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A sea of rainbow-coloured gowns and mortar-boards lent a bookish edge to Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on Saturday night, with 75 students and staff members joining the fun as part of the University of Sydney's first-ever float. 

Expert academics are here for the International Coastal Symposium (ICS), a biennial global event, hosted this year in Coogee. 

There's a reason double dissolution threats are often not carried out, explains Professor Anne Twomey for the Drum.

The University of Sydney is among four universities to share in the NHMRC Program Grant to help reduce unnecessary health testing and treatment. 

The symptoms of a panic attack are severe and frightening. What happens to the body when you experience it and what should you do during a panic attack, asks Honorary Associate Professor Lynne Harris. 

Young entrepreneurs are being sold the Silicon Valley myth that it is all right to fly by the seat of your pants to launch your startup and to just be 'agile', write Professor Andy Dong and Dr Massimo Garbuio.

A suggested constitutional challenge to the Senate reforms through the High Court is unlikely to succeed, writes Professor Anne Twomey.

With ugly violence at his rallies and a public flirtation with racists, will Super Tuesday be the beginning of the end for Donald Trump, or confirmation he is a master demagogue ready to pander to the worst of human fears and prejudices? John Barron writes.

A world first study has found people over the age of 40 who participate in dancing almost halve their risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. 

Nurses from Western Sydney have endorsed the University of Sydney's Master of Nursing (Graduate-Entry) program, which sees its first students start classes this week at its Westmead campus.

Dr Nicholas Fuller evaluates some of the most commonly used alternative weight loss medicines for their effectiveness.

Meet Rachel Hills, the Gender and Cultural Studies graduate shattering stereotypes about sex.

New cycling regulations are a pedal backwards and won't improve the safety of cyclists, argues Professor Stephen Greaves.

Award-winning Taiwanese dancer, choreographer and inventor Huang Yi to dance alongside KUKA, his robot companion.

A clinical trial using a new form of cannabis developed by the University of Sydney's Lambert Initiative will assess the use of the drug to prevent nausea and vomiting in people undergoing chemotherapy.

For the first time ever, the University of Sydney will join the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade with its own float.

Workers who use sit-stand desks are just as productive as those who use traditional desks while enjoying a host of possible health benefits, according to a world-first study by researchers at the University of Sydney. 

Professor Elizabeth Elliott has called on the Federal Government for a more humane response to the plight of 267 asylum seekers held in offshore detention centres.

For the first time field-based research has found a link between ocean acidification and coral reef growth. Previous findings have been based on laboratory experiments.