Humanities and social sciences
Cancer study a world first [26 November 2008]
A research study to recruit foreign language speaking cancer patients through Australian Cancer Registries will begin in New South Wales this month. More
Gareth Evans at Sydney Ideas on Friday[23 October 2008]
Former Foreign Minister and honorary degree recipient Gareth Evans will give a lecture at Sydney Ideas this Friday. More
Sydney goes to Shanghai[23 October 2008]
A University delegation including Dr Michael Spence and Chancellor Marie Bashir is hosting a program of events in China's financial capital. More
Journalists can give peace a chance[15 October 2008]
Peace journalism gives society the chance to consider non-violent responses to conflict, says Jake Lynch, director of the University's Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. More
New human rights degree launched[8 October 2008]
Thirty students from the Asia Pacific region will be able to undertake post graduate study in human rights after the University secured a significant grant from the European Union (EU). More
AusAID ALAF Program Can Tho University Farewell[25 September 2008]
The University of Sydney has bid farewell to fourteen visiting academics from Can Tho University, Vietnam. More
World water supply in perilous state[1 September 2008]
Best Selling author, Maude Barlow, will reveal the sad state of the world's water supply in a Sydney Ideas lecture tonight. More
The Inaugural Ted Wheelwright Memorial Lecture [29 August 2008]
The inaugural Ted Wheelwright lecture will investigate the "crisis of hegemony" enveloping the United States. More
Either president may disappoint us[15 August 2008]
The next president has a big job in front of him, whoever it may be, writes Geoffrey Garrett in The Sydney Morning Herald. More
Monks bring call for change in Burma[5 August 2008]
U Uttara, secretary-general of the International Buddhist Monks Organisation, has spoken at the University about continued human rights abuses in Burma. More
Rudd joins Blair by video in Beijing[4 August 2008]
Top athletes rub shoulders with political leaders at the opening of the University's "What Makes a Champion?" forum launched by Tony Blair. More
Public lecture will examine the challenges around stem cell research[30 July 2008]
Professor Andrew Webster, a leading UK sociologist, will present his public lecture, Stem Cell Research and Society, at the University on 7 August. More
