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French expert celebrated with Fellowship

Natalie Edwards smiles into the camera.

The ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Professor Natalie Edwards has been elected as a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

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Leading photonics expert crowned Innovator of the Year

Andre Luiten in the lab.

A ³ÉÈË´óƬ professor who is helping to position South Australia as a hub for photonics and quantum innovation has been named the 2022 South Australian Innovator of the Year.

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Discovery projects’ wide-reaching impact

Students walk around the Barr Smith Library, with a blue sky above.

Fourteen grants totalling $7,269,318 have been awarded to ³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers from the Federal Government to continue their work in a range of important areas including health, wine and food production, pollution and nuclear physics.

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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 ³ÉÈË´óƬ 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 ³ÉÈË´óƬ-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 ³ÉÈË´óƬ 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 ³ÉÈË´óƬ 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 ³ÉÈË´óƬ 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 ³ÉÈË´óƬ 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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