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Mystery solved!
It has been one of Adelaide’s great unsolved mysteries for more than 50 years: just how did an FJ Holden end up dangling from the Uni footbridge above the River Torrens in 1971?
Lumen readers' prize - Spring 2024
Your chance to win 1 of 10 original posters.
Making a magnificent song and dance
Behind the scenes of Sweeney Todd.
World News - Spring 2024
Three alumni share how their extraordinary talents have taken them around the world.
Re-activating Australian Dance Theatre’s archive for the future
Bringing Australian Dance Theatre back to life.
Australian comedy as an agent of change
Exploring comedy's power to change ideas.
Re-activating Australian Dance Theatre’s archive for the future
Bringing Australian Dance Theatre back to life.
Australian comedy as an agent of change
Exploring comedy's power to change ideas.
Rebooting the Muse
Examining how the arts can recover from Covid.
News in brief - Spring 2024
Making news around the world.
100 years of better breeding
The evolution of plant breeding.
Eat Waite
Research never tasted so good.
Making a magnificent song and dance
Behind the scenes of Sweeney Todd.
Only Sound Remains - book excerpt
Our Miles Franklin shortlisted author.
From little things, big things grow
The Little Theatre celebrates 50 years of drama.
A culture of creation
An award-winning First Nations student and artist discusses his inspiration from Country.
Exploring a passionate life, bravely - author profile
Only Sound Remains tells a fresh new story of Australian life, introducing this reader to aspects of the Iranian diaspora.
Music theatre alum: Mackenzie Garcia
My life at the University of Adelaide began in 2020 with the uncertainty of what the next three years would look like.
Lumen readers' prize - Spring 2024
Your chance to win 1 of 10 original posters.
Ern Malley and the Angry Penguins
Our links to Australia's greatest literary hoax.
Letters to the editor - Spring 2024
Finding friends and love at Uni.
Music theatre alum: Mackenzie Garcia
My life at the University of Adelaide began in 2020 with the uncertainty of what the next three years would look like.
Music theatre alum: Max Walburn
Being a part of something new was always part of the appeal in my initial application to audition for this program.
150th Wine Collection
Our special collection of wines made by alumni.
Mystery solved!
It has been one of Adelaide’s great unsolved mysteries for more than 50 years: just how did an FJ Holden end up dangling from the Uni footbridge above the River Torrens in 1971?
Living history
Taking kids back in time at the Waite campus.
Tipping point
Capturing the student tug-of-war of 1965.
From little things, big things grow
The Little Theatre celebrates 50 years of drama.
First among equals
Honouring Edith Dornwell - our first female graduate in 1885 and Australia's first science graduate.
150th Celebration – give to the future
Celebrate 150 – Give to the Future: support the gift of education, transform lives, inspire innovation and push boundaries.
World News - Spring 2024
Three alumni share how their extraordinary talents have taken them around the world.
Creating a new university
The making of a modern university.
News in brief - Spring 2024
Making news around the world.
World News - Autumn 2024
We invited some of this community to be our special “foreign correspondents” - to give a brief insight into their lives, careers and success around the world.
News in brief - Autumn 2024
Media stories from across the University.
Misinformation. Lies. And artificial intelligence
We can use AI, but only once we understand it.
Featured
Peter Drew and the art of creation
Noted Australian artist and University alum Peter Drew, famed for his AUSSIE series of posters, shares his process as he creates a new poster for Lumen featuring one of our 19th century University pioneers.
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From the Newsroom
15
Jan
New repair technique aids shoulder injury recovery
A technique for repairing rotator cuff injuries developed by University of Adelaide academics has delivered game-changing results for people with shoulder pain.
14
Jan
World’s oldest 3D map discovered
Researchers have discovered what may be the world’s oldest three-dimensional map, located within a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the Paris Basin.
9
Jan
Nearly 30,000 wild species identified in US trade data
International research involving the University of Adelaide has found almost 30,000 wild species have been traded in the United States, according to data captured by US wildlife trade monitoring organisation Law Enforcement Manage Information System.
8
Jan
DNA adds new chapter to Indonesia’s layered human history
A new study from the University of Adelaide and The Australian National University (ANU) has outlined the first genomic evidence of early migration from New Guinea into the Wallacea, an archipelago containing Timor-Leste and hundreds of inhabited eastern Indonesian islands.
University events
11
Feb
2025 empowered educators information session
Join the series in 2025 and become part of this innovative and supported process to enhance student learning at the University of Adelaide and through to Adelaide University. This process of reflective practice is key to building evidence of teaching effectiveness which can support your application for promotion and recognition opportunities. Tuesday 11 February, 11 am to 12 pm. Online. Register.
17
Feb
Annual meeting of the University community
On Monday 17 February 2025, the University Council will convene the Annual Meeting of the University Community. This is an opportunity for staff, students and graduates of the University to ask questions and to hear from the Vice-Chancellor and the Chancellor.
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