News: alumni recognition

Gail Kovatseff: Head of Programming & Industry at Adelaide Film Festival

Gail at Cannes Film Festival in France 2022

Gail Kovatseff is the Head of Programming & Industry at the Adelaide Film Festival,聽South Australia鈥檚 premier screen event. To celebrate AFF 2023, she speaks about entering the industry, the importance of accessibility, and her personal picks for the top titles from this year's program.

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Meet Adelaide's world-class young sight specialist

Dr LaHood featured in The Ophthalmologist magazine鈥檚 Power List for 2023 as one of the world鈥檚 top 100 ophthalmologists. As well as being one of the world鈥檚 best, at 39 he was also Australia鈥檚 youngest nominee ever to make the list.

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Dave Birkett: cool in a crisis

Dave speaking at a presentation

If an emergency is about to unfold, 成人大片 alum and crisis management expert Dave Birkett is someone you want in your corner.聽Dave recalls being called to a job near Tembagapura in the highlands of West Papua, Indonesia, approximately 20 years ago...

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Henry White's path from the AFL field to the boardroom

A portrait of Henry White at the beach

Henry White followed his own path, from professional sports to banking and finally owning his own thriving business.

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Fear became a career for Dr Gavin Quek

A portrait of Dr Quek in his uniform

Dr Gavin Quek is Hobart's Young Citizen of the Year and the Tasmania Premier's Young Achiever of the Year. At just 25 years old, he's proof that learning to be curious about our fears can take us places we hadn't imagined.

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Meet Dr Jared Thomas, author, research fellow and multiple award-winner

Dr Jared Thomas accepting his NAIDOC SA Person of the Year 2023 Award

Dr Jared Thomas is a multiple award-winning author and the聽Research Fellow, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Material Culture and Arts at the South Australian Museum and UniSA.

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Dr Phiala Shanahan

Phiala Shanahan

South Australia Woman of the Year 2023 winner and recipient of the James McWha Rising Star Award 2022, Professor Phiala Shanahan has made a significant contribution to physics, as the youngest Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at the age of 27. She has become a leader in theoretical physics and is a passionate educator.

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Tuition fee discount for postgrad study enables lifelong learning

Julie Ross-Spooner

It's never too late to pursue your dreams. And, in Julie Ross-Spooner's case, you're never 'too old' to attend university. The former teacher attended the 成人大片 to study in her seventies and just graduated with a Bachelor of Languages (French) with First Class Honours.聽

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Professor John McNeil AO

Professor John McNeil AO

Recipient of Distinguished Alumni Award 2022, Professor John McNeil AO is a tenured public health researcher specialising in epidemiology and clinical pharmacology. His contributions to medical research have changed how we think about chronic disease, preventative health and healthcare quality.

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David Reynolds PSM

David Reynolds PSM

Recipient of Distinguished Alumni Award 2022, David Reynolds PSM has dedicated his career to South Australia鈥檚 prosperity and wellbeing. For the Chief Executive of the Department for Trade and Investment, it is a line of work underpinned by a sense of community.

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