News: achievements
Researchers recognised for pushing the boundaries of particle physics
The ATLAS Collaboration at CERN, which includes University of Adelaide experts, has been awarded the 2025 Breakthrough Prize for fundamental Physics for its pioneering studies of the high-energy collisions from the Large Hadron Collider. Read more.
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Successful 2025 Global Partnership Engagement Fund applications
Through the 2025 Global Partnership Engagement Fund, $97,246 in funding has been awarded to 10 initiatives. This program aims to foster international collaboration and engagement with flagship, emerging flagship and core partners under the Global Partnership Development Framework. Read more.
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Playford Trust Scholarships
With a total of 45 scholarships available, University of Adelaide students scored 27 of them and laid claim to five out of six Commendation Awards. Playford Trust scholarships and awards aim to help students make the most of their studies, achieve their potential and contribute to South Australia’s knowledge, skills and research base.
Professor Helen Marshall AM awarded NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant Award
Professor Marshall AM was awarded the 2024 NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant Award (Leadership in Public Health Research) at the NHMRC Research Excellence Awards dinner in Canberra on 26 March.
Australian Institute of Physics honorary fellows
Professor Anthony Thomas AC and Adjunct Professor Tanya Monro AC (School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences) have been announced as honorary fellows in the Australian Institute of Physics. Read more.
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Cancer Council SA Research Fellows
Dr Jacqueline Noll (School of Biomedicine) and Dr Chloe Thompson-Peach have been named Cancer Council SA Research Fellows for 2025. Dr Noll works in the Myeloma Research Laboratory based in the Precision Cancer Medicine Theme at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), and Dr Thompson-Peach is based in the Myeloid Metabolism Laboratory, also at SAMHRI. Read more.
Australian Law Reform Commission
Dr Maeghan Toews (Adelaide Law School) has been appointed to the Australian Law Reform Commission as full-time Commissioner to lead the inquiry into Australia’s human tissue laws. Read more.
English Language Centre ranked number one in Australia
The English Language Centre has been ranked the top English language provider in Australia in the i-Graduate English Language Barometer for ELICOS providers 2024. Additionally, 97% of students taking an ELC course said they would recommend it to others.
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2024 Australian Awards for University Teaching
Associate Professor Claudia Szabo (School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences) received an AAUT Award for Teaching Excellence and Associate Professor Benjamin McCann (School of Humanities) received an AAUT Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.
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2025 University of Adelaide International Fellows announced
10 globally recognised researchers have been selected as the University's 2025 International Fellows, with visits commencing in the coming months. Work is underway to design a visiting scholars program for Adelaide University, with details to be announced late 2025. Meet the Fellows
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