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The pursuit eternal
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Pioneering research in plant breeding, alternative proteins, and transformative technologies keeps the Waite at the cutting edge in its constant pursuit of the next big thing.
Harvesting knowledge
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Harvest is a crucial part of every winemaker and viticulturist’s year. Meet the team of staff and students who tackled the 2024 vintage at Waite.
When wine came to Waite
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Many a successful winemaker made their way through Roseworthy Agricultural College before it merged with the University of Adelaide in 1991. The move saw South Australian teaching and research in oenology and viticulture transferred to the University’s Waite campus, which has since become a global icon of winemaking.
A year of celebrations
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The celebrations for our 150th have already begun – the party has officially started.
World News - Autumn 2024
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We invited some of this community to be our special “foreign correspondents” - to give a brief insight into their lives, careers and success around the world.
Onnie Chan
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Education has always played a significant role in my life, thanks to my mother’s influence. Now, I am turning a new page because of my studies at the University of Adelaide.
Based on a true story
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From Braveheart (1995) to Pearl Harbor (2001) to Netflix’s The Crown and SBS’s Versailles, films and television series have long been regarded as unreliable documents to history.
100 years of better breeding
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A lot can happen in a century, especially in the field of plant breeding.