2018

19 April 2018

Vale Emeritus Professor Michael Halliday

The University of Sydney is saddened by the passing of Emeritus Professor Michael Halliday, founder of the Department of Linguistics, aged 93.

19 April 2018

Industry impressed by innovative new food products

Food and agribusiness students Sarah Dawes and Andrew Dong recently competed in a nation-wide food product development competition. Now they return applying their skills (and love of macadamias) to Anzac biscuits.

18 April 2018

Sydney bushfires, hazard burns linked to deaths, hospitalisations

As Sydney is blanketed by smoky haze from back-burning a major blaze, a University of Sydney report reveals bushfires and hazard burning caused 197 premature deaths and 1200 hospitalisations across the city between 2001-13.

18 April 2018

340,000 stars interrogated in search for Sun's siblings

A Sydney-led international group of astronomers has revealed the "DNA" of more than 340,000 stars in the first major data release from the Galactic Archaeology survey GALAH for clues about how galaxies formed and evolved.

17 April 2018

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is back

Read Professor Luke Nottage's submission to the Australian Parliamentary Inquiry.

17 April 2018

Westmead project great foundation for rewarding career

Graduates from the Schools of Electrical and Information Engineering and Civil Engineering have been awarded graduate positions with Multiplex Constructions working on building a major new hospital at Westmead.

17 April 2018

New blood pressure guidelines could put lives at risk

A new report in JAMA Internal Medicine by University of Sydney and Bond University scholars weighs the risks and benefits of a recent change to blood pressure guidelines in the US.

16 April 2018

Australia to join global health and climate change initiative

Australia has joined a global initiative tracking progress on human and climate change, say University of Sydney and Macquarie University scholars in today's Medical Journal of Australia.

13 April 2018

How to nail your post-graduation game plan

You’re so close to throwing that graduation cap in the air. Not sold on your next move? We’ve listed a few options you might consider if you’re not sure what road to take after Eastern Avenue.

13 April 2018

University of Sydney at forefront of digital health research

The University of Sydney is a lead partner in the new Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (DHCRC) announced today by Senator the Hon. Zed Seselja, Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation.

13 April 2018

Leadership: the cultural divide

A new report from Australia's Human Rights Commission, Leading for Change, indicates that the lack of cultural diversity among the country's leaders could threaten our economic and social fabric.

13 April 2018

Professor Phil Gale receives prestigious Chemistry award

Professor Phil Gale, Head of the School of Chemistry, will receive the prestigious International Izatt-Christensen Award for 2018 for his seminal contributions to the field of selective anion recognition and transport.

12 April 2018

University of Sydney engineers to enhance Defence capability

Aerospace engineers from the University of Sydney are among a cohort of industry and research organisations who will develop a next-generation Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) for use by Australian soldiers.

12 April 2018

Major government projects boosted by new project leadership academy

The John Grill Centre for Project Leadership at the University of Sydney will launch a new Major Projects Leadership Academy dedicated to the development of effective project leadership at all levels of government.

12 April 2018

The case for decriminalising drug use

Can drugs be used responsibly? Will Tregoning says yes, and that many people do just that. Advocating to end discrimination around drug use, Tregoning says in this opinion piece that people often hear prejudice rather than facts.

12 April 2018

Scientists unlock path to use cell's nanoparticles as biomarkers

Developing a method to identify individual cell messengers, called extracellular vesicles, means they can now be used to detect cancer and other disease and be engineered for regenerative medicine.

12 April 2018

Land transport: Bias, bollocks and better practice

Researchers are working to understand the links between mobility, social exclusion and wellbeing, writes John Stanley.

12 April 2018

Chill out. A slightly warmer office won't make it too hot to think

Setting the office air conditioner to 25°C in order to preserve energy won't make it too hot for workers to think, write University of Sydney researchers.

11 April 2018

Fulbright success for young researchers

Two University of Sydney postgraduate researchers have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships and we welcome a Fulbright Distinguished Chair from Adelphi University.

11 April 2018

New nursing scholarship in memory of a lost love

Neil Pennock will never forget the care his partner Trace Richey received from the nurses at St Vincent's Hospital. He is establishing a new scholarship at the Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery in Trace's name.