Women in maths a league apart
Giang Nguyen is looking forward to playing chess against 20 mathematicians at a special event at Flinders next week.
No yolk! Colin Raston uncooks egg, wins Ig Nobel!
Flinders University can boast an Ig Nobel prize! Professor Colin Raston has been honoured with the coveted award for inventing a device that can change the structure of proteins, famously demonstrated by uncooking an egg.
The feat of science that has “made people laugh, then made them think” has earned him and his team a “baby” Nobel, a prize almost as famous as its Swedish namesake.
Policies, not testing, key to cutting $8bn workplace drug and alcohol bill
Workplace drug and alcohol policies work, comprehensive policies really work – but mandatory testing alone doesn’t. Those are the findings of new Flinders University National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) research.
Getting Indigenous doctors to where they’re needed
Aboriginal doctors are getting stuck in the urban hospital system rather than working in the rural and remote communities where they are most needed, says Indigenous […]
Autism house opens doors
The acclaimed early intervention program for autistic children will expand with the opening of the new Inclusive Directions Flinders Therapy House at St Marys this week.
Flinders signs up for pilot to target women leaders in STEMM
Flinders University will take part in a ground-breaking national pilot program to help promote and retain more women in the traditionally male-dominated fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM).
Flinders is part of the act for STC’s 2016 season
The SA State Theatre Company has announced a 2016 season loaded with Flinders talent and involvement.
Italian lessons in the art of tackling corruption
Italian lessons in how to tackle corruption will be served up when one of Italy’s leading experts on corruption speaks at Flinders Victoria Square today from 5 to 6.30pm.
Maths research lab expands
Spending a large part of 30 years on one problem requires dedication, but Flinders mathematician Professor Jerzy Filar hopes a useful solution is in sight.