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Sydney Alumni Magazine

The ideas and people making the world a better place

Sydney Alumni Magazine (SAM) links a worldwide alumni community. Explore the achievements of our alumni and stories of leading University research.

Julie Leask

It's not just vaccine refusers who might not get the COVID-19 vaccination

As the COVID-19 vaccine rolls out, Coronavirus joins many other disease super-villains tackled by vaccination, including smallpox, whooping cough and polio. While some people still won't be vaccinated, the reasons might not be what you think.

A stethoscope hanging on a fence in the sunlight

Aboriginal health care from an Aboriginal doctor

Dr Robert Blackley has committed his whole life to helping make things better for Aboriginal people. Having recently graduated from Sydney Medical School at the age of 43, he's only just getting started.

Professor Budiman Minasny in the field

Soil, carbon sequestration and the fight against climate change

The fight against climate change has never been more important. Professor Budiman Minasny is exploring how soil can be a sustainable and potentially powerful tool to combat the effects of global warming.

Perovskite cell

Advances in solar panel technology

The fight against climate change might be gaining pace, but it seems green energy silicon solar cells are reaching their limits. The good news? Professor Anita Ho-Baillie is researching a substance that is cheaper, easier to handle and even more efficient.

A black rat

Rethinking pest management to protect native species

Australian native species might seem overrun by feral invaders, but Professor Peter Banks has an ingenious idea that could bring the odds back in their favour.

An echocardiogram

Understanding heart failure

The effects are profound, yet heart failure is surprisingly little understood. Now Dr Sean Lal is finding new knowledge with help from the world's largest bank of heart tissue samples right here on the University campus.

Port Arthur historic site

Port Arthur and the battle for tougher gun laws

In 1996, while Australians grappled with the horror that unfolded at a popular tourist spot; Rebecca Peters was at the epicentre of pushing for tougher gun laws. With the 25th anniversary of the shooting looming, she explains how it all came together.

Shipping cargo port

New modelling provides greater scrutiny for supply chains

Unethical or destructive practices can be hidden within supply chains bringing us items we want and need. Dr Arne Geschke uses data to drill into the complex global production web.

SILLIAC

SILLIAC: the machine that brought Australia into the computer age

A horse-racing benefactor with an interest in science made one of Australia's first, and then most powerful, computers possible.

Port Arthur had survivors: the world's other victims of gun violence

Gun violence tends to be measured in lives lost, rather than the much more numerous survivors of gun violence. Gun law advocate, Rebecca Peters, is working to redress the balance.

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