News: philanthrophy
In Memory of Peter Francis: A Pioneer in Organic and Sustainable Beauty
![Peter, SAiGENCI Cancer Research](/give/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2024-06/peter-bryan-francis-tribute-photo.jpg?h=bf621ddf&itok=taPWBEQ6)
Mr Peter Francis was not only a successful World Master Hairdresser, Trichologist and Organic Formulator, he was a loving husband, father, brother and family man. An active community member, he was passionate about making a difference in the lives of others.
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Vale Dr Catherine King
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This month, after fighting breast cancer for over eight years, Dr Catherine King said goodbye to her beloved daughters, husband and friends.
Jed's story
![Jed at his high school formal](/give/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2023-04/the-gorgeous-jed-at-formal-cropped.jpg?h=1815597a&itok=g1tO9b0U)
Jed was 17 and in year 12 when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour – changing his life in an instant.
Heritage scholarship with a fascinating legacy
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More than 50 years ago, Ella Syme Everard (nee Russell) bequeathed her estate of approximately $260,000 (the equivalent of approximately $3.2 million AUD today) to the University of Adelaide to establish scholarships in the memory of her late husband, Charles John Everard.
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Geography grant helps rural students
![Andrew Smith and daughters Hilary and Caroline Smith](/give/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2023-04/smith-family-for-web.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=6beGogKk)
In November 2022, Emeritus Professor Andrew Smith FAA together with his daughters, Dr Hilary Smith and Dr Caroline Smith, established an endowed fund, the Graeme Hugo AO Commencement Grant for Geography, for students studying Geography and Environmental Policy and Management at the University of Adelaide.
Physics opens doors
![Dr Peter Brooker pictured at the University of Cape Town 1972](/give/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/pbrookercapetown.jpg?h=db680a19&itok=3W24JT_K)
Looking back, Dr Peter Brooker is grateful for the opportunities a University of Adelaide education in physics gave him. Now Peter is paying tribute to his education and encouraging Australia’s next generation of physicists through the Peter Brooker Prize in Physics.
Classic Scholarship Success
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Shona Edwards was on track to complete her undergraduate studies in 2018 when she was diagnosed with papillary meningioma – a tumour at the base of her spine.
Children's University Adelaide
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Thanks to a recent partnership with Farina Restoration Group, three new remote schools joined the Children’s University Australasia and Africa (IO) program in term three 2022.
The Hugh Martin Weir Prize remembers a veteran
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The Hugh Martin Weir Prize, established by Glen and Robina Weir in 2011, honours the memory of Lieutenant Hugh Martin Weir (1915–2004) and his fellow prisoners of war.
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Kulpi Minupa scholarships support medicine students to go rural
![Kulpi Minupa Program participants with donor Jill Hoopmann](/give/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/km-web-group.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=ft2RzjSH)
Medical student Tarran Dunn, along with six other peers, travelled 300 kilometres north of Adelaide to Port Augusta this winter for a pilot eight-week clinical placement program, Kulpi Minupa, working with local Aboriginal communities.
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