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On Campus October 2006

ROYAL SEAL GIVEN TO RESEARCH AGREEMENT 

ANU and the University of Leiden will collaborate on Southeast Asia research under a new agreement that’s been given the royal seal of approval.

Prince Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, and his wife Princess Maxima of the Netherlands witnessed the Memorandum Of Understanding signing at ANU on 24 October. >>


Technology centre opens at Stromlo Bush pockets crucial for biodiversity  Praise for bee man

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ANU performs strongly in rankings and funding rounds
ANU was named the top university in Australia in the latest international table – an achievement backed up by success in two new national funding rounds. 

Ramos-Horta calls for patience and support
East Timor must given more time to allow democratic institutions to take root before it is written off as a “failed state”, the head of the fledgling nation’s government said.

Green thumbs up: national award for ANU grounds
ANU grounds staff have won an inaugural Stewardship Awards from the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA). The award recognises the outstanding job being done to develop and maintain the 145-hectare Acton campus.

ANU teams with industry to solve ICT skills crisis
New scholarships at the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) will help to address the ICT skills shortage in the ACT.

Disciplines unite to tackle evolution
A new interdisciplinary centre focusing on evolution and ecology issues was launched at ANU on 20 October.

Historic piano saved for the nation
The ANU School of Music Keyboard Institute has been celebrating its latest purchase  -  a one-of-a-kind, German-crafted, 125-year-old Rönisch Concert Grand Piano.

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