2022

06 September 2022

University of Sydney partners with Tata Consultancy Services

A new partnership with Tata Consultancy Services will foster joint research projects and learning opportunities for students across India and Australia.

06 September 2022

What is a bioarchaeologist?

Dr Melandri Vlok, a bioarchaeologist and an expert in ancient skeletons in the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre explains her fascinating field.

06 September 2022

New research uncovers the unique way seahorse fathers give birth

Despite the similarities that male seahorses share with female mammals and reptiles during pregnancy, it seems seahorse fathers have a unique way of giving birth to their young.

06 September 2022

Meet the team detecting heart disease before it strikes

A Sydney-led international team is working to stop previously undetected heart disease in its tracks.

05 September 2022

How does travel allow for new perspectives?

Following a research trip to the United Kingdom, SEI Honours Fellow Vivienne Goodes reflects on how the opportunity to travel provided contemplation, reflexivity and personal growth to add greater depth to her Honours thesis.

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.