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Lumen readers’ prize
Linda Shearwin
Chance events. In 1992 Keith
Shearwin, working as a post-doc
in Boston, was looking for a job
back in his native Australia. Browsing
through a copy of Nature, he spotted an
advertisement for a post-doc position with
Professor Barry Egan in the Department of
Biochemistry at the University of Adelaide.
The application deadline had passed but
he thought he’d contact the Professor just
in case. Ultimately, Keith was offered the
position in the Egan laboratory and moved
to Adelaide in 1993. We met soon thereafter
while I was undertaking a PhD in the same
department. We were married five
years later. Keith, now an Associate
Professor, continues the research and
teaching program as laboratory head, while
I’m a post-doc in the same department and
we have been married for 27 years and have
two children.
Lumen readers are invited to enter our
special “Creativity Issue” competition.
We have 10 posters created by acclaimed
artist and alum Peter Drew to give away.
The 900x1100mm posters, screen
printed and hand painted by Peter, feature
University luminary and pioneer Edith
Dornwell.
Our next issue of Lumen will examine
the concept of “time” from multiple angles.
Following that theme, we ask that you tell us
in 150 words or less about your “time” with
us at Adelaide.
Entries may be published in the next issue
of Lumen. We need your entries by
31 December 2024.
Once you’ve read and acknowledged
the terms and conditions, please send your
entries via the website (QR code below).
Alternatively, you can mail them to us,
along with your written entry and the form
printed below to: Lumen, the University of
Adelaide, SA, 5005.
Winners will be announced on the
website, in the next issue of Lumen, and will
also be notified in person. Good luck!
Please be as creative as you like – perhaps
write a haiku, an ode or even a limerick if
you want, or send us a photo or artwork.
There will be bonus marks for effort to win
these beautiful posters created especially
for Lumen.
B Sc (Hons), 1992, PhD (Sc), 1997
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Kathy Thompson
Geography camp 1970…
We were put into groups of three
for fieldwork at Clarendon. I was
put with two guys whom I did not know
at the time and the next year I ended up
marrying one of them!
Update your details
Things change. People move house. Get new jobs.
Change phone numbers and emails.
We both continued on to do a major in
geography as part of our BA. studying
part-time, attending evening lectures and
tutorials while also teaching full time.
We thoroughly enjoyed our time at the
University of Adelaide and also the
friends we made.
If you’d like to update us about a change in your life,
please make use of the adjacent QR code, and perhaps
browse our website to see some of the many benefits of
staying in touch.
Those benefits include alumni tuition fee discounts,
events and reunions, networks and clubs, library
membership, health insurance plans and University
merchandise discounts.
Our two daughters followed in our
footsteps gaining degrees at Adelaide
Uni which holds a special place in our
hearts after 54 years!
BA, 1981
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