Latest events /newsroom/ en LOWITJA – A Life of Leadership and Legacy’ exhibition /newsroom/events/list/2025/06/lowitja-a-life-of-leadership-and-legacy-exhibition This exhibition portrays the life and influence of the late Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG and will be held at the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery. Wednesday 4 June to Friday 25 July. Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, Hawke Building Level 3, UniSA City West Campus. Further information. Fri, 30 May 2025 09:59:33 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/06/lowitja-a-life-of-leadership-and-legacy-exhibition Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, Hawke Building Level 3, UniSA City West Campus. 2025-06-04T00:00:00+09:30 2025-07-25T00:00:00+09:30 Lumen Bar /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/lumen-bar Lumen Bar is back for another year, this time with a 1970s retro theme. The cosy pop-up bar and eatery coinciding once again with Illuminate ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É. Live vinyl DJs will be back, along with curated record sales, an updated menu, and new sunken lounges that invite conversation and community-building. Friday 4 to Sunday 20 July, 4–10.30 pm. Goodman Lawns, North Terrace campus. More information. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 09:47:43 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/lumen-bar Goodman Lawns, North Terrace campus 2025-07-04T16:00:00+09:30 2025-07-20T22:30:00+09:30 Healthy Development ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/healthy-development-adelaide Join us for the Healthy Development ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É and Department for Child Protection forum on Preventing and responding to Harmful Sexual Behaviours in children and young people: Promising practice. Thursday 17 July, 5.30–8 pm. Napier 102 lecture theatre, Napier building, North Terrace campus. Register. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:02:17 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/healthy-development-adelaide Napier 102 lecture theatre, first floor, Napier building, North Terrace 2025-07-17T17:30:00+09:30 2025-07-17T20:00:00+09:30 From Screens to Skills /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/from-screens-to-skills From Screens to Skills: Boosting Blended Learning with Visual and Interactive Tools. This lecture will explore creative ways to use technology in teaching to make learning more engaging and enjoyable for students. Attendees will receive an e-certificate. Friday 18 July, 4.15–6.30 pm. Online. Register.  Fri, 11 Jul 2025 11:38:40 +0930 Isaac Freeman /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/from-screens-to-skills Online 2025-07-18T16:15:00+09:30 2025-07-18T18:30:00+09:30 Step up with JBI PACES /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/step-up-with-jbi-paces Designed for health professionals to enhance quality improvement efforts. Learn how to use the JBI PACES tool, apply the GRiP process, and focus on impactful audit indicators for sustainable change in patient care. Tuesday 22 July, 11 am to 12 pm. Online. Register. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:32:23 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/step-up-with-jbi-paces Online 2025-07-22T11:00:00+09:30 2025-07-22T12:00:00+09:30 Winter wellness: Maintaining your mental health webinar /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/winter-wellness-maintaining-your-mental-health-webinar The colder weather can be challenging on both physical and mental health. In this seminar, participants will learn about some of the common mental health challenges that people experience over the colder months and the benefits of health promoting behaviours such as connecting with others, practicing mindfulness and getting out into nature. Tuesday 22 July, 12–1 pm. Online. Register. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:03:55 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/winter-wellness-maintaining-your-mental-health-webinar Online 2025-07-22T12:00:00+09:30 2025-07-22T13:00:00+09:30 JBI LIVE webinar /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/jbi-live-webinar Step up with JBI PACES: A clinician's guide to quality improvement. Boost your quality improvement efforts with this engaging and practical webinar tailored for health professionals. This session provides a straightforward, clinician-friendly framework to help you plan and implement evidence-based quality improvement initiatives with confidence. Wednesday 23 July, 11 am to 12 pm. Online. Register. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:58:14 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/jbi-live-webinar Online 2025-07-23T11:00:00+09:30 2025-07-23T12:00:00+09:30 Tick tock in the womb: how biological ageing before birth drives life-long health /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/tick-tock-in-the-womb-how-biological-ageing-before-birth-drives-life-long Join us for an eye-opening evening of science, stories, and solutions as two of the Robinson Research Institute’s emerging leaders share their discoveries on how ageing starts before birth, and what this means for pregnancy outcomes, childhood development, and our risk of disease later in life. Thursday 24 July, 5.30–7.30 pm. Napier 102 lecture theatre, Napier building, North Terrace. Register. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 08:34:46 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/tick-tock-in-the-womb-how-biological-ageing-before-birth-drives-life-long Napier 102 lecture theatre, first floor, Napier building, North Terrace 2025-07-24T17:30:00+09:30 2025-07-24T19:30:00+09:30 Jarrod Walsh speak good workshop /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/jarrod-walsh-speak-good-workshop Presented by ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É University Sport and Fitness, improve your public speaking, confidence and storytelling through Jarrod's immersive workshop designed for all members of sport to communicate efficiently and effectively. Monday 28 July, 6–7.30 pm. Function room 2, level 5, Union House, North Terrace campus. Tickets. Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:51:19 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/jarrod-walsh-speak-good-workshop Function room 2, level 5, Union House, North Terrace campus. 2025-07-28T18:00:00+09:30 2025-07-28T19:30:00+09:30 Falling Walls Lab ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/falling-walls-lab-adelaide In just three minutes, participants will present their research, business model or innovative idea to try to convince a jury of solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of our time. The winners will have their travel to Canberra covered to make their pitch on the national stage. The Australian winner will then travel to Berlin for the Global Finale. Wednesday 30 July, 2–4 pm. Function Room 1, Union House, North Terrace campus. Further information. Fri, 30 May 2025 09:17:12 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/falling-walls-lab-adelaide Function room 1, Level 5, Union House, North Terrace campus 2025-07-30T14:00:00+09:30 2025-07-30T16:00:00+09:30 2025 Three Minute Thesis Faculty Finals /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/2025-three-minute-thesis-faculty-finals Experience big ideas in just 3 minutes. Join us for the 3MT Faculty Finals across ABLE, HMS, and SET faculties where graduate researchers showcase their work in clear, compelling three-minute talks. Help choose the People’s Choice Winner and celebrate the finalists advancing to the University 3MT competition. Thursday 31 July to Thursday 7 August, various times and locations. Register. Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:11:56 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/2025-three-minute-thesis-faculty-finals Various locations 2025-07-31T00:00:00+09:30 2025-08-07T00:00:00+09:30 Behind the Bottle: Essential Varietals /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/behind-the-bottle-essential-varietals Explore some of the exciting wines on the Taikunthi menu at the Behind the Bottle series. This month, explore Essential Varietals featuring wines from Yalumba, Torbreck and Majella. Thursday 31 July, 3.30–5.30pm. Taikunthi Restaurant, Level 5 Union House. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:02:08 +0930 Isaac Freeman /newsroom/events/list/2025/07/behind-the-bottle-essential-varietals Taikunthi Restaurant, Level 5 Union House 2025-07-31T15:30:00+09:30 2025-07-31T17:30:00+09:30 The Watsons /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/the-watsons The Watsons is a clever, funny play that starts as a classic Austen romance before twisting into something wildly unexpected. Modern day author meets old fashioned characters. The Watsons playfully explores identity, free will, and who really gets to control the story. Friday 1 August to Sunday 10 August. Various times. Tickets. Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:21:37 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/the-watsons Little Theatre, The Cloisters, North Terrace campus 2025-08-01T00:00:00+09:30 2025-08-10T00:00:00+09:30 School of Psychology research seminar /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/school-of-psychology-research-seminar Dr Sabrina Sghirripa (School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences) will present her research on cognition, ageing and lifetime experiences that build cognitive reserve. Friday 1 August, 1–2 pm. Room 526, level 5, Hughes building, North Terrace campus and online. Register. Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:08:25 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/school-of-psychology-research-seminar Room 526, Hughes building, North Terrace campus and online 2025-08-01T13:00:00+09:30 2025-08-01T14:00:00+09:30 HELLO webinar /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/hello-webinar Privilege and social and health inequalities. As inequities in income, wealth, education and health persist and increase globally, scholars are turning the lens on privilege to better understand how these inequities are created and maintained. Monday 4 August, 12–1 pm. Online. Register. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:25:12 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/hello-webinar Online 2025-08-04T12:00:00+09:30 2025-08-04T13:00:00+09:30 Quantum Frontiers and the Search for Majorana Fermions, presented by Professor Sergey Frolov /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/quantum-frontiers-and-the-search-for-majorana-fermions-presented-by-professor Professor Frolov is a distinguished experimental physicist at the University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on electronic transport in low-dimensional nanostructures, including nanowires and two-dimensional electron gases. Professor Frolov is deeply involved in quantum computing, working with superconducting qubits, quantum dots, and topological states. Monday 4 August, 6.15–8 pm. The Braggs lecture theatre, North Terrace campus. Register. Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:07:10 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/quantum-frontiers-and-the-search-for-majorana-fermions-presented-by-professor The Braggs lecture theatre, North Terrace campus 2025-08-04T18:15:00+09:30 2025-08-04T20:00:00+09:30 Raising the Bar /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/raising-the-bar Join Health Evidence Synthesis, Recommendations and Impact Director, Professor Zachary Munn in his pub talk, Why is 85% of Medical Research Wasted Effort?. Zac explains his job in sorting the good stuff from the not-so-good to improve health outcomes for everyone. Tuesday 5 August, 6:30– 7:30 pm. Britannia Hotel, 1 Kensington Rd, Norwood. Register. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:04:18 +0930 Isaac Freeman /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/raising-the-bar Britannia Hotel, 1 Kensington Rd, Norwood 2025-08-05T18:30:00+09:30 2025-08-05T19:30:00+09:30 Why foundational AI matters /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/why-foundational-ai-matters Join Professor Simon Lucey, Director of the Australian Institute for Machine Learning who will argue that gaining a better understanding of the foundational aspects of modern AI offers a cost-effective way for Australia to take a leading role. Wednesday 6 August, 12.30–2 pm. TechCentral lecture theatre, ground floor, Lot Fourteen, ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É. More information. Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:20:22 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/why-foundational-ai-matters TechCentral lecture theatre, ground floor, Lot Fourteen, ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É. 2025-08-06T12:30:00+09:30 2025-08-06T14:00:00+09:30 The future of agricultural crops: to edit or not to edit /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/the-future-of-agricultural-crops-to-edit-or-not-to-edit Join for an interactive debate during National Science Week. This event will bring together experts to discuss the science and societal implications of gene editing in agriculture. Monday 11 August, 6–7.30 pm. UniBar, Union House, North Terrace campus and online. Register. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:33:12 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/the-future-of-agricultural-crops-to-edit-or-not-to-edit UniBar, North Terrace campus and online 2025-08-11T18:00:00+09:30 2025-08-11T19:30:00+09:30 Research Tuesdays: The maternal microbiome /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/research-tuesdays-the-maternal-microbiome Complications such as preterm birth and miscarriage affect thousands of Australian families every year. Worldwide, preterm birth is the leading cause of infant death. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:29:29 +0930 Brian Badzmierowski /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/research-tuesdays-the-maternal-microbiome The Braggs Lecture Theatre 2025-08-12T17:30:00+09:30 2025-08-12T18:30:00+09:30 Form and function: unravelling mechanisms driving early life microbiome responses /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/form-and-function-unravelling-mechanisms-driving-early-life-microbiome In this talk, Professor Hall will explore the role of probiotics in supporting microbiome development in preterm infants, highlighting evidence from their studies showing significant reductions in necrotising enterocolitis, sepsis, and overall morbidity following supplementation with beneficial Bifidobacterium strains. Wednesday 13 August, 3–4 pm. Joe Verco lecture theatre, AHMS building, North Terrace. Register. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:18:02 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/form-and-function-unravelling-mechanisms-driving-early-life-microbiome Joe Verco lecture theatre, AHMS building, North Terrace 2025-08-13T15:00:00+09:30 2025-08-13T16:00:00+09:30 2025 Joseph Fisher Public Lecture /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/2025-joseph-fisher-public-lecture Economics, Ethics and Power: How Can Economics Help Us Navigate the Challenges of Our Times? Featuring Senator Barbara Pocock—economist, Emeritus Professor, South Australian Senator, and alumni. Wednesday 13 August, 5.15–6.45 pm. The Braggs lecture theatre, North Terrace campus. Register. Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:43:58 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/2025-joseph-fisher-public-lecture The Braggs lecture theatre, North Terrace campus 2025-08-13T17:15:00+09:30 2025-08-13T18:45:00+09:30 Design assessment in the age of AI /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/design-assessment-in-the-age-of-ai In this workshop, you will explore the impact of generative AI on assessment validity, integrity, and authenticity. Using a structured evaluation tool, you will critically examine your current assessments for their susceptibility to AI tools and consider opportunities to strengthen or redesign them. Thursday 14 August, 2–3 pm. Online. Register. Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:04:16 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/design-assessment-in-the-age-of-ai Online 2025-08-14T14:00:00+09:30 2025-08-14T15:00:00+09:30 AU Sport Quiz Night /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/au-sport-quiz-night ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É University Sport & Fitness is hosting a quiz night with all proceeds going towards sending the University athletes to Uni Nationals. With a $500 cash prize up for grabs, teams are invited to test their knowledge of sport, fitness, pop culture and more. Friday 15 August, 6–10 pm. Park 10 Graduates Clubhouse, North ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É. Register. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:10:17 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/au-sport-quiz-night Park 10 - Graduates Oval Clubhouse, 155 McKinnon Parade, North ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É 2025-08-15T18:00:00+09:30 2025-08-15T22:00:00+09:30 2025 Play with Pride /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/2025-play-with-pride Join us for the 2025 edition of Play with Pride – a celebration of inclusion and diversity in sport. This event will be hosted by Ali Clarke and brings together athletes, advocates, and allies to champion LGBTIQA+ representation in sport. Friday 22 August, 2–5 pm. Bonython Hall, North Terrace campus. Tickets. Fri, 30 May 2025 10:09:46 +0930 Lachlan Wallace /newsroom/events/list/2025/08/2025-play-with-pride Bonython Hall, North Terrace campus 2025-08-22T14:00:00+09:30 2025-08-22T17:00:00+09:30