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Articles

13 August 2015

Resetting the table to halt expanding waistlines

Can farmers, producers and regulators work together at all points of the food supply chain to help curb Australia’s growing obesity problem?

13 August 2015

Sydney's cyclists twice as happy as other commuters: new research

Sydney's commuting cyclists are twice as happy as people who drive, walk or use public transport to get to work, University of Sydney research reveals.

13 August 2015

'Passion' key to being a successful leader

Leadership is about following a passion, having a belief in what you’re doing and understanding that people matter, explained NSW Premier Mike Baird at the latest BOSS Emerging Leaders event.

30 August 2015

Sydney alumni echo our vision of leadership

We celebrate the achievements and values of our students and alumni in a campaign that rolled out on campus, online, and on train stations, buses and street posters across Sydney last week.

27 August 2015

Eureka Prize for Associate Professor Michael J. Biercuk

Associate Professor Biercuk was recognised with the prestigious prize for contributions at the leading edge of quantum science research.

27 August 2015

Legal risk in bombing Syria

The government faces some thorny legal questions as the fight against Islamic State draws our troops towards Syria, writes Malcolm Jorgensen.

27 August 2015

Athletes score for disability and donors

Wheelchair basketball athletes from the NSW Institute of Sport and Wheelchair Sports NSW showed their support for the Pave the Way campaign this week.    

14 August 2015

Scientists should take a leaf out of wellness bloggers' books

How can we distinguish credible wellness information from unfounded pseudoscience? And why is it that wellness gurus are often taken more seriously than scientists? Jackie Randles writes.

14 August 2015

Seventeen at Belvoir – a brilliant theatrical event with a happy, hetero ending

"As a gay man watching the play’s ending, I felt I’d seen this story too many times to feel part of its investments in the future," writes Dr Huw Griffiths. 

14 August 2015

Ping pong diplomacy

Vice-Chancellor Dr Michael Spence and Chinese Consul General Li Huaxin faced off in a friendly ping-pong match this week.