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Supporting students, one sausage at a time
The humble sausage in bread is an ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n icon. On May 7th, the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide joined together with Tasting ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ to bring to life the 'Festival of Sausage in Bread'.
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Saving lives on a daily basis
Dr Christina Theodore (MBBS) is a frontline healthcare worker, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide graduate and former recipient of a life-changing gift, the Augustus Short Scholarship.
Philanthropic Support for Online Learning
In a year when online learning has become commonplace, the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s Health and Medical students have received an additional learning resource – thanks to the generosity of alumna and donor Peggy Barker.
Supporting students during COVID-19
Within weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak in South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, and the subsequent restrictions immediately affecting study and employment, the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ received countless emails from students who did not know how they were going to continue to study and afford basic living and housing expenses.
World-first COVID-19 research to drive treatment and vaccine
Thanks  to a generous donation from Mr Ian Wall AM (BE 1955) and Mrs Pamela Wall OAM, the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide is playing a major role in the investigation into COVID-19 immunity and an international vaccine study.Â
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Research gives new insight into Alzheimer’s disease
Research into Alzheimer’s disease, one of the leading causes of disability and death in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ns aged 65 years or older, has achieved an important breakthrough thanks to ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide researchers – and long-term donors, the Carthew Foundation. Â
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Sisters united in honouring their father’s legacy
Donald Alexander AM (B E (Civil) 1951), who died in 2015, was a leader in water engineering in South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 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.  Â
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Alice's story
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).Â
Nurturing local talent
Alumnus, practicing Occupational Therapist and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Dr Mark Thompson (Master Public Health 2013, PhD 2020), wants South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ to be a place that nurtures talent.Â
Parkinson research improving quality of life for thousands
In a relationship which has spanned nearly six decades, funding from the NeuroSurgical Research Foundation (NRF) has been instrumental to the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ delivering significant research findings and improving health outcomes and quality of life for thousands of people.Â
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