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17 November 2020

What belonging and security feel like for young people in out-of-home care

A University of Sydney research project asked young people with foster care backgrounds: 'what does 'permanency' mean to you?' Their answers, in photographs and words, have been collated into a book that the researchers hope will inform government policy.
16 November 2020

ARC success for University of Sydney researchers

The Australian Research Council (ARC) has announced University of Sydney researchers will receive funding for more than 50 new Linkage and Discovery projects.
16 November 2020

Modelling transmission and control of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia

There is a continuing debate on relative benefits of various mitigation and suppression strategies aimed to control the spread of COVID-19. Here we report the results of agent-based modelling using a fine-grained computational simulation of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. This model is calibrated to match key characteristics of COVID-19 transmission.
16 November 2020

Modelling transmission and control of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia

There is a continuing debate on relative benefits of various mitigation and suppression strategies aimed to control the spread of COVID-19. Here we report the results of agent-based modelling using a fine-grained computational simulation of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. This model is calibrated to match key characteristics of COVID-19 transmission.
16 November 2020

Charles Perkins Oration

2020 has highlighted the need for a renewed focus on racial equality. Marking its 20th anniversary, the Charles Perkins Oration continues to emphasise the need to continue the fight for equality of First Nations people as Charles Perkins himself had envisioned.
16 November 2020

Sydney's newest museum opens

The museum has free entry and brings together the University of Sydney's collections of antiquities, natural history, historic photographs, cultural artefacts and art.
13 November 2020

The dental alum who proudly wears two uniforms

Karen Such, Acting Command Health Officer at the Australian Army, has spent 15 years working all over Australia and offshore as an army dentist, completing her training in conscious sedation and pain control at the University of Sydney.
13 November 2020

Social impact assessment guidelines: the devil is in the implementation

The NSW Government has recently updated its guidelines for major developments like the Narrabri Gas Project. Ahead of the online panel on the future of social impact assessment next week, Rebecca Lawrence, Gemma Viney and Susan Park discuss what this could mean for those most impacted.
13 November 2020

Female led industry and research collaboration leads to long term partnership

Pushing against the barriers of being a female researcher in academia, Dr Elizabeth Clarke has been successful in collaborating with industry partners to help them solve problems and to progress her research into new and innovative directions.
13 November 2020

How can healthcare decision-makers lean on university expertise?

Our experts in health finance and clinical epidemiology offer critical advice and support for decision-makers.
13 November 2020

Bringing big ideas to life

Natasha Rawlings, Investment Manager at Uniseed helps our academics create businesses from research opportunities.

13 November 2020

Medicine and health entrepreneurs see benefits from collaboration

Rupal Ismin explains how Sydney Knowledge Hub offers benefits to both industry and academic experts to help unlock resources and connect ideas and products.
13 November 2020

Collaboration is key to translating discoveries into reality

Meet Dr Hui Xin Ong, the pharmacology research leader engaging with industry to fast track new medical products to the market.

12 November 2020

$2.82m donation brings new hope to those with chronic pain

A generous donation to the University of Sydney will enable research that could result in drug discovery, digital interventions and support for people with chronic pain - Australia's third most costly health condition.

12 November 2020

Sydney Law School connects with local Aboriginal history

Sydney Law School staff and students went on a guided journey of discovery into local Aboriginal history and culture.
12 November 2020

What does it mean to be a university on Aboriginal land?

The University’s Walanga Wingara Mura Design Principles guide the expression of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures in the very fabric of our University and beyond.
12 November 2020

First conclusive evidence horses hurt by whips, whips don't aid jockeys

Two papes published in journal Animals lend support to a ban on whipping in horse racing. They respectively show that horses feel as much pain as humans would when whipped, and that the whip does not enhance race safety.
12 November 2020

Don't be a HASS-been, HSC leavers

If you are a year 12 student with a preference for humanities, don't change it. Invest in a future where you will be sustained by your passion for your work and where your skills will be valued contributions to the world.
12 November 2020

Same storm, different boats: a reflection on COVID-19 models

In March, a group of researchers from the Centre for Complex Systems modelled how varying rates of social distancing could affect the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across a very diverse Australian population.
12 November 2020

Why Australia shouldn't abandon international education

The proposition that Australia's public universities should retreat from the international education market, including China, and focus largely or even solely on domestic students is based on a "false binary", according to a new discussion paper.