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University glows with pop-up venue and light trail
Lumen Bar once again lights up North Terrace amongst Illuminate Adelaide’s City Lights trail. The buzzing sanctuary brings the community together on campus to unwind and soak up the winter glow of the city.
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Enhanced protein during critical illness shows no benefit
Critically ill patients often experience substantial and rapid muscle loss, leading to poor recovery. Researchers from the University of Adelaide have been exploring the impact of high protein nutritional formula in a new trial, aimed at improving outcomes.
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Modelling links sea ice loss to Antarctic ice shelf calving events
New research has for the first time tracked ice shelf, sea ice and ocean swell wave conditions over multiple years in the lead up to three large-scale iceberg ‘calving’ events in Antarctica, revealing common patterns.
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Illegal shark product trade evident in Australia and New Zealand
Research from the University of Adelaide’s School of Biological Sciences and Wildlife Crime Research Hub has highlighted evidence of shark products entering both Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand, including clear patterns in flows between the two countries.
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World-first highly cave-adapted wasp discovered in Nullarbor Caves
A team of researchers from the University of Adelaide, in collaboration with cavers, has uncovered a large number of eyeless, cave-adapted invertebrates – including spiders, cockroaches, centipedes, and, remarkably, a wasp.
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News in brief
University researchers to roll out disaster preparedness project
University of Adelaide researchers will partner in the multi-state rollout of a disaster preparedness model, funded by the federal government.
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Federal funding for child mental health and wellbeing survey
The Federal Government has awarded $8.1 million for the third National Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing which University of Adelaide experts will play a key role in.
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Associate Professor receives national mentorship
University of Adelaide and Robinson Research Institute group leader Associate Professor Zohra Lassi has been awarded a prestigious mentorship.
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15 May
Wise and wonderful women exhibition
The exhibition explores the working lives of women academics in South Australian universities from 1970 to 2024. It draws on findings from a Fay Gale Centre project that critically examined historical and biographical reflections of women who worked in Adelaide’s universities. Thursday 15 May to Wednesday 9 July. Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library, North Terrace campus. Further information. 04 Jun
LOWITJA – A Life of Leadership and Legacy’ exhibition
This exhibition portrays the life and influence of the late Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG and will be held at the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery. Wednesday 4 June to Friday 25 July. Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, Hawke Building Level 3, UniSA City West Campus. Further information.
Lumen
Life is short. Three words used widely as a call to action to live large and unashamedly take opportunities. It’s also a statement of fact, and for researchers, a never-ending challenge to find new ways to push healthy boundaries at both ends of human life.
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