/newsroom/ en /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/17/new-investment-targets-better-treatments-for-back-pain Australian MedTech company Evolution Surgical will invest $2 million over the next decade in partnership with the University of Adelaide to advance research into spinal conditions such as lower back pain, scoliosis, and degenerative cervical myelopathy – the most common non-traumatic spinal cord injury in older adults. October 17 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/17/new-investment-targets-better-treatments-for-back-pain /newsroom/news/list/2023/08/28/transformative-gift-will-support-future-excellence-in-engineering South Australian philanthropist Pamela Wall has donated $5 million to the University of Adelaide to establish an endowed academic chair: the Ian and Pamela Wall Chair in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. This extraordinarily large and generous gift will kickstart the University of Adelaide’s 150th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign. August 28 2023 Jessica Stanley /newsroom/news/list/2023/08/28/transformative-gift-will-support-future-excellence-in-engineering