2022

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.

31 August 2022

Natural virus predators offer potential alternative to antibiotics

Researchers at the University of Sydney, Western Sydney Local Health District and the Westmead Institute for Medical Research are developing a therapeutic solution to antimicrobial resistance that predates the discovery and wide usage of antibiotics.

31 August 2022

Vice-Chancellor addresses National Press Club

Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Mark Scott AO, addressed the National Press Club today, speaking about the University's new 10-year strategy and the important role higher education plays in our community.

31 August 2022

Trades need reform to immigration, training, industrial relations

Current industrial relations, training and immigration policy arrangements need reform to meet workforce needs in vocational trades, according to new research from the University of Sydney Business School.

31 August 2022

What will future cities and regions look like?

Cities and regions are at a precipice. Leading researchers, practitioners, community advocates and industry heads come together in this year's Festival of 'Future' Urbanism to debate the threats and opportunities facing our cities and regional areas through live and online events, podcasts and films.

31 August 2022

Funding injection for urban rewilding, hydrogen tech

Two University of Sydney research teams have been awarded more than $1 million to work with industry on urban rewilding and hydrogen embrittlement projects.

30 August 2022

Teenagers prove you’re never too young to have a bright idea

The University of Sydney hosted the 2022 Biotech Futures Challenge, an annual competition which sees high school students from across Australia and New Zealand engineer solutions to address current problems in healthcare and the environment.