The AITC News & Events page highlights significant moments and updates related to the Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre at ANU.

News

Tuesday, 06 Sep 2022

The largest women-only recruitment drive in the history of Australian Astronomy and Space is underway at The Australian National University (ANU).

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AITC All-Staff Meeting Group Photo Large
Wednesday, 17 Aug 2022

Are you a woman or a gender-diverse researcher/scientist/engineer/project manager? Whether early or mid-career, junior or senior, aspiring or experienced, are you keen to embrace and thrive working in astronomy and space science and technology alongside equally passionate and like-minded individuals?

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AITC award celebration held at Mount Stromlo during the week of the announcement. Some members of the AITC team are missing (many were still working from home at the time).
Tuesday, 14 Jun 2022

The AITC Team at the Australian National University (ANU) Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre (AITC) has won the 2021 ANU Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research.

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James Gilbert
Thursday, 09 Jul 2020

ANU researcher, Dr James Gilbert has been named one of Australia’s most innovative engineers.

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Monday, 06 Jul 2020

Australia's space industry is booming despite the impact of coronavirus.

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Tuesday, 26 May 2020

A new infrared telescope built by ANU will monitor the entire southern sky in search of new cosmic events as they take place.

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Astrophysics Lecture
18 Mar 2025 | 11am

Professor Michele Trenti from the University of Melbourne will be giving the RSAA Colloquium on "The SpIRIT mission: An Australian Space Telescope contributing to multi-messenger astrophysics."

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A large astronomical observatory dome captured at sunset with long streaks in the sky created by airplane contrails.
18 Sep 2024 | 9am

In 1924, the Commonwealth Solar Observatory was established on Mount Stromlo. Today, Mount Stromlo Observatory is the headquarters of the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and for 100 years, has been a world-renowned community of researchers exploring the heavens.

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