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Dr Duncan’s grave: a gift to the broader community

Visitors at Dr Duncan's grave, with a rainbow umbrella, flag, and flowers.

Today, Thursday 24 November, the University of Adelaide is renewing its custodianship of Dr George Duncan’s grave in honour of his memory and so that the community may continue to pay their respects at his last resting place at Centennial Park.

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Placenta research puts spotlight on early weeks of human pregnancy

Professor Jose Polo

A University of Adelaide-led research project will deliver important new knowledge in the first weeks of human development to help reduce infertility and pregnancy complications.

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Raise a glass to our Best Wine Student

Karlee Cook smiles into the camera.

A University of Adelaide student has been named Best Wine Student in the country.

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PhD student wins major climate change award

Bobbie Lewis Baida

A University of Adelaide PhD candidate doing critical research into the effects of climate change on sheep production is the overall winner of the Premier’s Climate Change Council 2022 SA Climate Leaders Awards.

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Art competition celebrates marine life education

A colourful painting of a seal in the sea, by Bella from Kangaroo Island.

Winners have been announced in a state-wide school art competition aimed at increasing young people’s knowledge of South Australian marine life and Australian Marine Parks. The students were inspired to create their art following a University of Adelaide organised roadshow.

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Infrastructure funding supports cutting-edge research

Campus

A hydrogen storage facility, a chemistry study system and a site for biotech plants are among five University of Adelaide projects that have received more than $8 million in funding from the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) grant scheme.

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University’s reputation top-ranked

Students walk around the North Terrace campus.

For the first time South Australia has a university ranked in the top universities globally for its reputation among global academia.

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Super seven shine light on STEM opportunities

Six of the seven Superstars of STEM stand together and smile into the camera.

Seven outstanding women researchers from the University of Adelaide have been recognised among Australia’s Superstars of STEM for 2023-24.

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2022 soccer World Cup winners and losers

A soccer ball sits on the grass in empty arena.

Simulation modelling shows that the FIFA World Cup which kicks off on 21 November in Qatar, is most likely to be won either by Brazil or Argentina.

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University research excellence highly cited

Goodman cres

Fourteen University of Adelaide researchers have been named for their outstanding work in the Clarivate annual global list of Highly Cited Researchers (HCR).

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