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Supporting students, one sausage at a time

Sausage in bread

The humble sausage in bread is an ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn icon. On May 7th, the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide joined together with Tasting ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog to bring to life the 'Festival of Sausage in Bread'.

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Saving lives on a daily basis

Doctor with patient lying on hospital bed

Dr Christina Theodore (MBBS) is a frontline healthcare worker, ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide graduate and former recipient of a life-changing gift, the Augustus Short Scholarship.

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Philanthropic Support for Online Learning

An@tomedia

In a year when online learning has become commonplace, the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s Health and Medical students have received an additional learning resource – thanks to the generosity of alumna and donor Peggy Barker.

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Supporting students during COVID-19

Supporting students during COVID-19

Within weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak in South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog, and the subsequent restrictions immediately affecting study and employment, the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog received countless emails from students who did not know how they were going to continue to study and afford basic living and housing expenses.

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World-first COVID-19 research to drive treatment and vaccine

COVID-19 Research

Thanks  to a generous donation from Mr Ian Wall AM (BE 1955) and Mrs Pamela Wall OAM, the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide is playing a major role in the investigation into COVID-19 immunity and an international vaccine study. 

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Research gives new insight into Alzheimer’s disease

Associate Professor Michael Lardelli and PhD candidate Karissa Barthelson

Research into Alzheimer’s disease, one of the leading causes of disability and death in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogns aged 65 years or older, has achieved an important breakthrough thanks to ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researchers – and long-term donors, the Carthew Foundation.  

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Sisters united in honouring their father’s legacy

Alexander sisters

Donald Alexander AM (B E (Civil) 1951), who died in 2015, was a leader in water engineering in South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog for four decades. He led the Engineering and Water Supply Department; served as the Murray Darling Basin Commissioner; worked as Director of the Lands Department; and Chaired the State Capital Works Committee. Don had a strong belief that education had the power to solve society’s problems.   

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Alice's story

Alice Miller

Thanks to the Don Alexander Scholarship, Alice Miller has been able to focus on her studies and dedicate more time to her passion – encouraging young women into STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). 

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Nurturing local talent

Dr Mark Miller

Alumnus, practicing Occupational Therapist and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Dr Mark Thompson (Master Public Health 2013, PhD 2020), wants South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog to be a place that nurtures talent. 

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Parkinson research improving quality of life for thousands

Associate Professor Lyndsey Collins-Praino

In a relationship which has spanned nearly six decades, funding from the NeuroSurgical Research Foundation (NRF) has been instrumental to the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog delivering significant research findings and improving health outcomes and quality of life for thousands of people. 

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