is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Government's national geoscientific research and spatial information agency, Geoscience Australia. Neil trained as an economic geologist and after completing his degree at ANU he studied for a PhD at Yale University. Upon completion, he returned to ANU for five years as an academic
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