The University of Sydney is celebrating Reconciliation Week 2013 with a host of engaging, provocative and educational public events from Saturday 25 May until Monday 3 June.
New research debunks the long-held notion that offering economic incentives to blood donors is risky, finding that virtually all economic rewards have a positive effect without compromising the safety of blood.
An inspiring range of ideas, music and light developed at the University of Sydney will be delighting audiences at this year's Vivid Festival, which runs from 24 May to June 10.
Former NSW Young Australian of the Year, Jack Manning Bancroft, has kick off the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience, a program that dramatically improves the chances of Indigenous children finishing school.
Andrew Upton, the artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company, will deliver his keynote address as the artist-in-residence in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, this Tuesday 28 May.
In a major breakthrough, published today in the prestigious scientific journal Nature, researchers from the University of Sydney have helped develop a method that can be applied to fossil samples to uncover their breastfeeding habits.
Patients with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa will not only stick with treatments but can make significant improvements with just a slight modification of the standard goals and methods of treatment.
The University's front lawns will be brightened with the colours of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags in the name of reconciliation next week, thanks to a bold design for the Sea of Hands public art installation.
University of Sydney research into the little-studied area of internet pornography aims to provide an up-to-date insight into a part of Australia's contemporary sex life.
In a tertiary education first, students in the University of Sydney Business School's new MBA program will advise Chinese enterprises wanting to invest in Australia or do business with Australian companies.
Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum AO, former Dean of Sydney Law School has been named as this year's Patron for International Day of People with Disability.
Exposure to sunshine as a small child is crucial to the development of a healthy eye, according to results of long-term myopia study conducted by University of Sydney researchers.
Young drivers who do not sleep enough are at significant risk of having a car crash, according to a new study published today in JAMA Paediatrics by University-affiliate the George Institute for Global Health.
The traditional approach to executive development in Australia is failing to fully equip leaders for the challenges of the future, according to two of Australia's leading experts in the field of management education.
NSW Young Australian of the Year 2013 and former rugby jeague star Corey Payne will join a host of current students to encourage local kids to take on university at a free event on Wednesday 22 May at Revesby Workers' Club.
The University of Sydney is celebrating its rich Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ties by kicking off Reconciliation Week 2013 with a host of engaging, provocative and educational public events.
Are you capable of interacting positively with people who do not look like, talk like, move like, think like, believe like, act like, live like or love like you? It's a question Professor Tawara Goode, Director of the National Centre for Cultural Competence from Georgetown University helped to answer during her visit to the University last week as the first visitor of the Wingara Mura Visiting Thinkers series.
"Nutritional ecology is so central to every aspect of life that it should be considered a foundational part of biology in the same way evolution is," says Professor David Raubenheimer, the first chair appointed to the Charles Perkins Centre.
It's hard to know what Dr Ian Garthwaite is more excited about: relaying his volcano adventures from around the world, or the new research environment being created by the 'hub' for the Charles Perkins Centre.
Australia's electricity supply could be more efficient, reliable and accommodating of more renewable energy but we are facing a shortage of power experts, says our newly appointed Professor Joe Dong.
A Sydney Law School-led workshop in Yangon last week, attended by politicians and decision makers across Myanmar's political spectrum, has agreed to promote constitutional reform in that country.
A web-based training tool for reading mammograms developed by researchers at the Faculty of Health Sciences is poised to be implemented across the globe.
The first digital opal map for the Australian continent, showing where gem-quality opal is most likely to be found, has been created by a team of researchers at the University of Sydney.
This Thursday the University of Sydney will be the first tertiary institution to host a TeachMeet get-together, a dynamic and informal network of teachers that connects through Facebook and Twitter and meets to share ideas about teaching.
Tony Lee, a student of piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, has taken out the first prize in the under 24 category of a major international piano competition in Paris.
A University of Sydney study has found that children with asthma in India are the victims of myths and misconceptions that prevent them receiving effective treatment.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney has announced its cultural partnership with the Sydney Film Festival, reuniting the university with the festival on its 60th anniversary.
A painting by His Excellency Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, will be displayed at a fundraising dinner at Government House on Thursday, 16 May.
The University of Sydney and ResMed Limited have announced a new partnership that includes significant and long-term funding of research at the University.
Members of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney will feature in a dynamic series of panels, presentations and workshops at the 2013 Sydney Writers' Festival.
The infection control practices of veterinarians are inadequate with almost 50 percent of vets contracting infections from animals during their career, research led by the University of Sydney has found.
Children make sense of the world through play, say University of Sydney paediatric occupational therapists, who have developed a play program to teach essential life skills to children diagnosed with ADHD.
A new program, launched by University of Sydney affiliate The George Institute for Global Health, will provide extra support to help young Aboriginal people overcome barriers to obtaining a driver licence.
Last week, the University of Sydney welcomed the first cohort of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students to visit the University through its partnership with the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
Eighth in the world in education, equal ninth in accounting and finance, and 10th in the world in law are among the impressive results confirming the University of Sydney's meteoric rise in international rankings, according to the latest QS World University Rankings.
Performance art, installations and interactive works by Sydney College of the Arts postgraduate students will be on display at the SCA's information night this evening.
Mosquitoes have a valuable ecological role to play as a prey item for insectivorous bats, research contributed to by the University of Sydney has found.
The impact an introduced species can have on Australian native animals should take into account possible long-term stress not just numbers of outright deaths, University of Sydney research has shown.
Malaysia's judiciary has been damaged by involvement in that country's political scandals in recent years but is reforming itself to restore its reputation and credibility, its former Chief Justice and upcoming Sydney Law School Distinguished Speaker says.
It is commonly said that elections in many of Southeast Asia's fledging democracies are sometimes free and other times fair, but never both, writes John Lee.
Cyclists who don't wear a helmet are almost six times more likely to suffer a severe head injury than their helmeted counterparts, according University of Sydney research published in the Medical Journal of Australia today.
TEDxSydney 2013 presents speakers whose lives embody the transformational possibilities of ideas. Fittingly, the University of Sydney was an integral part of Saturday's event, not only as a Principal Partner but also through the presence of its academics and alumni among the line-up.
Just over one week before the federal government announces its contentious federal budget, a panel of economic experts will discuss the extent of the deficit at a unique debate at the University of Sydney.
Sydney academics have held meetings with Middle East partners in Dubai to discuss joint projects in food and water security, robotics, renewable energy and women in leadership.
The University of Sydney today announced three major gifts totalling $16 million, underlining the importance of philanthropy to the future of Australian universities, on the same day it publicly launched a major fundraising campaign.
At least one in three drivers who commute during peak periods in most major cities could significantly reduce traffic congestion by simply choosing a different time to travel, finds a University of Sydney Business School survey.
The Sydney Law School is leading Australia's charge to lay the foundations for Burmese democracy by hosting a constitutional workshop in Yangon next week.
In a room at Woolloomooloo's ARTSPACE the jarring banging noises coming from behind the gallery walls sound like a team of builders on the other side in the knockdown phase of a renovation.
A major symposium hosted by the University of Sydney next Monday will profile cutting edge research from across the globe which is driving improved treatments and outcomes for cancer patients.
The Melanoma Institute Australia, affiliated with the University of Sydney, has announced researcher Dr Georgina Long and colleagues have been awarded a prestigious international Team Science Grant for preventative research by the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA).
A major study led by researchers from the University of Sydney will examine the incidence of severe paediatric trauma for the first time in Australia and look at how to prevent serious injuries to children.
Congratulations to five individual academics, two academic teams and two faculty teams who have been recognised for their outstanding teaching and contributions towards student learning.
The ideas and motives behind an array of Australia's most inventive contemporary artists are investigated in the University of Sydney Art Gallery's latest exhibition.
At a Sydney Ideas panel discussion this Thursday, academics and community leaders will discuss the implications of coal and coal-seam gas mining, and the importance of environmental justice.
Despite the unseasonal warmth last Saturday, some people passing close to the University's Quadrangle might have started to feel winter is coming thanks to Isaac Wong's carillon performance of the theme to 'Game of Thrones'.
University of Sydney researchers want to interview people who have given up smoking 'cold turkey' as part of a major study researching the most successful quit methods.
A marketing expert at the University of Sydney Business School has warned of a mounting threat to privacy posed by readily available market research tools.
Three University of Sydney information technologies students have won the Microsoft Asian Cup with their BlueClover mobile phone app designed to help diabetics manage their condition.
In this special Sydney Ideas lecture, Professor Burdett A Loomis, the Fulbright Flinders Distinguished Chair for 2012, will discuss the birth of modern lobbying in the United States and similarities in Australia.
Scientists are a step closer to being able to repair damaged human heart tissue thanks to a world leading research collaboration between the University of Sydney and Harvard University.
An academic paper by a University of Sydney information technologies engineer has been recognised by his international peers as one of the most influential contributions to reconfigurable computing in the past two decades.
The University of Sydney Medical School condemns the retrieval of executed prisoners' organs for transplantation in China and endorses the Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism that was signed in 2008.
Are there evil genes or is it only people who can be evil? A recent story in The Age ("Deep Divide of 'Evil Genes'") raised the question of whether criminals might evade responsibility for their crimes by blaming their genes.
Australia's recently amended product safety laws lag behind those of its major trading partners and limit public access to information on potentially risky products, the co-editor of a new book on consumer law says.
Ever wondered what it takes to be a Fulbright Scholar? On 29 April you will be able to find out when the Fulbright Roadshow rolls into the University of Sydney.
To help our students develop as global citizens, two of our faculties have joined with the United States Studies Centre to offer the chance to study at one of America's most prestigious universities.
As the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War and Anzac approaches, a new project at the University of Sydney Archives is bringing wartime experiences to life.
Macadamia has been hanging out in Rouse Hill while CockaMel took a day trip to Cronulla before coming home to Sydney. Meanwhile Watermelon has caught a lot of attention divebombing in Mosman.
University of Sydney researchers have discovered a new type of immune cell in skin that plays a role in fighting off parasitic invaders such as ticks, mites, and worms, and could be linked to eczema and allergic skin diseases.
Monitoring heart rate patterns can help identify risk and treat people who are dependent on alcohol by predicting their craving levels, researchers at the University of Sydney have shown.
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music has announced an exciting new collaboration with Australia's pre-eminent string quartet, the Goldner String Quartet.
Though he has been dead for 91 years, writer and poet Henry Lawson has a new book on the shelf. Republished by Sydney University Press, Lawson's famous collection of sketches and short stories, While the billy boils, is, for the first time, published in its original form.
A group of Sydney academics from health sciences, engineering and business are attending the 2013 International Exhibition and Conference on Higher Education in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The 'undiscovery' of an island by a team of scientists led by the University of Sydney resulted in worldwide scientific debate, the correction of databases and a re-evaluation of the infallibility of certain information.
As the NSW government white paper proposing how people should be involved in planning cities is released this week, a new exhibition at the University of Sydney looks at how that question has been answered in countries around the world.
Real-time social phenomenon, Twitter, can be a powerful tool to help prevent heart disease and improve health practices, according to a group of researchers affiliated with the University of Sydney.
Some of the world's brightest students studying in a wide variety of fields are enjoying a Sydney experience, thanks to this year's Sydney Achievers International Scholarships and Dr Abdul Kalam International Scholarships.
A chance to interact with Nobel Prize winners in the field of chemistry has been awarded to Lara Malins, a PhD student at the University of Sydney, who will join around 500 early career research scientists from around the world.
Altering parents' and teachers' notion of risk taking behaviour can significantly increase children's physical activity suggests a study lead by University of Sydney researchers.
A new documentary filmed, written and produced by the recently appointed Centre for International Security Studies director tracks the evolution of the world's largest defence force as it seeks to redefine itself after the Cold War.
The advice given by health care providers is crucial in persuading pregnant women to get vaccinated against influenza, according to a University of Sydney study published today in the Medical Journal of Australia.
Members of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney will feature in a dynamic series of panels, presentations and workshops at the 2013 Sydney Writers' Festival.
In his first public event as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney, Peter Fray, the former publisher and editor-in-chief of The Sydney Morning Herald, will chair a Sydney Ideas panel discussion that will focus on the matter of trust in the media.
Scientists strive always to be fair and impartial but theres one aspect of our work that is rife with bias and subjectivity: gender distribution, argues Bryan Gaensler.
One student and two alumni are on their way to University of Cambridge after being awarded highly prestigious scholarships from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The United States' constitution gives its President almost free reign on foreign policy but makes it extremely difficult to make changes on the domestic front, says a US constitutional expert visiting the Sydney Law School.
To understand China's foreign policy, we need to look back to its neglected contribution during World War II under Chiang Kai-shek, writes Rana Mitter.
Associate Professor Susan Kurrle is leading a new federal government funded centre which will deliver improved quality of care for people with dementia in hospitals, community settings and residential care facilities.
An optics innovation by a University of Sydney researcher has been a financial and technology transfer success story creating a wave of sales for Finisar, the Australian company that has used the new technology.
Asia's lust for energy will be devastating for the environment unless governments adopt a radical change of thinking, says a new report by the Asian Development Bank.
Conversations Prime Minister Julia Gillard has in Boao with the new Chinese elite are crucial in setting the template for future diplomatic relations, says executive director of the China Studies Centre Kerry Brown.
How do I live my life in a sustainable, ethical way? Anyone who has asked themselves this question will be interested in tonight's Sydney Ideas talk by Professor Olivier Jolliet, a Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Michigan.
Like the cockroach it resembles, racism thrives on the crumbs of indifference and improving our civic hygiene is the best response, says political philosopher Tim Soutphommasane.
Some children who have trouble learning in the classroom have difficulty switching their listening attention and so have trouble following a conversation from one talker to the next, according to a University of Sydney study published online in Nature Scientific Reports.
In the lead-up to the Golden Slipper, University of Sydney researchers have undertaken the most comprehensive study yet to determine whether the age at which thoroughbreds start racing has an effect on the length of their career.
The world's media has not overlooked the monumental reversal in Myanmar's international relations and there is clear evidence that the country's economy is also set for a rapid turnaround, argues Nigel Finch.
Banning trans fats in food is one of the most effective ways to prevent some of the world's biggest killer diseases but many governments do not think these bans work, finds a University of Sydney study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization today.
Support services must be available for victims who come forward for the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse, says Emeritus Professor Kim Oates.
Professor Annamarie Jagose will join a panel discussion this Sunday 7 April at the Sydney Opera House, where she will debate the proposition "Men can't be feminists" as part of the Ideas at the House program All About Women.
Two University of Sydney research papers have highlighted the costs associated with fatal quad bike incidents and compared the behavior of the quads industry in opposing safety improvements to that of tobacco companies.
The NSW Department of Health's influenza public health poster campaign should be updated to reflect current best practice in flu prevention, according to a University of Sydney epidemiology expert.
An intriguing exhibition at the University of Sydney's Macleay Museum provides a rare opportunity to see models used to teach science and medicine at the University from the 1880s.
The Asian Development Bank's annual regional forecast, being launched at the University next week, will look at the energy challenges facing Asia and the Pacific.
University of Sydney cross-disciplinary researchers are harnessing the benefits offered by advances in online technology to develop innovative programs improving mental health in young people.
It's becoming rare to see or hear coverage of combat and conflict without the mention of unmanned "drones" and their use in targeted killings, says Salah Sukkarieh.
An undergraduate astronomy student at the University of Sydney is proud to have played her part in investigating NASA's discovery of the remains of a shattered star.
The University of Sydney Business School is studying the commercial and moral implications of projects in India which aim to turn poverty alleviation for the nation's poorest people into profit making ventures.
Researchers have found a 40 percent improvement in the overall health of people with both depression and cardiovascular disease after using a free online program.
Following resounding success in 2012, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is proud to once again partner with the Sydney Writers' Festival in 2013, helping to share our exciting big ideas with the literary public.
The Faculty of Veterinary Science is leading The Farm Dog Project to analyse ways of improving breeding, training and performance success in working dogs.
The federal Labor Party's leadership turmoil amounts to only one thing: political self-destruction. And most of the immediate blame sheets home to one Kevin Rudd, says Tim Soutphommasane.
Australian media, and in particular the print media, stands out internationally among advanced democracies for its extreme concentration, argues Tim Dwyer.
Game changing research on quantum nanoscience, greenhouse gas emissions, managing wild dingos and finding a cure for cerebral palsy are among the achievements that have won 2013 Fulbright Scholarships for one University of Sydney staff member, two PhD candidates and three alumni.
Part of the challenge of getting primary school children from under-represented communities excited about higher education is to ignite their curiosity and show them where their passions can take them. The launch of the Enquiring Minds program today addresses this challenge.
Seven Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students specialising in physio, speech or occupational therapy have graduated from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Health Science on Friday 22 March.
A first of its kind study in Australia is highlighting the impact of vast geographical distances and a shortage of therapists on the decisions rural carers of people with a disability make about whether to move or to stay in regional areas.
The brooms don't fly, the quaffles aren't enchanted and the golden snitch is a fully grown person instead of a tiny flying ball, but University of Sydney student muggles are bewitched by quidditch, the magical sport made famous in the Harry Potter series of books and films.
Three women who have played prominent roles in the struggle to secure basic human rights in the Middle East will discuss women's rights in the context of the Arab Spring at a public forum at the University of Sydney tomorrow.
Researchers at the University of Sydney Business School say a lack of political consensus, and a series of extreme weather events have forced global businesses to engage with climate change as a key strategic risk.
Primary and secondary school students are five times as likely to be high consumers of sugar-sweetened drinks, such as soft drinks, if these drinks are available in their homes, finds a new study published today.
Thomas Crow, Professor of Modern Art at New York University, will deliver an illuminating Sydney Ideas lecture on Tuesday 19 March on the widespread absorption of Pop Art into mainstream culture.
Sydney Motorsport, a student group at the University of Sydney has been invited to display their SAE racing car at the 2013 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix being held this weekend in Melbourne.
The latest research by KPMG and the China Studies Centre reveals some new and potentially significant changes to Chinese direct investment in Australia.
What can be done about vote-rigging, bribery, coercion, voter suppression, ballot-stuffing and fraud during elections? Find out at this special lecture on Thursday night.
Talks on our right to read informed by the experience of blindness, world hunger drawing on insights from India, and an investigation into the limits of the law's relevance, are just some of the contributions our speakers will make to TEDxSydney 2013.
It should be a crime for any Australian to spy for foreign regimes that threaten Australian or international security or gravely violate human rights, argues Professor Ben Saul.
A University of Sydney research program focussed on photonic signal processing to improve defence capability is among a handful of projects to receive federal government funding announced today by Minister for Defence Science and Personnel Warren Snowdon.
Researchers at the University of Sydney have joined forces with colleagues at the University of NSW and University of Technology, Sydney to launch a world-first weight management program for young adults - to be delivered via mobile phones.
The University of Sydney and Leighton Contractors have joined forces to provide a new scholarship opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students studying engineering and IT.
A new report from the University of Sydney brings together expert research from a range of disciplines - including demography, economics, politics, climate change and agriculture - to offer policy advice on dealing with food security.
The author of Ireland's landmark report on the Catholic Church's handling of child sex abuse claims this week told a capacity audience at the Sydney Law School of the Irish experience of dealing with these claims.
A new centre aimed at increasing the social and economic inclusion of Australians living with disabilities will be launched tonight, at the University of Sydney by the Australian Disability Discrimination Commissioner.
Specialists from the Graduate School of Government and the Law School have been working with government officials from a number of African countries involved in the mining sector.
While in the mainstream media Hugo Chávez was all too often presented as some sort of villain, he was a more complex figure than this, writes Benjamin Moffitt.
Australia's first multidisciplinary research centre dedicated to tackling the nation's and region's biggest food security and environmental challenges has been launched today by Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
A new milestone in Australian and Chinese collaboration has been reached today with the signing of agreements between the University of Sydney and two premier Chinese research institutions to tackle the mutual challenge of food security.
University of Sydney medical researchers have shown that a gene known to have a strong connection to obesity and other bodyweight related health issues also increases the risk of suffering from melanoma.
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has bestowed its highest honour upon University of Sydney researcher, Professor Tony Weiss, inducting him into its College of Fellows.
Fifty years after the sexual revolution, many of us presume we know everything there is to know about orgasm, but a new book suggests it still has plenty to teach us.
"Science is broken; let's fix it," says the University of Sydney's Associate Professor Alex Holcombe, who is part of a major new effort to improve the reliability of psychological research.
The walls of the body's major artery -- the aorta -- are already thickened in babies born to mothers who are overweight or obese, according to a University of Sydney study.
Peter Fray, former publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald, has been appointed an adjunct professor in the School of Media and Communications (MECO) in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
If you are born earlier in the sporting year there is a good chance the elite sports selection process will be biased in your favour, finds new research.
Arid Gulf states looking to secure their future food supply should work with farmers in neighbouring countries for mutual benefit rather than acquire the land farmers rely on to survive, recommends a PhD candidate from the University of Sydney.
Men and women of working age, living in regional areas are more likely to be fully retired because of ill health than their city counterparts, University of Sydney research shows.
Understanding increasingly massive data sets is challenging information technology developers worldwide, according to University of Sydney IT researchers who are hosting the annual International Pacific Visualization (PacificVis) symposium this week.
The percentage of girls studying no maths for their HSC has more than doubled in the past decade, a report co-authored by University of Sydney researchers shows.
The University of Sydney Union's (USU) O-Week is the largest student-run event in Australia, and 2013 directors Kristy Samal and Robby Maygar want to take new students 'down the rabbit hole' into campus life.
A University of Sydney film studies lecturer and author of upcoming book 'The Orientation of Future Cinema', assures movie lovers that the rise of digital film production does not spell the end of the art of making films.
The detection of a tiny planet has shown for the first time that stars in our galaxy are able to host much smaller planets than anything seen in our own solar system.
In a move to create an environment where greater use can be made of government data the Federal Minister for Human Services, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, visited the University of Sydney today.
The University of Sydney is the principal partner of TEDxSydney 2013, the annual event of 'Ideas worth spreading' which this year includes an innovative focus on food and sustainability.
The future of keeping ageing-related diseases at bay lies with the supercomputer according to scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology at the University of Sydney.
Prehistoric and medieval skeletons have revealed the incidence of dental decay could be worse than ever because of a decline in modern human's oral microbiota levels.
University of Sydney academic and Director of the Sydney Democracy Institute, Professor John Keane has published an op-ed in The Conversation regarding his interview with Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange.
A synthetic image produced from the data of the dust shell around the red giant star W Hydrae, has earned a team from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Science first prize in the annual Canon Australia's Extreme Imaging competition.
Alcohol and processed food companies are using the same tactics as Big Tobacco to increase profits at the same time as endangering our health, argues Bruce Neal.
The University of Sydney has topped a National Union of Students league table rating universities on their use of a student fee dedicated to improving campus life and providing student services.
Danielle Young writes from South Korea, where she is a fourth-year Media and Communications student undertaking an international fellowship at TBS radio in Korea.
For the second year running, the Department of Classics and Ancient History has enjoyed a clean sweep of undergraduate prizes awarded by the Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS). But for the first time ever, a single student has won all three of the prestigious awards.
Australia's potential to become the 'food bowl' of Asia has triggered a drive to develop robots for use in farming and agriculture and University of Sydney mechatronics experts are leading the way.
When news broke that the Refugee Language Program at the University of Sydney was threatened with closure, it struck a chord not just with students and teachers in the program, but with many people in the community.
Newly-developed cloud computing algorithms may be the solution to reducing the increasing energy consumption and cost of high performance computing networks according to Professor Albert Zomaya, IT expert at the University of Sydney.
Four new forms of hantavirus, one of the most virulent pathogens transmitted from animals to humans, have been identified by international research contributed to by the University of Sydney.
New research shows there are relatively few differences in problem solving, mathematics and science achievement between immigrant students and non-immigrant students.
New video works by Anne Ferran, an associate professor at the Sydney College of the Arts, draw a connection between the small rivers and canals that were transformed in the lead-up to the London Olympics and a river in the southern outskirts of suburban Sydney.
A group of 10 University of Sydney and affiliated medical institute cancer researchers have won a share in a record $3.2 million in grants awarded by the Cure Cancer Australia Foundation.
The world should abandon many international environmental treaties and start afresh if it wishes to deal with the myriad of environmental issues it faces in the 21st century, environmental lawyer Associate Professor Tim Stephens from the Sydney Law School suggests.
Company director Belinda Hutchinson AM is the new Chancellor of the University of Sydney. She succeeds Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO who concluded her second term as Chancellor in December 2012.
A team of scientists from the University of Sydney have mapped deep-sea canyons and found evidence of large ancient submarine landslides between Fraser Island and Yamba that had the potential to generate a tsunami.
Around one in 10 young teens with mental health issues also drinks alcohol, smokes cigarettes, and uses cannabis on a weekly basis, said Dr Daniel Hermens from the University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Research Institute.
Systematic national reforms are needed to reduce the alarming number of people having a second heart attack and ensure the health-care system isn't failing those who survive the first time, argues Julie Redfern.
Works by Jenny Ihn, a postgraduate student at the Sydney College of the Arts, are now on display in a coveted exhibition space at one of Sydney's leading galleries after she took out a prestigious prize at the SCA's end-of-year degree show.
Whether it be improving the welfare of veterans and medical education in Vietnam, service to the judiciary, improvements to our approaches in medicine or accomplishments on the sporting field University of Sydney staff and alumni have a diverse impact on Australian society.
Shark experts are proposing a new system of classifying shark interactions, along with more accurate public discussion about shark risk to swimmers and divers.
Professor Hans Hendrischke, from the China Studies Centre, responds to the Sydney Festival production of 'The Peony Pavilion' performed at the Sydney Opera House.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from as far as away as Humpty Doo in the Northern Territory attended the inaugural University of Sydney Pharmacy Indigenous Camp held this week.
Kerry Brown says China's successful transformation into a middle-income country will depend largely on the performance of its next growth driver - the private sector.
In a study exploring women's responses to being told about overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening, most women felt the information was important and could enable them to make choices.
A standout audition where he shared his lifelong passion for prime numbers has seen University of Sydney alumnus and Sleek Geek, Adam Spencer selected to present at the 2013 annual TED conference, to be staged in the US in late February.
Researchers have found that regular aspirin consumption is associated with an increased risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration - a leading cause of blindness in older people.
Throughout American history, only a few presidents have brought about truly lasting transformational change, and Barack Obama is aiming to be one of them.
Adolescent boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to be shorter and slimmer than their same-age peers, according to a new study published in the Medical Journal of Australia today.
In an increasingly competitive global student market, it can be difficult for universities to cut through the crowds and stand out, especially when the degree you are promoting is prone to being negatively stereotyped.
On the eve of his second inauguration and the grand balls that will surround it Barack Obama has told the influential website Politico: "People who know me know I'm a pretty friendly guy. And I like a good party."
The Australian Academy of Science has recognised the research excellence of two University of Sydney scientists: Professors Peter Lay and Sébastien Perrier from the School of Chemistry.
Benjamin Pope is preparing to start a PhD at the University of Sydney in 2013 after an amazing 2012 that saw him work with a Nobel Laureate, observe the work of world leaders in astrophysics and travel to an observatory in Hawaii.
Sydney Law School's new dean Joellen Riley would like to imbue in her students the deep engagement with the law she experienced while studying at Oxford University in the mid-1990s.
It's traditionally the time of year when Australia and India are locked in fierce competition at the stumps. But two University of Sydney students hope to broaden the two nations' partnership beyond a cricketing one as they embark on a comprehensive study tour of India.
A new condom company, founded by a recent University of Sydney Business School graduate, is offering Australians the opportunity to help "save a life" in Africa each time they have safe sex.
Two students from Far North Queensland have made the 2,750-kilometre trip to be part of the Indigenous Australian Engineering Summer School (IAESS) at the University of Sydney.
As part of the Sydney Festival's talks program, renowned sustainability expert Professor John Crawford from the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre will join a panel of experts to address the question "Whatever happened to 'waste not, want not?'"
New research from the University of Sydney shows that Australians destroyed more than a million guns in response to shooting massacres but imports have restored the stockpile to the level it was at before the Port Arthur massacre in 1996.
An outbreak of koala chlamydia in the Southern Highlands also poses a threat to a completely unaffected colony in Campbelltown, says the University of Sydney's Wildlife Health and Conservation Centre.
Amro Ali from the Department of Government and International Relations responds to the Sydney Festival production 'In the Eruptive Mode', on now at the Seymour Centre until 27 January 2013.
Dr Huw Griffiths from the Department of English responds to the Sydney Festival production, Murder, on now at the Seymour Centre until 19 January 2013.
Dr Carina Garland from the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies responds to the Sydney Festival production The Blind Date Project, on now at the Seymour Centre until 20 January 2013.
More than a hundred years after Alois Alzheimer identified Alzheimer's disease in a patient an analysis of that original patient's brain has revealed the genetic origin of their condition.
The University of Sydney with its strong belief in the role of the arts, culture and the life of the mind, will once again help stir Sydney's cultural soul as a major partner of the Sydney Festival 2013.
An extensive undersea mapping program of the Australian coast has revealed some surprises about the deep Great Barrier Reef, including a dense network of submarine canyons, the remains of numerous undersea landslide scarps where large parts of the continental slope have given way, and some areas which may be prone to future underwater landslides.
Ashe DeBiasio intended to major in mathematics when she started her Bachelor of Science, but a first-year biology course saw her change direction completely.
The University of Sydney has welcomed the first cohort of students from the first Early Offer Year 12 Scheme (E12), designed to assist students who have been financially disadvantaged during their time at school
A newly discovered form of circle dancing is perplexing astronomers; not due to its complex choreography, but because it's unclear why the dancers - dwarf galaxies - are dancing in a ring around the much larger Andromeda Galaxy.
When Philip Chan moved interstate to study at the University of Sydney he knew it would be an adventure, but he didn't predict quite how far afield his degree would take him.
The University of Sydney's museums have something for all kids during the summer holidays, with each holding an activity day Friday in January, targeting children aged six to 12.
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