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COVID-19 dogs could be sniffing out cases in months

Aerial photo of University of Adelaide North Terrace campus

University of Adelaide researchers are working with international partners to train sniffer dogs to detect COVID-19 infection.

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COVID-19 research to inform housing policy

Apartments

The University of Adelaide is leading two rapid response research projects to help governments at all levels make the best housing policy decisions during and following the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Stress Less week preps students for exams

Stress Less

Five days of online activities and club collaborations will help students prepare for SWOTVAC and exams.

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Pandemic hits programmers’ productivity and wellbeing

Programmer working

Software developers are finding their productivity and wellbeing has been hit as a result of COVID-19. But employers shouldn’t make decisions, such as to promote or lay them off, based on productivity during the pandemic.

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Ramadan Iftar packs for international students

Ramadan Iftar packs

Courtesy of the Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 250 Iftar packs were prepared for distribution to international students on 18 & 19 May. All packs contained products from local producers and small businesses, in support of South Australian business.

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Industry collaboration delivers improved face shields

Face shields

The University of Adelaide’s ThincLab business incubator has teamed up with Clinpath Pathology to supply them with improved face shields.

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Virtual wine tasting becomes a reality

wine glasses

University of Adelaide students of oenology and viticulture are blind tasting wines in the familiar surrounds of their homes as part of their online learning.

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Two options for COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery

Roadmap to Recovery

Leading researchers from the University of Adelaide have contributed to a major Group of Eight report which presents two clear options to lead Australia out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fears children’s immunisation rates will drop

Vaccine being administered

There are fears parents will skip vital vaccinations for their children and that there may be disease outbreaks, because parents are concerned about taking their children to their GP during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Supporting schools in the new world of remote learning

Children learn online

The University’s Computer Science Education Research (CSER) Digital Technologies Education team has launched ​a range of learning and teaching resources to support teachers during this challenging time.

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