2015
Articles
Industry scouts for digital disrupters at graduate show
A growing number of leading Australian companies are supporting the University of Sydney’s annual Design Lab graduate show to find and nurture the brightest emerging talent for the new era of digital disruption.
Gift empowers research linking oral health and chronic diseases
A $3.6 million donation to the University of Sydney has been the stimulus for a bold plan to establish a $20 million world-class research centre spearheading research, policy, advocacy and education initiatives to prevent and reduce chronic diseases caused by poor oral health.
University of Sydney fundraising campaign reaches $600 million target two years early
INSPIRED – the campaign to support the University of Sydney has reached its goal of $600 million, two years ahead of schedule.
Eight challenges for the G20 Leaders' Summit
Unis join forces on mental health, addiction and neuroscience research
The University of Sydney and UNSW Australia have announced an historic medical research partnership to help tackle two of the biggest challenges of our time – mental illness and addiction.
Dog blood bank opens to meet demand
The Sydney Veterinary Teaching Hospital has established a canine blood bank to meet demand for life-saving transfusions. With availability affected by the closure of a substantial blood bank at the University of Melbourne, the need to establish a local program became a priority.
New director for the China Studies Centre
The University of Sydney has appointed Professor Jeffrey Riegel as the interim director of the China Studies Centre.
Brain cancer experts crowdsource a cure for deadly glioblastoma
Leading clinicians and researchers are plotting to disrupt a deadly brain cancer.
Big Tobacco: 'Of all the concerns, there is one - taxation - which alarms us the most'
Despite popular cynicism, tax increases are instrumental in reducing smoking rates, argues Professor Simon Chapman.
We will find a way to predict the spread of disease
Software 'agents' modelled on real-life individuals will be used by University of Sydney researchers to develop high-precision computer models that can predict where or when an epidemic may strike.