2022年2月9日 星期三

Travelling the World with Médecins Sans Frontières | Exclusive Crows Membership Offer | Graduate’s Spirit Lives on to Support Cancer Research



 
   
   
Season's Greetings from the Vice Chancellor
Vice Chancellor & President, Professor David Lloyd reflects on the year that's been and how every single one of our UniSA Community has contributed to its success these past 30 years. The 2021 Season's Greetings imagery and Images of Research & Teaching winner is 'Sottosopra' by Joanna Majchrowska, a Lecturer at UniSA Creative. 'Sottosopra' is a chandelier designed as part of UniSA's fourth biennial research exhibition hosted by the JamFactory, which delved into the social, functional, and cultural values of chandeliers as a source of inquiry and research in exploring how this iconic object illustrates a narrative of contemporary society. more...
Travelling the World as a Nurse with Médecins Sans Frontières
Nurse Kiera Sargeant has treated those in need in some of the most desperate, war-torn parts of the world as a Medical Coordinator and Team Leader with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). She shares with us, with brave and inspiring insight, her incredible experiences providing healthcare for refugees in Sudan, leading gender-based violence programmes, medical and psychological support in Nigeria, working in internally displaced people's camps in Iraq, and heading up emergency support responses in Syria and Ethiopia too. more...

Graduate's Spirit Lives on to Support UniSA Brain Cancer Research
Rising cancer research star and UniSA PhD candidate at the Centre for Cancer Biology, Erica Yeo, has received the 2021 Chris Adams UniSA Research Grant from the Neurosurgical Research Foundation (NRF). The Grant honours the life and spirit of Chris "Critter" Adams who lost his battle with a rare grade-three anaplastic astrocytoma brain tumour in November 2015 at 26-years-old. The Adams family have been tireless with their 'Strong Enough to Live' campaign and funding vital research for immune-based therapies for aggressive brain cancers. more...
UniSA's 2021 Groundbreaking Research Recognised Worldwide
2021 has been an unstoppable year for UniSA research. We searched for answers across areas such as COVID-19, cancer, health, gender diversity, virtual reality and AI, defence and science. We partnered with industry on significant agreements, won acclaimed awards for our research, and celebrated staff and students across the UniSA community. We also drove donations to support mental health, revolutionary cancer research and announced the first of our Visiting Research Fellows. Learn more about UniSA's 2021 research highlights here...

Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Books Support Children's Literature
A new Pitjantjatjara edition of beloved children's book Too Many Cheeky Dogs/Papa Mawal-mawalpa Tjuṯa – a funny, delightful story set in a remote Aboriginal community about some naughty camp dogs – has now been released by publishers Allen & Unwin. The book supporting Aboriginal children's literacy and bilingual learning was translated with the help of two education graduates, Dr Samuel Osborne, Associate Director: Regional Engagement (APY Lands) at UniSA and Dan Bleby, Project Officer at the Department for Education. more...
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Events & Exhibitions
Until 31 January 2022 >> MOD. UP CLOSE
Are you ready to get up close? MOD.'s UP CLOSE is an exploration of a spectrum of closeness. Starting inside our bodies, we consider touch and relationships with people and machines before spanning out to the way we move through place and space. Find out about the 100 trillion microorganisms living inside you, see what tears look like under a microscope with each tear as individual and unique as its owner – and have a spontaneous conversation with a stranger, but is it human or AI?
1 February until late November 2022 >> Experience MOD.'s INVISIBILITY
INVISIBILITY is everywhere. It's the people you don't notice, the environmental changes we can't see, and the algorithms working hard behind the scenes. What can we notice when we start paying attention? In MOD.'s new exhibition, we're shining a spotlight on all the things we can't see to help us better understand the world around us and our place in it. Join us as we time travel underground, we dive into the tech monopolies controlling our lives, and we slow down to notice the importance of the Country around us. Are you ready to see the unseen?
7 February to 25 March >> Sanaa Exhibition
Curated by Sanaa: A Better World Through Creativity, co-presented and sponsored by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and supported by Principal Partner LK, Sanaa Exhibition returns to the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery in 2022. Exploring the theme of Home, the Sanaa Exhibition features contemporary Australian based artists from Aboriginal, African, Iranian, Colombian and Brazilian backgrounds alongside international artists from India, Senegal, Kenya and South Africa.
 
                                                           

The Circular Economy in Action | Giving Back to the Community | Sprouting a Healthy Food Empire



 
   
   
A Life of Advocacy and Giving Back to the Community
When Helen McLean was in the midst of her Master of Business Administration (MBA) at UniSA, a lecturer had a life changing impact on her. Recognising her intelligence and potential before she did, he gave her the resolve to reach goals she never knew could be achieved. Now, Helen has taken this important lesson to advocate for the many talented women in her own life. None more so than Kelly Stevens, who she has known for more than two decades and is now mentoring with new fundraising initiative, Charlie's Rainbow. The organisation was set up in honour of her son Charlie – and his inspiring spirit – after losing his battle with childhood cancer just over a year ago. more...
The Circular Economy in Action Turning Waste into Food
Education graduate, Jeannine Malcolm is using her passion for sustainability through a different avenue with the establishment of Mobius Farms, the first organic food waste insect bioconversion facility in SA working to fight food waste in the state. The ingenious social enterprise uses Black Soldier Larvae to convert low value food waste into nutrient-rich pet food and garden fertiliser – sustainable insect protein. more...

Sprouting a Healthy and Empowering Food Empire
Themis Chryssidis' innate entrepreneurial spirit has served him well building a leading healthy, sustainable food empire. At the helm of Sprout Food Group – encompassing cooking classes, nutrition programs, and catering – Themis and his team share how to enjoy fresh healthy and seasonal food every day and highlighting the relationship between food and health. He's now with new ventures Dietary Hawk and restaurants Lou's Place and eleven. more...
Maggie Beer AO DUniv Recognised in Australia Day Honours
The Australia Day Honours and Awards recognise the outstanding service and contributions of our fellow Australians. This year iconic cook, author and food producer, Maggie Beer AO DUniv, a philanthropic heavyweight, women's sports star, and an education trailblazer are among a number of high-achieving University of South Australia alumni, staff and community that were honoured. See the full list of UniSA graduates and friends recognised for their service. more...

The Samstag Scholar Exploring Displacement and Identity
After moving to Australia via Iran as an Afghan refugee, Bachelor of Visual Arts (Painting) (Honours) and Master of Visual Arts graduate, artist and poet Elyas Alavi, was awarded the Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship. In conversation with the Museum, the Samstag Scholar discusses his experience of the Scholarship living in London among the great Galleries, and how he navigated the disruption of a global pandemic. listen...

 

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Events & Exhibitions
1 February until late November 2022 >> Experience MOD.'s INVISIBILITY
INVISIBILITY is everywhere. It's the people you don't notice, the environmental changes we can't see, and the algorithms working hard behind the scenes. What can we notice when we start paying attention? In MOD.'s new exhibition, we're shining a spotlight on all the things we can't see to help us better understand the world around us and our place in it. Join us as we time travel underground, we dive into the tech monopolies controlling our lives, and we slow down to notice the importance of the Country around us. Are you ready to see the unseen?
7 February to 14 April >> Sanaa Exhibition
Curated by Sanaa: A Better World Through Creativity, co-presented and sponsored by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and supported by Principal Partner LK, Sanaa Exhibition returns to the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery in 2022. Exploring the theme of Home, the Sanaa Exhibition features contemporary Australian based artists from Aboriginal, African, Iranian, Colombian and Brazilian backgrounds alongside international artists from India, Senegal, Kenya and South Africa.
Thursday 10 March >> Big: The Role of the State in the Modern Economy. Dr Richard Denniss In-Conversation with Jane Caro AM
Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, in arrangement with WOMADelaide Festival's Planet Talks Program, Dr Richard Denniss outlines how all the big challenges of the 21st century, from climate change to the impact of big tech on our democracy, will require more government spending, regulation and, most importantly, more creativity in thinking about the role of Government. Dr Denniss, Author and Chief Economist at The Australia Institute, will be in-conversation with social commentator Jane Caro AM.
Thursday 17 March >> A Yarn with Djon Mundine OAM FAHA and Dr Tyson Yunkaporta
Two prominent Aboriginal thought leaders will join the UniSA as part of a new Visiting Research Fellowship scheme. Curator, artist and activist, Djon Mundine OAM FAHA, and author, researcher and arts critic, Dr Tyson Yunkaporta were named the inaugural Pirku murititya UniSA Visiting Research Fellows – a donor co-sponsored program. In this yarn, facilitated by UniSA's Pro Vice Chancellor: Aboriginal Leadership and Strategy, Professor Irene Watson, the Pirku murititya UniSA Visiting Research Fellows will share their wealth of experience and expertise in their respective fields. Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, Samstag Museum of Art and the Office of the Pro Vice Chancellor: Aboriginal Leadership and Strategy, UniSA.
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