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When research meets opportunity
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It can take years to be in the right place at the right time. Waite has a legacy – and a future – of turning incidental discoveries into world-shifting knowledge.
Sowing a greener future
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In a world grappling with escalating climate change and global agricultural concerns, the Waite’s research is vital to addressing modern-day food and biodiversity needs.
Magic dirt
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There’s a magical world beneath our feet. Academics and scientists at Waite are working tirelessly to help improve soil health across the nation.
Gardens of Note
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The Waite Arboretum, Urrbrae House gardens and the Waite Conservation Reserve are made of many impressive parts.
Nurturing excellence
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Waite’s teaching community remains a testament to Peter Waite’s enduring commitment to innovation and science.
The other friends of Waite
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A great strength of the University of Adelaide’s Waite campus is the like-minded organisations who’ve chosen to nest amid the gumtrees with us – some of whom have been our neighbours and collaborators for generations.
Brick by brick
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The laborious reconstruction of the Urrbrae Gatehouse is about more than retention of the built form.
Treasures of Waite
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To some, the trove may seem to be a slightly quirky collection of oddities. But they are very dear and important to us.
Celebrating 100 years of Waite
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In this special edition of Lumen we celebrate all things Waite, the University's home of agriculture, food and wine. But none of this would have been possible without a history making bequest.
Human infrastructure
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Though Peter Waite’s name looms large over our eastern campus, there are many other prominent people who, through their research or riches, contributed to the University of Adelaide, WARI, or South Australian science, and earned a building dedication in response.