2019

15 August 2019

Business School wins six Best Paper awards at Academy of Management meeting

A paper by University of Sydney Business School researchers has won the prestigious Carolyn Dexter Award at the annual Academy of Management conference held recently in Boston.

14 August 2019

Success brewing on the rocks

The association between uni students and beer is pretty strong, but the science of crafting beer, large scale production and running a business takes this association to the next level for this Food and Agribusiness student.

14 August 2019

Is relocating Indonesia's capital feasible?

Jakarta has a population of 10 million and is rapidly sinking. The Indonesian Government announced plans to relocate the country's capital to the island of Borneo, but will it improve living and environmental conditions?

13 August 2019

Ground-breaking research transforming our future

From transforming cancer detection to solving our plastic waste problems, we're working with industry, government and community partners, to address some of the most pressing problems facing our planet.

13 August 2019

Woodstock at 50: the lasting impact of a tribute to peace, music and love

University of Sydney American studies, music, and human geography experts explore what the Woodstock Music Festival meant in its sociopolitical context, and why efforts to recreate it are controversial.

13 August 2019

Former guerrillas becoming conservationists

Researchers from the University of Sydney and the Earlham Institute are working with ex-combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (People's Army FARC-EP) to grow their capability to protect the country's valuable biodiversity.

13 August 2019

Leading computer scientists recognised for global contributions

Exceptional contributions to the fields of services computing and distributed computing have seen two academics from the School of Computer Science recognised by their peers with prestigious awards.

12 August 2019

Enterprise program ignites student's passion for social entrepreneurship

The opportunity to work with a social enterprise in Vietnam through the Remote and Rural Enterprise program has given one student a platform to address meaningful business problems while making a social impact.

12 August 2019

MBA profile: Heath Ducker

MBA alumnus Heath Ducker talks about his experiences with the University of Sydney Business School MBA program.

12 August 2019

Online options for youth mental health

The statistic is distressing but it suggests an effective place to start treatment: 75 percent of mental health problems begin before age 25, and 50 percent before age 15. Now a common point of contact has suggested a radical approach to service delivery.

12 August 2019

Students invited to comment on freedom of speech on campus

The Vice-Chancellor’s French Review Model Code Implementation Group is asking students and staff to provide their comments about the Model Code by Monday 26 August.

12 August 2019

New advances in biocomplexity

Biocomplexity is the study of macro-scale complex structures and behaviours that arise from micro-scale interactions of active biological agents, across multiple levels ranging from molecules and cells to organisms and ecosystems.

09 August 2019

IPCC report on climate change and land: experts react

Experts from across the University of Sydney have warned that significant changes to the way we produce and consume food are needed if we want to save the planet from catastrophic climate change.

09 August 2019

How can future urban development ensure our lived experiences?

The Lendlease Bradfield Scholarship was established in recognition of John Bradfield, celebrated engineer and Sydney University alumnus whose vision drove two of Sydney's most transformative projects: the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the underground railway.

09 August 2019

Funding boosts cardiovascular research at Sydney

University of Sydney researchers receive NSW Government funding to help combat Australia's number one killer - cardiovascular disease.

08 August 2019

Q&A with Lindsay McCabe: Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme tutor

For the past two years Lindsay McCabe, Sydney University honours student, has helped new students through the Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme (ITAS). We sat down with Lindsay to understand what it's like to be an ITAS tutor.

07 August 2019

Google awards $1m to University of Sydney to put AI into health

The Westmead Applied Research Centre has won Australia's inaugural $1 million Google.org AI Impact Challenge for a translational digital health program that will use digital tools to prevent heart attacks.

06 August 2019

Resurgent racism project begins

The new project will adopt a transnational, interdisciplinary approach to racism, bringing together top historians, political scientists, cultural studies scholars, sociologists and psychologists. International experts are invited to apply.

06 August 2019

New museum takes shape

Building of the Chau Chak Wing Museum continues, with construction scheduled for completion early next year.

06 August 2019

Eureka Prize: Act Now for TB Control

ACT Now for Tuberculosis Control – Associate Professor Greg Fox and Professor Warwick Britton from the University's Faculty of Medicine and Health and Professor Guy Marks from the University of New South Wales are award finalists for the Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research.