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We are educating the next generation of science talent in Australia, building successful industry partnerships, and driving research that addresses the biggest challenges of the 21st century.

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Our leadership team encompasses representatives from all areas of science, working collaboratively to improve and enhance the faculty’s teaching and research.

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13 May 2022

Vale Professor Emerita Sally Andrews

It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Professor Sally Andrews. Our thoughts are with her immediate family; her son, Tom, her father and mother, Peter and Margaret, and her brother, Michael, as well as her two long-standing and very close friends, Liz and Sue.

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10 May 2022

First comprehensive study reveals why Australians take medicinal cannabis

Of the 248,000 scripts approved for Australians since the inception of the national medicinal cannabis scheme in 2016, many related to conditions for which the drug has limited evidence of efficacy, a new University of Sydney study shows.

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09 May 2022

How food choices can help the planet

A new book published by researchers at the University of Sydney and Curtin University explores how global food production and consumption are impacting the environment and contributing to emissions, offering a positive, sustainable way forward.

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03 May 2022

Telescope dons 'sunglasses' to find brightest ever pulsar

A pulsar star, 10 times brighter than any other discovered outside our Galaxy, has been found by a University of Sydney-led team.

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29 April 2022

Sydney soil scientists receive $5.6 million federal grant

Our researchers have received a $5.6 million grant for 3 projects to improve soil condition and plant productivity as part of the national Soil Science Challenge.

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15 April 2022