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University community remembers George Duncan

Adelaide university; architecture students; rainbow arch

It was half a century ago this year that a quiet and unassuming law lecturer at the University of Adelaide lost his life after being thrown into the River Torrens in a hate crime that shocked the nation.

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Australia needs to ‘level up’ on research commercialisation

Mark Hutchinson

The University of Adelaide’s Professor Mark Hutchinson who is President at Science and Technology Australia (STA) and Director of the Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), will address the National Press Club on why Australia needs to ‘level up’ on research commercialisation – and how to do it.

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Westpac Scholarships support Adelaide’s future research leaders and innovators

Westpac scholars, Lachlan Holden, Anna Kalamkarian, and Jamie Priest

Three University of Adelaide graduates - Lachlan Holden, Anna Kalamkarian, and Jamie Priest – have been awarded prestigious Westpac Future Leaders Scholarships to continue their research.

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International friends get real at O’Week

International students Shreya, Ronali and Erica

It is a modern version of that pen pal fantasy, where you finally make the journey to meet the people you have been communicating with for so long, and find they truly are your “besties”.

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Precision measurement with a light touch

speckle

In most circumstances, disordered working conditions prevent us from performing accurate work. But in a reversal of this common wisdom, a team of researchers from the University of Adelaide and the University of St Andrews, Scotland has achieved recent breakthroughs in precision measurement by ‘scrambling’ laser light.

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Study to lift vital vaccine uptake to protect pregnant women and vulnerable children

Pregnant woman receiving a vaccination

The University of Adelaide has secured more than $960,000 from the NHMRC to lead an international project to improve the uptake of vaccinations against influenza and COVID-19 for some of our most vulnerable people – pregnant women and children with chronic health conditions.

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Meat-eating extends human life expectancy worldwide

image of a range of meats

Has eating meat become unfairly demonised as bad for your health? That’s the question a global, multidisciplinary team of researchers has been studying and the results are in - eating meat still offers important benefits for overall human health and life expectancy.

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Launching women on space careers

Galaxy

The University of Adelaide has partnered with Modis Tech Academy and Microsoft Australia in the Tech Start program which aims to support 100 South Australian women to kick-start a career in space, defence and technology.

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'Lifestyle' wines could deliver hundreds of jobs to SA

Wine glass

Low and no-alcohol wine products could bring more than 500 jobs and add $64 million a year to South Australia’s economy with the Marshall Liberal Government investing nearly $5 million to turbo-charge the sector locally.

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Message to the University of Adelaide community on vaccination mandate

University building

On Tuesday, February 15, University of Adelaide Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Peter Høj AC, wrote to the university community on the decision to not pursue a vaccination mandate at this time.

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