2016
Articles
International Day celebrates the diverse flavours of Sydney
Eastern Avenue came alive last week with music, colour, food and fun as we celebrated the diversity of our student community at International Day.
Lest we forget
This ANZAC Day we share the story of graduate Robert 'Jack' Massie who sacrificed a blossoming sporting career to fight in World War One.
The Paris Climate Agreement: What comes next for Australia will be hard
We know that to make a meaningful contribution to combating climate change, Australia needs a credible path to net zero emissions by 2050, writes Professor Tim Stephens.
Vale Dame Leonie Kramer
The University of Sydney expresses its condolences to Dame Leonie Kramer's family and her large community of friends, following news of the passing of the former chancellor.
An Anzac myth
In this essay for The Monthly, Professor Mark McKenna considers whether Turkey and Australia have memorialised a romantic image of Gallipoli.
Universities need funding reform, not more cuts
A large cut to university funding will hurt Australia's innovation plans, writes Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney, Dr Michael Spence.
Wakil donation to transform approach to health care
The University of Sydney has received a $35 million gift from the Susan and Isaac Wakil Foundation. In 2015 the Wakils gave an unprecedented $10.8 million to Sydney Nursing School to establish 12 annual nursing scholarships, bringing their total University giving to nearly $46 million.
Game of Thrones and the fluid world of medieval gender
The hit television series Games of Thrones never even approaches the slippery and surprising world of gender manipulation and redefinition that existed in medieval spirituality, writes Dr Juanita Ruys.
Microsoft supports Sydney University quantum effort
The Quantum Nanoscience Laboratory at the University of Sydney, headed by Professor David Reilly, is among a small collection of labs worldwide that are collaborating with Microsoft on quantum computing by doing revolutionary engineering and physics.
Leading health experts join fight against childhood obesity
A world-first research centre exclusively focused on tackling the childhood obesity epidemic will launch this week at the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre (CPC).