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Scholarship for evokeAG event 2020
The Centre for Entrepreneurial Agri-Technology is is sponsoring six Emerging Leaders from across Australia to attend the two-day agrifood tech event in Melbourne on the 18–19 February 2020. Applications close Monday 13 January.
New release of Waite Arboretum App
The new version has updated map and catalogue. The tree data of 1,255 specimens includes three new fields of environmental benefits derived from a 2017 iTree Eco analysis
Faculty of Sciences Awards 2019 – AFW Winners
Congratulations to Waite staff from the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine who were among the winners of the Faculty of Sciences Awards for 2019
New AgTech scholarship set to bear fruit
A new partnership between the State Government and the University of Adelaide to deliver an AgTech PhD scholarship is open for applications
Christmas gifts supporting charity
For the next few weeks there will be a box of Christmas gifts available for purchase at the Aroma/Lirra Lirra café. This box comes from the Adelaide Day Centre for Homeless Persons and it contains cards and gift bags made by homeless men who attend …
Outstanding Achievement award for Rhiannon Schilling
Congratulations to Rhiannon Schilling who has won the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for ‘Excellence in Research – an award for an early career researcher’
Crawford Fund Student Awards in International Agriculture
Applications are now open for The Crawford Fund International Agricultural Research Student Awards.
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Campus Notices
Christmas gifts supporting charity
For the next few weeks there will be a box of Christmas gifts available for purchase at the Aroma/Lirra Lirra café. This box comes from the Adelaide Day Centre for Homeless Persons and it contains cards and gift bags made by homeless men who attend …
Teddy the Koala stays cool in the heat
During the extreme heat last week, Waite staff found our 17 year old Koala, Teddy, not coping too well
Urrbrae House closure over Christmas and January 2020
Urrbrae House will be closed to visitors and for events from Friday, 20 December 2019 and re-open on Monday, 20 January 2020
Giving Tree at Urrbrae House
The Urrbrae House Christmas “Giving” tree in the Main Hall is once again a collection point for The Smith Family’s Christmas “Toy and Book Appeal” at the Waite Campus
Rainwater harvesting @ Waite
Two rainwater tanks have been installed behind Plant Genomics Centre to store rain water to be used for irrigating research trials
House for sale
A house next door to Waite at 24 Waite Road is for private sale by the owner. Due to it’s ideal location this may be of interest to Waite campus staff.
Accommodation wanted
Accommodation (preferably furnished) sought for new PhD student for November-to-April
Snake spotted on campus
A brown snake was recently found in a greenhouse of the Plant Research Centre.
Water Interruption to WIC building – Saturday 26 October
Both the hot and cold water supply to the WIC building will be disrupted this Saturday 26th October 2019 from 6am to 11am
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