Coming events

Thursday, September 2

12.15pm Psychology seminar:
"Treatment of sleep disorders: A psychological perspective" by Dr Sarah Blunden (Queen Elizabeth Hospital). Departmental Library, Room 526, Hughes Building, North Terrace Campus.

1.10pm Inaugural Lecture by New Professors:
"I would rather be vaguely right than precisely wrong: a new approach to assessing the impacts of uncertainty in the oil and gas industry" by Professor Stephen Begg (Australian School of Petroleum). Council Room, Wills Building 7th floor, North Terrace Campus.

1.10pm Student Workshop:
"Yoga For Student Life". Counselling Centre, ground floor, Horace Lamb Building, North Terrace Campus.

Friday, September 3

1.10pm Elder Hall Lunch Hour Concert Series:
Rosalind Martin (Soprano), Elizabeth Campbell (Mezzo Soprano) Diana Weekes (Piano). Duets and Songs by Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann and Rossini. Elder Hall, North Terrace Campus. Tickets $5 available at door from 12.30pm.

4pm Obstetrics and Gynaecology seminar:
"Fetal maternal cell trafficking" by Dr Peter Muller, Clinical Lecturer. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Seminar Room, N229, 2nd floor, Medical School North, Frome Road.

1.10pm History seminar:
"It might sound something like the embellishment of romance: The Writings of Mounted Constable William Willshire" by Dr Robert Foster, Convenor, History Discipline. Room 205, 2nd floor, Napier Building.

1.10pm Student Workshop:
"Meditation". Counselling Centre, ground floor, Horace Lamb Building, North Terrace Campus.

Thursday, September 9

12.15pm Psychology seminar:
"A memory based theory of verbal cognition" by Dr Simon Dennis (University of Adelaide). Departmental Library, Room 526, Hughes Building, North Terrace Campus.

1.10pm Inaugural Lecture by New Professors:
"Human rights after Abu Graib. Are you a torturer?" by Professor Paul Fairall (Law). Council Room, Wills Building 7th floor, North Terrace Campus.

1.10pm Student Workshop:
"Yoga For Student Life". Counselling Centre, ground floor, Horace Lamb Building, North Terrace Campus.

Friday, September 10

1.10pm Elder Hall Lunch Hour Concert Series:
Pei-Jee Ng, Associated Board Scholar at the Royal Northern College of Music (Cello), Pei-Sian Ng, Elder Overseas Scholar (Cello), Isabelle Trüb (Piano), playing Sonata Op.6 by Barber and Sonata Op.40 by Shostakovich. Elder Hall, North Terrace Campus. Tickets $5 available at door from 12.30pm.

8pm Evening Concert:
The Adelaide Art Orchestra Inc. Artistic Director/Conductor - Timothy Sexton presents "Orchestral Fantasies". Featuring Vaughan Williams' magnificent Thomas Tallis Fantasia for double string orchestra, Ravel's glorious Mother Goose Suite, Holst's Somerset Rhapsody and Copland's Appalachian Spring. Elder Hall, North Terrace Campus. Tickets $23 adults/$15 concession/$10children 12 and under. For enquiries phone: 8568 5399 or email: tapsexton@bigpond.com

Monday, September 13

12.30pm Colgate Australian Clinical Dental Research Centre seminar:
"Microdamage and Bone Remodelling" by Associate Professor Nick Fazzalari (IMVS). Board Room, Colgate Australian Clinical Dental Research Centre, 2nd Floor, Adelaide Dental Hospital.

1.10pm Student Workshop:
"Meditation". Counselling Centre, ground floor, Horace Lamb Building, North Terrace Campus.

Wednesday, September 15

1.10pm Student Workshop:
"Stress Management". Counselling Centre, ground floor, Horace Lamb Building, North Terrace Campus.

5pm Lloyd Cox Memorial Lecture:
Presented by the Research Centre for Reproductive Health and Repromed - The University of Adelaide Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. "The Oocyte and its role in regulating ovulation rate in mammals" with guest speaker Professor Ken McNatty. Main Lecture Theatre, Women's and Children's Hospital, 1st floor, Queen Victoria Building, 72 King William Road. For more information contact Lesley Jenkins: 8222 6788 or lesley.jenkins@adelaide.edu.au

5.30pm Law School Information Evening:
From 2005, the Law School offers exciting postgraduate programs for law and non-law graduates: Master of Laws, Master of Business Law, Master of Laws/ Master of Commerce, Master of Business Law/ Master of Commerce. Lecture Theatre 1, 2nd floor, Ligertwood Building, North Terrace Campus. Further Information and Enquiries phone: 8303 5897 and for program details visit www.law.adelaide.edu.au/degrees/

Thursday, September 16

12.15pm Psychology seminar:
"Dying views on end of life decision making" by Professor Ian Olver (University of Adelaide). Departmental Library, Room 526, Hughes Building, North Terrace Campus.

1.10pm Inaugural Lecture by New Professors:
"Biological information - the essence of life" by Professor Richard Ivell (Molecular and Biomedical Science). Council Room, Wills Building 7th floor, North Terrace Campus.

1.10pm Student Workshop:
"Yoga For Student Life". Counselling Centre, ground floor, Horace Lamb Building, North Terrace Campus.

Friday, September 17

1.10pm Elder Hall Lunch Hour Conert Series:
Adelaide Symphony Brass Quintet - Courtesy of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Elder Conservatorium Brass Ensemble "The Splendour of Venice Grand antiphonal brass works of the 16th century" including works by Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Susato and Praetorius. Elder Hall, North Terrace Campus. Tickets $5 available at door from 12.30pm.

8pm Opera Highlights:
featuring the Elder School of Music Vocal School, Stage Director Felecia Hick and Musical Director Anthony Hunt. Excerpts from Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' and 'Cosi fan Tutte' and Smetana's 'The Bartered Bride'. The second half of the program features Puccini's 'Suor Angelica'. Tickets are $12adult/$8conc/student at the door - University of Adelaide staff at concession price. For further information from The Manager, Evening Concert Series phone: 8303 5286.

Saturday, September 18

8pm Opera Highlights:
featuring the Elder School of Music Vocal School, Stage Director Felecia Hick and Musical Director Anthony Hunt. Excerpts from Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' and 'Cosi fan Tutte' and Smetana's 'The Bartered Bride'. The second half of the program features Puccini's 'Suor Angelica'. Tickets are $12adult/$8conc/ student at the door - University of Adelaide staff at concession price. For further information from The Manager, Evening Concert Series phone: 8303 5286.

Thursday, September 23

1.10pm Inaugural Lecture by New Professors:
"Mathematics and the telecommunications industry: what do ants have to do with it?" by Professor Nigel Bean (Applied Mathematics). Council Room, Wills Building 7th floor, North Terrace Campus.

1.10pm Elder Hall Lunch Hour Conert Series:
Emerging Artists from the Australian National Academy of Music. Rachel Homburg (Violin), James Wannan (Viola), Martin Penicka (Cello) Benjamin Kopp (Piano). Serenade for String Trio Op.10 by Dohnányi and Piano Quartet K478 by Mozart. Elder Hall, North Terrace Campus. Tickets $5 available at door from 12.30pm.

4pm Obstetrics and Gynaecology seminar:
"The vocabulary of the egg - the oocyte as a regulator of granulosa cell function and fertility" by Dr Rob Gilchrist. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Seminar Room, N229, 2nd floor, Medical School North, Frome Road.

Monday, September 27

12.30pm Colgate Australian Clinical Dental Research Centre seminar:
"Special Needs Dentistry" by Dr Mark Gryst (Adelaide Dental Hospital). Board Room, Colgate Australian Clinical Dental Research Centre, 2nd Floor, Adelaide Dental Hospital.

1pm Anthropology and Public Health National Short Course Keynote Address:
"Re-situating ethnography and epidemiology: critical reflections on anthropology and public health in Australia" by Professor Sandy Gifford (La Trobe University). Lecture Theatre 102, Napier Building. Entry by gold coin donation.

Wednesday, September 29

12.30pm Clinical Nursing seminar:
"Cancer Prevention in the 21st Century and important role nurses can play in achieving this in a community setting" by Associate Professor Brenda Wilson. 3rd floor, Room 36, Eleanor Harrald Building.

Thursday, September 30

1.10pm Inaugural Lecture by New Professors:
"Looking at lines and dots: how do we process visual information?" by Professor Douglas Vickers (Psychology). Council Room, Wills Building 7th floor, North Terrace Campus.

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