News: achievements
2023 Playford Trust Scholarship recipients
Twenty-nine University of Adelaide students have received scholarships from the Playford Memorial Trust. The Playford Memorial Trust supports high-achieving South Australian students working in areas of strategic importance to the State.
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Major publication in Australian art
The book Sun and Shadow: art of the Spinifex People by Professor John Carty (School of Humanities) is the result of over a decade working with the Spinifex people in the Great Victoria Desert in WA, and is a collaboration with the Spinifex Arts Project. This research was funded by the Australian Research Council. More information.
PhD candidate receives Nancy Millis Student Award
Anja Zelmer, a University PhD Candidate in the Biomedical Orthopaedic Research Group was recently awarded the Nancy Millis Student Award by the Australian Society of Microbiology.
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Distinguished Scientist Award
Professor Sarah Robertson (School of Biomedicine) is the recipient of the Distinguished Scientist Award from the US Society for Reproductive Investigation.
2023 Hugh Martin Weir Prize
Ashley Dennis-Henderson has been awarded the 2023 Hugh Martin Weir Prize. Ashley is currently undertaking a PhD in Applied Mathematics and Statistics and her research focuses on the analysis of historical texts using natural language processing.
Researcher to attend the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Dr Kate Secombe, who is working to understand the role of the gut microbiota in the development of disease, and potential therapeutic applications of altering the microbiota has been invited to attend the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.
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National award recognises leading research
Professor Jose Polo has received the 2022 National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Fiona Stanley Synergy Grant Award.
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Joint Indigenous Leadership for CASM
Grayson Rotumah and Dr Dylan Crismani have been announced as joint Indigenous leaders of the Centre of Aboriginal Studies in Music for the first time in its fifty-year history.
Teaching excellence
Associate Professor Beth Loveys, Dr Karina Riggs and Dr Hong Cai have been recognised in the Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) 2022.
Fulbright Scholarships
Tyson Klingner, Nozhat Hassan and Brandon Smart have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships to continue their PhD studies at US universities.
