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Disability advocate Marcus Dadd: ‘I hope I can inspire people to chase their dreams’

Fenner graduate and disability advocate Marcus Dadd has a passion for inclusive and sustainable practices in agriculture.

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Australia’s summer weather heats up

Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick gives us the run down of what is expected to be Australia's hottest hummer on record.

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A side profile portrait of a Northern Cassowary.
Monday, 12 Feb 2024
  • Research story

What does it mean to save threatened species? How often do we achieve it? And how often do we fail? New research answers these questions for Australian birds.

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Researcher, David Lindenmayer, stands in a grassy opening of a bushland scene with trees in the background. He looks out and up to the right.
Wednesday, 24 Jan 2024
  • News

Disturbing natural forests with activities such as logging and prescribed burning can make them more flammable, landmark research from The Australian National University (ANU) and Curtin University has found.

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A fire-ravaged bushland with black charred earth and black leafless branches and sticks.
Thursday, 11 Jan 2024
  • News

Record heat across the world profoundly impacted the global water cycle in 2023, contributing to severe storms, floods, megadroughts and bushfires, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) shows.

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A Fenner graduate stands in front of a banner and smiles while people in the foreground take photos.
Wednesday, 20 Dec 2023
  • News

On the 13th December, many of our students took to the stage to receive a special piece of paper and celebrate the end of their degrees.

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Student, Isobel, stands in a leafy part of the campus smiling and facing the camera.
Friday, 15 Dec 2023
  • Student profile

Isobel Bender is graduating with a PhB (Honours) having made what her supervisor Professor Jamie Pittock calls “an unprecedented impact on the public good as an undergraduate researcher”.

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Friday, 15 Dec 2023
  • News

The Fenner community came together to celebrate another wonderful year.

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The Murray River at sunset with trees silhouetted on the horizon and sky and water glowing purple.
Wednesday, 29 Nov 2023
  • News

This week, the Senate is debating changes to Australia’s most important water laws. These changes seek to rescue the ailing A$13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan to improve the health of our nation’s largest river system.

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Two clown fish poke their heads out from a sea anemone.
Monday, 27 Nov 2023
  • News

Marine animals across the world and land animals living in tropical climates are being pushed to their physiological limits as they struggle to adapt to rising temperatures sparked by human-caused climate change.

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Professor Luis Miguel Renjifo inspects the leaves and fruit of a tree at the Botanic Gardens
Wednesday, 22 Nov 2023
  • Academic profile

Colombia has more bird species than any other country in the world, so you can imagine that leading their bird conservation strategy is a pretty big job. Just ask visiting researcher, Professor Luis Miguel Renjifo.

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