2020

04 May 2020

Central Acute Services Building construction close to complete

The University of Sydney and NSW Government mark a major milestone at the acute services building today, with construction of Australia's tallest health building close to complete in the Westmead health and education precinct.

03 May 2020

Tree trunks take a licking as koalas source water

Scientists and citizen scientists have observed and documented the natural drinking behaviour of wild koalas for the first time. The marsupial's survival may depend on this new information.

01 May 2020

Chancellor re-elected for a third term

This afternoon, the University of Sydney Senate unanimously agreed to re-appoint Belinda Hutchinson AM to the role of Chancellor for a further four-year term.

01 May 2020

How our community is taking initiative against COVID-19

From 3D printed face masks to a platform that supports local businesses, members of the University of Sydney community are making an impact in the face of COVID-19.

01 May 2020

How will COVID-19 affect Australia-China business relations?

Four leading China experts agreed Australia's commercial ties with China are likely to remain strong after the COVID-19 pandemic has passed, although they will remain intertwined to the sometimes fraught political and diplomatic relationship.

30 April 2020

The earth cannot wait

Drawing on an international grant, the Sydney Environment Institute will explore climate justice through Indigenous and multispecies lenses.

30 April 2020

How to control an influenza outbreak without a specific vaccine

A group of pandemic modelling experts from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Engineering have published new research that simulated viral influenza outbreaks to examine the efficacy of pandemic interventions in the absence of a tailored vaccine.

29 April 2020

How behavioural economics insights can aid COVID-19 compliance

To avoid a second wave of the coronavirus, Australians must continue to comply with 'stay at home' and other health-related orders. Professor Robert Slonim and colleagues explain a way to help achieve this.

28 April 2020

Experts examine the COVID-19 tracing app

University of Sydney academics from the disciplines of cybersecurity, media, law and health comment on COVIDSafe, the COVID-19 contact tracing app released by the federal government.

28 April 2020

$2.5m YOUTHe launched for national approach to mental health

An NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence focusing on youth and mental health is launched as experts prepare for a spike in mental health issues in the wake of COVID-19.