Events: event
UniSuper webcast – The basics of investing your super
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
- Location: Online
Understanding how your super is invested can make a big difference to your balance when you retire. Everyone is welcome – even if you are not a UniSuper member. Wednesday 27 August, 12.30–1.30 pm. Online. Register.
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Childhood Obesity: Prevention and Action
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025, 5:30 pm - 8:15 pm
- Location: Napier 102 lecture theatre, Napier building, North Terrace campus
Join us for the Healthy Development Adelaide and Preventive Health SA forum. Childhood obesity is escalating globally. Our expert speakers will present on international and local research and insight with collaborative partnerships for obesity prevention and action. Wednesday 27 August, 5.30–8.15 pm. Napier 102 lecture theatre, Napier building, North Terrace campus. Register.
Behind the Bottle
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Location: Taikunthi Restaurant, Level 5 Union House, University of Adelaide, Victoria Drive
On the last Thursday of each month at Taikunthi taste and discover exciting wines with the Behind the Bottle series, where you'll join an expert sommelier for a free guided wine tasting. Featuring a live vinyl DJ and complimentary tastings of the NV Grace Under Pressure ‘Blanc de Blancs, 2023 Henschke ‘Peggy’s Hill’ Riesling and 2023 Yalumba ‘Bush Vine’ Grenache. No bookings required. Thursday 28 August, 4–7 pm. Taikunthi Restaurant, Level 5 Union House, North Terrace campus.
From decriminalisation to future reform: fifty years of LGBTIQ+ legal progress in South Australia
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
- Location: The Braggs lecture theatre, North Terrace campus
Join for a compelling symposium that explores the profound legal and social changes sparked by one of Australia’s most harrowing unsolved crimes — the drowning of Dr Duncan in the River Torrens in 1972. Thursday 28 August, 5.30–7 pm. The Braggs lecture theatre, North Terrace campus. Register.
School of Economics and Public Policy research seminar
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
- Location: Room 3.01, Level 3 Boardroom, Nexus 10 building, North Terrace campus and online
Dr Marta Khomyn will present her research on drivers of donations to Ukraine and how they vary around major events, Twitter exposure (X) and foreign aid announcements. Friday 29 August, 3–4.30 pm. Room 3.01, level 3, Nexus 10 building, North Terrace campus and online.
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Elder After Hours - Beauty and Power
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Location: Elder Hall, North Terrace campus
Elder Hall welcomes two of Australia’s most compelling musicians, pianist Aura Go and cellist Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve, for an intimate evening of chamber music. Saturday 30 August, 6.30–8.30 pm. Elder Hall, North Terrace campus. Tickets.
10th Ralph Tate Memorial Lecture
- Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
- Location: Mawson Lecture Theatre, North Terrace Campus
Rings around the Earth: did the earth once have rings like Saturn? hosted jointly by the Field Geology Club of South Australia, the Royal Society of South Australia and the Geological Society of Australia (SA Div.). Thursday 4 September, 6.30 pm. Mawson lecture theatre, North Terrace campus. More information.
School of Psychology research seminar
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Room 526, Hughes building, North Terrace campus and online
Dr Nathan Beu will present his research on post-error slowing, the tendency to respond more slowly after making a mistake, which has long been interpreted as evidence of adaptive cognitive control. Friday 5 September, 1–2 pm. Room 526, Hughes building, North Terrace campus and online. Register.
Elder Conservatorium Lunchtime Concert: Airs and Graces
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall, North Terrace campus
A fun and fiery display of baroque virtuosity by five of Australia’s leading period performers. Friday 5 September, 1.10–2 pm. Elder Hall, North Terrace campus. $20. Register.
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Wrap up your wellbeing
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
- Location: Union House Undercover Plaza
Designed for HDR students across all faculties, this hands-on workshop will teach you how to prepare fresh, affordable and easy cold rolls to encourage wellbeing through a fresher and healthier food option. Wednesday 10 September, 11 am to 2 pm. Union House undercover plaza, North Terrace campus. Register.
