University Events Calendar

8 March, 2016

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International Women's Day exhibit

Date/Time: Monday, 7 March 2016 - Friday, 18 March 2016, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Location: Nexus 10 (7-11 March); Hub Central (15-18 March)

Cost: Free

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The University is celebrating International Women's Day (IWD) 2016 through an exhibit of images featuring women who have contributed to the University in its 140+ years as students, as academics and as professional staff.

Locations:

Foyer of Nexus 10 building (7-11 March)
Hub Central (15-18 March).

In addition, the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences will hold a separate IWD exhibit in the Atrium of Inkgarni Wardlii from 7-11 March.

In future years, the University plans to add new images of women to the collection.

This is an initiative of the University's Gender, Equity and Diversity Committee.

Contact: Associate Professor Laura Grenfell, Email: laura.grenfell@adelaide.edu.au, Law School, The University of Adelaide, Business: +61 8 8313 5777


 

Research Tuesdays - Gravity speaks

Date/Time: Tuesday, 8 March 2016, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Location: The Braggs lecture theatre

Cost: Free event. All welcome. Registration essential.

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It's one of the most important scientific advances of our lifetimes. The recent detection of gravitational waves, emanating from a cataclysmic collision of two black holes around 1.3 billion years ago, has rewritten our concept of the universe.

The discovery, made by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)--an international collaboration involving 90 universities, within which the University of Adelaide plays a significant role--is a technological triumph; beyond what even Einstein, who first predicted the waves' existence, imagined possible.

In this truly awe-inspiring presentation the University's LIGO team leader will explain how gravitational waves will allow humanity to eavesdrop, for the first time, on the dark, violent side of the universe, and explore the secrets that might be revealed.

The presenter
Professor Peter Veitch is Head of Physics at the University of Adelaide. He is a founding member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), a member of the LSC Council, a Councillor of the Australian Optical Society, and Fellow of the Optical Society of America.

Contact: Jessica Douglas, Email: jessica.douglas@adelaide.edu.au, Research Marketing Coordinator, Business: 08 8313 0884