News: Lumen winter 2023
Rising to the challenge

Professor Andy Lowe, Interim Director, Environment Institute, gives a brief snapshot of the vital environmental research – and actions – underway at our ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥.
Meeting the challenge

Climate change presents one of the most significant global challenges facing society, necessitating a collective and comprehensive response.
The (sustainable) future of the planet

Sustainability – of our planet, and all life on it – is the subject of intense global conversation and research.
Volunteers in the wild

While volunteers may not be the first thing that come to mind when you think of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, their work can be found across all facets of daily life on campus and beyond.
Creative writing: The last polar bear

On a forty-nine-degree summer day, 8,000 miles from the North Pole, the last polar bear arrives in Adelaide.
Love affair with disaster movies

Films about the end of the world have always been big business, but why are we so drawn to them?
Wine review: Montepulciano

Sue Bastian reviews a lesser known wine variety suitable for our State now and into the cellar of the future.
A wine by many other names...

Alumna Briony Hoare is a winemaker focused on the future of sustainable wine production.Â
Book review: Childhood

A Review of Shannon Burns’ Childhood, by Jennifer Rutherford and Brian Castro.
Happy 50th Lumen!

The first issue of Lumen was published on October 27, 1972. It was created, in part, to set up better communications in advance of the 100th birthday of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥. Now we prepare for next year’s 150th celebrations.