A century of Minda through artists’ eyes
Their Shadows in Us, the new exhibition at the Flinders University City Gallery, aims to give new insights into one of Adelaide’s most extraordinary institutions, Minda Incorporated.
Planning staff win awards for innovation
Staff in the University’s Planning Services Unit have won awards from their peers and from a multinational software supplier.
Kiwi no dwarf, and may have migrant ancestors
The kiwi is not a dwarf version of a distant ancestor but more likely evolved from a tiny bird that could have flown from Australia, according to a Flinders palaeontologist.
Flinders road-tests new anti-snore pillow
Sleep researchers from Flinders University and the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health are road-testing a new pillow that could help alleviate snoring for back sleepers.
Flinders graduation day and honorary doctorates
Flinders graduation ceremonies today will see honorary doctorates awarded to Aboriginal health pioneer and advocate Ms Pat Anderson and to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of New England, Professor James Barber.
Smart parking wins Business Plan Competition
A scheme for managing parking that would lower costs for both carpark owners and drivers won first prize in the Flinders University Business Plan Competition for 2013.
Flinders game controller wins state design award
“Orby” – a novel computer game controller that enables children with disabilities to play computer games – has won a prestigious state prize from the Design Institute of Australia.
China and US destinations for Endeavour winners
The highly prestigious Endeavour Awards will take Flinders law student Jordan Gifford-Moore (pictured) to China and nursing academic Associate Professor Alison Hutton to the US in 2014.
Lefties aren’t so gifted after all
Despite popular belief, left-handers are no more gifted than their right-handed counterparts, with Flinders research finding that some left-handed children actually have lower cognitive abilities.