News in Brief

Inspirational prize

This portable MacBook Air computer could provide just the right inspiration for Bachelor of Arts graduate Geraldine Love (pictured above) to produce an award-winning novel.

Geraldine, who is now studying for her PhD in Creative Writing, is the lucky winner drawn from the pool of recent University of Adelaide graduates who filled out an Australian Graduate Survey.

The survey provides important information about students' experience at university and where their studies are leading. All University of Adelaide graduates who completed the 2007 survey automatically went into the draw to win the MacBook, valued at $4338.

Annual Florey Lecture: child health

Former Australian of the Year and champion of children's health Professor Fiona Stanley AC will give this year's annual Florey Lecture at the University of Adelaide.

Her lecture will discuss the power of linking different studies to deliver significant public health benefits.

Sponsored by the Florey Medical Research Foundation, this free public lecture will be given at 5.30pm on Thursday 18 September in the Florey Lecture Theatre, Medical School North, Frome Road.

For more information contact the Florey Medical Research Foundation on (08) 8303 5211.

Lloyd Cox Memorial Lecture: reproduction

Professor Euan Wallace from Monash University will deliver this year's Lloyd Cox Memorial Lecture.

The lecture will explore aspects of inhibin and activin biology in fertility, pregnancy and birth and discuss the future applications of these peptides in reproductive medicine.

This free public lecture will be held at 5.30pm on Thursday 2 October in the Queen Victoria Lecture Theatre, First Floor, Queen Victoria Building, Women's and Children's Hospital. RSVP by Monday 22 September to Virginia Furness: virginia.furness@adelaide.edu.au or (08) 8303 4552.