2018

21 February 2018

Snap, crackle and pop

We met with Dr Alice Williamson, a chemist, lecturer and science communicator in the Faculty of Science to get a sneak peak of the experiments students can look forward to conducting when studying chemistry at Sydney.

20 February 2018

Largest ever crowdfunded gift to University helps fight cancer

The family of an Australian human rights activist has raised $100,000 to help tackle pancreatic cancer. It is the largest ever crowdfunded gift to the University of Sydney.

19 February 2018

Introducing our new Westpac Scholars

Two students have been awarded Future Leaders scholarships through the Westpac Bicentennial Foundation, allowing them to undertake fully funded postgraduate studies at Sydney.

19 February 2018

Meet Rachel Thomas, model, biomedical engineer, medico and author

It is fair to say that Biomedical Engineer and Medical Doctor, Dr Rachel Thomas is a great role model for young women – something she is also passionate about being.

19 February 2018

The EJ Series, part 13: settlers, miners, same thing.

Seán Kerins traces the history of development, environmental destruction and colonial injustice in the Southwest Gulf Of Carpentaria, Northern Territory.

16 February 2018

Engineering local solutions in India

Suitable design methodology for earthquake-proofing homes and awareness of the impact caused by large-level irrigation were some of the insights our engineering students gained during their recent fieldwork trip to India.

16 February 2018

The Obama portraits: what they say to us

From the choice of artists, colour, and backdrops in which the Obama's were set, the artistic world and Twittersphere, have, expectedly, given their critique. But, what is our view of these presidential masterpieces?

16 February 2018

Up or out: Travel demand and 30-minute cities

The faster the transport, the bigger the city becomes. Will autonomous vehicles go down this road, asks David Levinson.

16 February 2018

MBA alumni team debuts at global university challenge

A team of six Business School MBA alumni has finished in the top 5 teams at the annual Global Universities Challenge in Dubai, which attracted 17 leading universities and a hundred of the world’s brightest young minds.

15 February 2018

How seafloor weathering drives the slow carbon cycle

Geologists have uncovered a connection between atmospheric carbon dioxide cycles and the fluctuating capacity of the ocean crust to store it, which could help predict how the Earth will react to increases in atmospheric CO2.

15 February 2018

Experts call to prevent injuries at indoor trampoline parks

Injury experts are urgently calling for a mandatory Australian Standard to prevent the rise of serious injuries linked to the booming use of indoor trampoline parks.

15 February 2018

Meet 7 superwomen of arts and social sciences

International Women's Day is a day that celebrates the social, economic, educational, cultural and political achievements of women all around the world.

15 February 2018

Kinoxis Therapeutics launched to develop anti-addiction drugs

Some $3.9 million has been raised in an initial financing round to develop novel anti-addiction compounds. SOC-1, which will progress through pre-clinical testing, mimics the properties of the "pleasure hormone" oxytocin.

14 February 2018

Jessup team to represent Australia in Washington DC

A team of law students have returned from Canberra as national champions in the Australian round of the prestigious Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

14 February 2018

What is your real 'biological age'?

Having an older biological age on aged-based risk calculators simply means you have at least one risk factor that is higher than the number set as "normal", writes Dr Carissa Bonner from the School of Public Health.

14 February 2018

How maths brought two PhD students together

University of Sydney mathematicians Zsuzsanna Dancso and Stephen Morgan found they had a common denominator.

14 February 2018

How big pharma could be influencing your healthcare

Call to rid professional education of commercial sponsorship, as analysis of industry-funded events suggests a link between pharmaceutical marketing and the overdiagnosis and overtreatment of certain conditions.

13 February 2018

Sydney Law School alumni recognised in Australia Day honours

Congratulations to our Sydney Law School community members who were acknowledged in the 2018 Australia Day Honours List.

13 February 2018

Great Barrier Reef stories, Chapter 3: reef music

What does the Great Barrier Reef sound like? Dr Killian Quigley reflects on different ways to describe the Reef’s nonvisual particularities in order to make us more likely to relate viscerally to the Reef and perhaps to care more for it.

13 February 2018

Dating apps are causing anxiety, according to experts in love

An Alumni event, titled ‘The Future of Love’, was the first in a series of alumni events scheduled for 2018.