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Kangaroo Island bee B&Bs aim to save native pollinators

Green Carpenter Bee / Remko Leijs

Native bees severely impacted by Kangaroo Island bushfires this year are being built new homes in a collaborative project involving the local community and scientists from the University of Adelaide and SA Museum.

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UofA graduates receive SA Architecture Awards

Congratulations to the many Architecture and Built Environment graduates whose offices' projects have received the SA Architecture Awards and to Erin Crowden for winning the Emerging Architect Prize.

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Laura Bassi Scholarship for postgraduates and junior academics

The Laura Bassi Scholarship was established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed, within their disciplines. 

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Retirement of Gentle Intellectual Giant

Joyful, knowledgeable, kind and humble may not typically be words used to describe a Professor of Pure Mathematics but it best describes retiring AIML Professor Wojciech Chojnacki.

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Uni bus schedules changing

Intercampus and after-hours shuttle bus services have updated timetables from Monday 13 July.

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Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship program - applications open

If you’re considering postgraduate study next year, apply for a Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship today. Applications close 2 September.

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Scientists in the news this week: July 10, 2020

Green carpenter bee (Xylocopa aerata) by Louise Docker from Sydney, Australia [CC BY 2.0]

Here are the stories of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.

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Participants wanted for wine tasting

Wine tasting at Waite campus winery

Regular wine consumers wanted to participate in sensory trials to help research into smoke tainted wines.

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Call of the wild

Jacob Maher

Episode 4, In Their Element Podcast

Meet science graduate Jacob Maher, who was sure his career was going to be finding out who's who in the zoo, but graduated with a passion for all things nature.

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Using Recycled Rubber to Stabilise Adelaide's Expansive Soil

Discarded tires are among the most significant and most problematic sources of solid waste, owing to extensive production and their durability over time. 

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