by Lieke Van Der Hulst | May 29, 2017 | News, Partners
A film crew visited the Waite late last year to film a segment for the popular Channel 9 program, South Aussie with Cosi. The segment first aired on Friday 28th April on Channel 9. It highlighted the Waite as one of SA’s best kept secrets, the history of the campus,...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | May 28, 2017 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, News, Research stories
A recent study has collected phenotypic data of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) which can now be linked with the genotypic data of these lines. This will enable genome-wide association mapping with the aim of identifying loci that underlie salinity tolerance – an...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | May 17, 2017 | News, WRI
Approximately 65 participants of the Adelaide Convention Bureau’s South Australian Agriculture, Food and Wine Showcase visited the Waite on Tuesday 16 May. They included executives of key national and international associations aligned with South...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | May 15, 2017 | News
On Friday 12 May, the Waite Research Institute hosted Peter Waite Day in the Urrbrae House gardens. Held each year on the Friday closest to Peter Waite’s Birthday (May 9), the afternoon is an opportunity for people from across the campus organisations to come...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | May 5, 2017 | News, Students, Undergraduate, University of Adelaide
The School of Agriculture, Food and Wine’s high achieving students in the 2016 academic year were celebrated at a prize ceremony at Lirra Lirra on May 2nd. Academic staff, award sponsors, family and friends were on hand to congratulate the following students on their...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | May 4, 2017 | CSIRO, News
Rosemary Warren and Peter Clingeleffer (both CSIRO Agriculture & Food here at Waite) last month both clocked up 45 years with the CSIRO. Congratulations to both of you! Rosemary Warren joined the CSIRO Division of Soils as a Technical Assistant in 1972, working on...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | May 4, 2017 | News, Participation, University of Adelaide
The Why Waite program offers a range of fun and educational hands-on activities around plants and agriculture for school groups. Bianca and the Why Waite team welcome Waite students and researchers to get involved and help out with the program. Some of the activities...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | May 2, 2017 | News, University of Adelaide
The second Innovative Teaching @ Waite Exhibition was held on Thursday April 20 showcasing effective learning and teaching strategies integrated into undergraduate courses taught in the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine. The exhibition was opened by Professor...
