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30 May Science Communication Conference: Fast Forward to the Future

30 May Science Communication Conference: Fast Forward to the Future

Second year science communication students have organised and will speak at a conference entitled 'Fast Forward to the Future', to be held at the CSIRO...

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Lindy Orthia while teaching
Dr Lindy Orthia wins VC's Award for Teaching Excellence

Dr Lindy Orthia wins VC's Award for Teaching Excellence

CPAS lecturer Dr Lindy Orthia has won a Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence, it was announced this week. Lindy had been...

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CPAS Staff and PhD students at the event
CPAS celebrates Harmony in Cultural Diversity

CPAS celebrates Harmony in Cultural Diversity

Food and cultures from around the globe featured at the CPAS Taste of Harmony Brunch on 16 March. This year’s theme, share your culture and food at work...

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Aditya Chopra receiving the 2012 Robert Hill Memorial Prize.
CPAS Workshops for Research Scientists acclaimed by 2012 Robert Hill Memorial Prize winner

CPAS Workshops for Research Scientists acclaimed by 2012 Robert Hill Memorial Prize winner

Aditya Chopra, a PhD candidate from the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences, received the 2012 Robert Hill Memorial Prize. The prestigious award recognises...

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'Excellence in Science Communication' medal
Five new prizes for undergraduate science communication students

Five new prizes for undergraduate science communication students

For the first time, undergraduates studying science communication at ANU will be eligible to win prizes for achieving excellence in this discipline. Science...

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Maria Taylor
Maria Taylor: how we lost 20 years on climate change action

Maria Taylor: how we lost 20 years on climate change action

Dr Maria Taylor has devoted the past several years to investigating the dramatic change in Australians' attitudes to climate change action between 1987 and...

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The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) is the world's most diverse academic science communication centre, located at ANU in Canberra.

We train a new generation of highly qualified scientists to become skilled communicators who can engage people with the science, technology, or medical information that is most relevant to them.

Our postgraduate students are researching new ways to excite the imagination of the public about science and to encourage informed decisions about scientific issues that concern us in the 21st century.

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