2022

05 September 2022

Keeping music in mind

A donor-funded collaboration between the University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Centre and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music is exploring whether musical interventions could help those at risk of cognitive decline.

05 September 2022

The growing importance of equity in planning cities: recognising the value of improved mobility for those at exclusion risk

Social equity is an essential factor in transport and infrastructure planning. Professor John Stanley explains how ITLS research on mobility can be used in planning to achieve more equitable outcomes for all.

02 September 2022

Dean statement following Sydney University Law Society event

Following disruption to the event on 1 September 2022 featuring Malcolm Turnbull AC, Head of School and Dean of Sydney Law School Professor Simon Bronitt reiterated our institutional commitment to safe and respectful debate and discussion.

02 September 2022

India visit to strengthen research and education partnerships

The Vice-Chancellor's week-long trip highlights India's vital importance to the University and to higher education in Australia.

02 September 2022

Sydney to lead four research centres of excellence

University of Sydney researchers will lead four new national medical research centres in stroke management, early cerebral palsy diagnosis, lung disease and cervical cancer control.

01 September 2022

University of Sydney welcomes US Ambassador

The University of Sydney yesterday welcomed Caroline Kennedy, the US ambassador to Australia, who met with the Vice-Chancellor and toured the University's campus and hubs of research, including the United States Studies Centre and the University of Sydney Nano Institute.

01 September 2022

My favourite painting: gruesome and compelling

Professor Mark Ledbury from the Discipline of Art History introduces us to one of his favourite paintings, Jacques-Louis David's 'The Lictors Bringing to Brutus the Bodies of his Dead Sons'.

01 September 2022

Music to inspire: Something from Nothing

A new musical composition, Something from Nothing, by acclaimed performer, composer and educator, Natalie Nicolas, has been commissioned to celebrate the first decade of the Charles Perkins Centre and its achievements.

01 September 2022

Celebrating 10 years of the Charles Perkins Centre

The Charles Perkins Centre celebrated its first decade at an event on 16 June 2022 on what would have been the 86th birthday of Dr Charles Perkins AM.

01 September 2022

Internship provides corporate experience for First Nations students

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences collaborates with PwC to offer internships for First Nations students.

01 September 2022

Pioneers recognised in Australia’s top science prizes

Pioneering research to create robotic imaging systems to de-risk surgery and assess how dietary choices impact health, environment, and economy simultaneously, have been recognised in the 2022 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

01 September 2022

Reimagining the Queer Classroom

The Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre (SSSHARC) will launch the inaugural Hunt-Simes Institute in Sexuality Studies (HISS) in 2023, the first initiative of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region.

01 September 2022

Impact of megafires on estuaries

Climate change is increasing the extent and severity of wildfires around the world. Megafires like Australia's 2019/20 Black Summer fires represent an emerging threat to estuarine and coastal ecosystems, with the extent and proximity of the wildfire influencing the impact on estuaries.

01 September 2022

Aggressive prostate cancer linked to ancestral heritage

Two pioneering studies published simultaneously today in Nature and Genome Medicine, have identified genetic signatures explaining ethnic differences in the severity of prostate cancer, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.

01 September 2022

Acacia

As we enter National Biodiversity Month, SEI Deputy Director Rosanne Quinnell reflects on the significance of Acacia species in reading our landscapes in times of seasonal change, and makes a case for why humanity’s survival is so entwined with botanical literacy.

01 September 2022

SEI announces applications open for collaborative funding schemes

The Sydney Environment Institute is inviting applications for the 2023 Collaborative Grants Scheme, which includes fellowships and seed funding to develop multidisciplinary research projects on core environmental issues.

31 August 2022

Reconnecting with peers on the PhD pathway

While doing a PhD can sometimes feel like a solo journey, it doesn’t have to be a lonely one, writes University of Sydney researcher Dadung Ibnu Muktiono.

31 August 2022

ARC Laureate Fellow asks 'How old are the stars?'   

Professor Tim Bedding, from the School of Physics in the Faculty of Science, will receive almost $2.5 million from the Australian Research Council to look inside stars in extraordinary detail and measure their ages with unprecedented precision.

31 August 2022

R U OK? It's never a bad time to ask

You don't have to be an expert to have an R U OK? conversation. We all have what it takes to ask, listen, and support one another.

31 August 2022

Fixing Australia's teacher shortage

Professor Anthony Welch from the School of Education and Social Work examines whether bringing in more teachers from overseas, as proposed by politicians, will really fix Australia's "unprecedented" teacher shortage.