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Medal recognises research achievement and support for mathematics

Professor Mathai Varghese FAA

The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s Professor Mathai Varghese FAA from the School of Mathematical Sciences, has today Tuesday, 7 December, been awarded the George Szekeres Medal by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Mathematical Society.

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EchidnaCSI recognised as a top Citizen of Science

EchidnaCSI wins Citizen Science Award for Outstanding Science

The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s Echidna Conservation Science Initiative (EchidnaCSI) has received the Citizen Science Award for Outstanding Science at the inaugural awards for Citizen Science Projects in South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog.

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Congratulations to our research superstars

Barr Smith Library

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researchers have been recognised in the latest list of the top researchers nationwide, as featured in The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn newspaper’s Research magazine 2021.

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Premier recognition for mining and energy expertise

Roseworthy solar farm

The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s mining and energy expertise has been acknowledged at South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s 2021 Premier’s Awards in Energy and Mining.

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Two new ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide fellows

Helen Marshall

The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Academy of Health and Medical Sciences welcomed 19 women and 10 men to its Fellowship recognising the brightest minds in health and medical sciences across a range of fields, including research, industry and more.

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The history of one of the most influential schools of Western Desert painting

Sunfly Tjamptitjin, untitled, 1982

The history of the Balgo art movement, one of the most vibrant and influential schools of Western Desert painting, has now been told in a new book, Balgo: Creating Country, by Professor John Carty, Head of Humanities at the South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Museum and Director of the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s National Centre for Aboriginal Language and Music Studies (NCALMS).

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Industry lead appointed HILT CRC CEO

HILT CEO Ms Felicity Lloyd

Ms Felicity Lloyd has been appointed as the new CEO of the Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HiLT CRC).

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Honeyeater evolution for high sucrose diet

Honeyeater bird on a Banksia plant

Scientists have long suspected the digestive systems of nectar-eating birds, such as honeyeaters, co-evolved with the nectar-composition in flowers. To document whether this theory is accurate, in a paper published in , researchers at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide studied the ability of birds to digest different sugars, and looked at whether they matched the nectar sugars found in plants used by families of birds in different parts of the world.

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Building more drought-resilient crops through science

Dry wheat in field.

In a review paper published in the , researchers at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s School of Agriculture, Food and Wine have summarised seven years of research published in more than 20 international journals, on the effect of drought on cereal plants such as wheat and barley.

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Regional opportunities spark interest from legal minds

Law students in Port Pirie

Students from Adelaide Law School recently visited regional South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog to find out about career opportunities that are sometimes overlooked by law graduates.

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