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Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Mid-Career Clay Scientist Award for A/Prof Balwant Singh[1 July 2014]
The Clay Minerals Society (USA) named Associate Professor Balwant Singh as the recipient of the Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Mid-Career Clay Scientist Award, for his outstanding contributions to clay minerals science. More
Graduate honoured as 2014 World Food Prize Laureate[19 June 2014]
PhD graduate, Dr Sanjaya Rajaram, has been honoured as the 2014 World Food Prize Laureate for developing new wheat breeding technologies to provide the world with higher yields of better quality food. More
Punching above our weight [19 June 2014]
Staff and students form the Department of Environmental Sciences have just returned from the 20th World Congress of Soil Science held in JeJu, South Korea between the 8 - 13 June 2014, where they made a significant contribution presenting the latest developments in soil research and outreach More
'Nobel prize' for soil science received by Professor Alex McBratney [18 June 2014]
The highest honour in the discipline of soil science was presented to Professor Alex McBratney, from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, at the recent 20th World Congress of Soil Science in Jeju, Korea. More
New centre addresses Australian food safety gap[27 May 2014]
A centre aimed at ensuring the continued safety of fresh food produced in Australia and New Zealand, hosted by the University of Sydney, opens today. More
Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Award for Banchgize Getie.[21 May 2014]
Banchgize Getie, a PhD student at the PBI, was awarded the Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Award. This award for early-career women wheat researchers, established in 2010, provides professional development opportunities for women working in wheat during the early stages of their career. More
13 Postgraduate Scholarships in Chemical Engineering, Food Processing, Science and Agriculture[19 April 2014]
13 Postgraduate Scholarships for Applicants with Background in Chemical Engineering, Food Processing, Science, and Agriculture to Join ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for the Australian Food Processing Industry in the 21st Century More
Seven Sydney recipients of the Horizon Scholarship announced[17 April 2014]
Seven undergraduate students from the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment at the University of Sydney have been awarded a coveted Horizon Scholarship. More
Wasting food comes at a future cost[10 April 2014]
Feeding 23 million people in Australia every day, or 7 billion-plus worldwide is an almost unimaginably complex undertaking. More
Agriculture Economics and Resource Economics to join the School of Economics[9 April 2014]
To equip Australia to better respond to challenges in agriculture, resources, energy and commodity pricing, the University of Sydney's disciplines of Agriculture Economics and Resource Economics (ARE) will join the School of Economics. More
Food waste: Turning waste into profits[4 April 2014]
Australia's next generation of food technology and manufacturing experts will be educated at a new training centre led by University of Sydney chemical engineers: The ARC Biotechnology and Food Processing Training Centre More
Sydney scientists work on Plan Bee in Southeast Asia[31 March 2014]
A University of Sydney project to encourage the spread of beekeeping in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos is providing benefits for both local growers and the native bee population. More