2016

Articles

23 February 2016

Did the Crusades lead to Islamic State?

Can we really understand anything about Islamic State by looking at the centuries-old struggle between Islam and Christianity, asks Professor of Religious Studies Carole Cusack.

23 February 2016

Research pinpoints devastating impacts of fetal alcohol syndrome

Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are affected by a range of problems, including anxiety, depression, aggression, delinquency and diminished learning capacity a new review of evidence reveals.

19 February 2016

The Sydney Mardi Gras march of 1978

On a cold Saturday night in Sydney on June 24, 1978, a number of gay men, lesbians and transgender people marched into the pages of Australian social history. Mark Gillespie was one of them.

19 February 2016

How secure are your emails? Security lost in transition

Dr Ralph Holz, lecturer in Networks and Security at the University of Sydney's School of Information Technologies and co-appointed researcher at Data61 a premier innovation network, says experts have suspected weaknesses in email cryptographic setups and authentication for some time but there has been no hard evidence to support these suspicions. 

19 February 2016

Five things you should do at Orientation Week

Orientation Week is a great opportunity to get a few important things done before classes start.

19 February 2016

A successful Infrastructure Australia should plan its own exit

Services matter more than assets when it comes to making the most of record levels of infrastructure spending, argues Garry Bowditch.

19 February 2016

Unique Indigenous art exhibition seizes more than the moment

'Everywhen: the Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia' spans four decades of artwork and runs at the Harvard Art Museums until September.

19 February 2016

Why I love universities

Institutions like universities are a crucial part of what makes our democratic society a robust one, writes Dr Tamson Pietsch.

17 February 2016

World-changing innovators' ideas take off in first Ideas that Travel

Four innovators will lead the first Ideas that Travel event in partnership with TEDxSydney aboard a Qantas flight from Sydney to San Francisco - and two of those are associated with the University of Sydney - including quantum physicist Associate Professor Michael Biercuk.

17 February 2016

Sydney academic helps Shakespeare's Globe pop up in Auckland

A University of Sydney academic's research into the second Globe theatre has led to the world's first faithful reconstruction in New Zealand.