2021

05 July 2021

Sydney initiatives inspiring groups to work together to heal Country

In NAIDOC Week, Professor of Practice in Environmental Wellbeing Melissa Haswell and SEI Director David Schlosberg reflect on the strategic collaborations happening across the University that are demonstrating the possibilities for healing Country.

02 July 2021

PhD graduate profile: Anne Haubo Dyhrberg

A specialist in cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies, Anne Haubo Dyhrberg shares her experience studying a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney Business School.

02 July 2021

Aboriginal health care from an Aboriginal doctor

Dr Robert Blackley has committed his whole life to helping make things better for Aboriginal people. Having recently graduated from Sydney Medical School at the age of 43, he's only just getting started.

02 July 2021

Soil, carbon sequestration and the fight against climate change

The fight against climate change has never been more important. Professor Budiman Minasny is exploring how soil can be a sustainable and potentially powerful tool to combat the effects of global warming.

02 July 2021

OT grad combines business and passion to start online platform

We chatted to Jordan about his passion for occupational therapy, his pathway to entrepreneurship, and how he aims to change the way support workers connect with those living with a disability through his new platform, Hireup.

01 July 2021

Bad Housing Supply Assumptions

Glaeser and Gyourko G&G) famously argued that if the marginal cost of a square metre of housing lot land is less than the average cost, this is evidence of a price effect from “artificial” supply constraints. However, the economic assumptions behind G&G’s approach are implausible. This note explains why.

01 July 2021

How to be mindful of mental health during lockdown

Keeping your mental health in check during lockdown can be difficult. Our experts from the Body, Heart and Mind in Business Research Group explain how you can safeguard your mental health and wellbeing at work.

01 July 2021

Sydney researchers awarded $22 million for medical research

The University of Sydney has received funding for 14 projects from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to improve health outcomes for Australians.

01 July 2021

With research, communities should lead and academics follow

Historically, research was done 'on' communities. A new generation of researchers seeks to reverse this harmful practice. They say the goals of a newer, more beneficial method - community-led research - will only be fulfilled when communities take the research reins.

30 June 2021

Telling stories about what is not there

What exactly is an archive? Who and what are involved in the making and naming of memory projects as archives? What kinds of stories become told through archives, and what stories are muted?

30 June 2021

Australian study shows behaviour modification crucial to stop COVID-19

One of the longest-running studies examining COVID-19 prevention behaviours shows hygiene changes have been sustained but not complex changes, like social distancing, with important policy implications.

30 June 2021

Aquaculture in Southeast Asia

MBI researcher, Prof Ruth Zadoks, provides expert advice in a new report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), warning of an emerging foodborne hazard in Southeast Asia.

30 June 2021

Aquaculture in Southeast Asia

MBI researcher, Prof Ruth Zadoks, provides expert advice in a new report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), warning of an emerging foodborne hazard in Southeast Asia.

30 June 2021

Physical activity may counter serious health harms of poor sleep

Sydney researchers have found highest risks of death and ill health among those with poorest sleep and least exercise.

30 June 2021

Why GameStop didn't surprise economists

A new study finds 18 to 24-year-olds took riskier financial decisions when being observed, lending weight to this theory that can potentially influence public policy.

30 June 2021

$6.3 million for ground-breaking stem cell research projects

Sydney researchers have been awarded funding from the Medical Research Future Fund for three projects, including pioneering stem cell research to improve treatment for patients with end-stage heart failure.

29 June 2021

'Edge of chaos' opens pathway to artificial intelligence discoveries

Some neuroscience theories suggest the human brain operates best 'at the edge of chaos'. Now scientists in Australia and Japan have found that keeping a nanowire network at the edge of becoming chaotic is the best state for it to produce useful results.

29 June 2021

Vale Professor Frazer Allan

Professor Frazer Allan will be remembered as an inspirational, highly respected and well-loved leader in our community.

29 June 2021

Genotype, Antifungal Susceptibility, and Virulence of Clinical South African Cryptococcus neoformans Strains from National Surveillance, 2005–2009

As we learn more about the relationships between molecular types of C. neoformans from different geographical locations, we will gain a better understanding of this fungus that is globally distributed throughout the world.

29 June 2021

Genotype, Antifungal Susceptibility, and Virulence of Clinical South African Cryptococcus neoformans Strains from National Surveillance, 2005–2009

As we learn more about the relationships between molecular types of C. neoformans from different geographical locations, we will gain a better understanding of this fungus that is globally distributed throughout the world.