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Eco, the mascot of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s Ecoversity sustainability program, with a friend at Open Day. Eco will be back for Open Day this Sunday, 19 August.
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The Big I - representing Life Impact - at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s North Terrace Campus on Open Day.
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Thursday, 16 August 2012

The value of education will be brought home in Gen Y style at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide's on Sunday 19 August, with technology, interaction and innovation playing a major role.

One of the more entertaining displays this year will be a professional body painting session depicting the internal makeup of the human body, showing muscles, nerves and skeletal structure. The exhibit will showcase the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s Health Sciences research and teaching excellence in graphic style, featuring two professional models and an artist in a three-hour, eye-catching painting display.

Another activity sure to draw the crowds includes a South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n first - an eco-friendly mechanical aircraft designed by aerospace students to emulate the flight of birds and showcase the potential of emission-free airplanes.

In a bid to encourage women to study engineering, computing and mathematical sciences, the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ has organised a GirlTech Lounge this year, a drop-in session for teenage girls and their parents to discuss potential careers in these fields with existing and former female students.

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Warren Bebbington, will also present a 45-minute address to parents and prospective students at this year's Open Day.

Professor Bebbington will outline the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s reputation as the tertiary institution of "first choice" for South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n students, and give parents an overview of the direction the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ is taking in teaching and research over the next decade.

Other activities on offer for prospective students and their families include:

• The opportunity to play geologist for a day by helping to date South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s oldest rock with the use of a laser spectrometer;
  
• Taking an animated and interactive walk through the evolution of life on Earth;
  
• Learning how your brain makes sense of the world and how this gives psychologists an insight;
  
• An interactive session to recognise key architectural and design features of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥;
  
• A fun activity to discover just how healthy you really are;
  
• A virtual tour to discover the world of forensics;
  
• Engineering displays, including a self-balancing uni-cycle and the science behind sports shoes;
  
• A scavenger hunt revealing why Law is a useful profession;
  
• Performances from Elder Conservatorium of Music students and a live broadcast from Radio Adelaide.

"Open Day will give prospective students, their families and the general public an opportunity to explore the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide," says Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Warren Bebbington.

"I encourage people to come along to learn about study and career options, university life, hear from our best researchers and teachers and enjoy a fun day out."

For those who can't attend, the most popular talks will be live streamed on the day.

Open Day runs from 9.00am-4.30pm on Sunday 19 August. For more information go to:

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