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Expanded plant phenomics facility to accelerate crop development

Campus

The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF), Australia’s national plant phenomics research infrastructure, will receive $60 million in core funding over the next five years to expand its world-leading network of facilities across Australia and accelerate the development of improved crops.

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World-renowned chef visits to boost insect industry

Joseph Yoon

The University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ±â€™s Waite campus is hosting international edible insect ambassador, chef Joseph Yoon, for two events highlighting the industry-shifting potential of insect agriculture.

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Rhodes Scholar-Elect will solve issues of the future by studying the past

Oliver Douglas

Mr Oliver Douglas has been named as the University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ±â€™s 114th Rhodes Scholar-Elect during an event at Government House this October. The prestigious scholarship will enable him to undertake further study at the University of Oxford.

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South Australian researchers join forces with global defence consortium

University building

The University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± and the University of South Australia have joined five leading universities in the United Kingdom and United States to support the AUKUS alliance.

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Highlighting the importance of girls’ education

Ziauddin Yousafzai

The importance of girls’ education will be emphasised during a special public lecture at the University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ±, featuring activist and educator Mr Ziauddin Yousafzai, whose daughter Malala was a Nobel Prize winner in 2014.

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Festival celebrates student creativity

Art of the Possible

Creativity will come to the fore during the festival at the University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± from 23 to 26 October which showcases live music performances, videos, virtual reality projects, photography and graphic design by students, among other work.

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Grants to accelerate research commercialisation

Campus

Six University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ±-led projects have received funding from Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA), for a range of research projects, including improved electric-vehicle batteries, efficient hydrogen production and better diabetes treatment.

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Students race through the outback to support a sustainable future

Solar challenge

University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± students will race through the outback in a specially designed solar-powered vehicle – which they built themselves – as part of the world’s biggest solar challenge event, charting a route from Darwin to ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± this October.

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Trees are better for us than we realise

Path in City of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± with plane trees

The University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ±â€™s Environment Institute and Green ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± will host an evening with pioneering environmentalist Jon Dee, highlighting the health-giving potential of trees.

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Recommendations lead to landmark Succession Act reform

SALRI

The independent South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI), based at the University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ±, has made important recommendations culminating in the passing of a new landmark Succession Act to replace decades of out-of-date laws – one even stemming from the era of King Charles II in the 1600s.

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