Governor-General sees fight on eye disease
The Governor-General, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, will visit today two collaborative medical research programs dedicated to fighting eye disease that involve Flinders University.
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Australians work too hard
Overwork is significantly impacting the mental health and wellbeing of Australians, a Flinders University labour studies expert warns.
New model for State and Indigenous agreements
The SA Government’s commitment to environmental restoration of the Coorong Lower Lakes grows out of a new model for agreements between governments and Indigenous people.
McKinnon leads integrated fight against cancer
Leading academic pharmacist, Professor Ross McKinnon has been appointed as the Foundation Director of the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer.
US groundwater gong for PhD student
Zijuan Deng is the only Australian in 2012 to win an award from the US-based National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation.
Search filter aids public health research
Public health researchers can now find their way much more easily around US-based health database PubMed, thanks to a search filter developed at Flinders University.
Meat-free for the greater good
A Flinders University animal studies expert warns that the deeply ingrained meat-eating habits of modern Western society are having a “disastrous” effect on the environment.
Advancing maths at Flinders
A dedicated Mathematical Sciences Laboratory has opened at Flinders University, focusing on advances in both modern applied and pure mathematics.
Teenagers not taken in by raunchy imagery
School-age teenagers are widely exposed to sexualised and raunchy imagery, but are developing their own ways of dealing with it.