2024

Articles

Why Americans do political speeches so well (and debates so badly)

While US political culture is defined by visionary speeches that can launch presidential careers, such as Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Martin Luther King's "I have a dream," Australia's political speeches, like Keating's Redfern address, are memorable but rare. Why? Associate Professor David Smith explores.

Revisiting James Baldwin's masterpiece, Giovanni's Room

In celebration of the centenary of James Baldwin's birth, Dr Dan Dixon, Lecturer in English, returns to the significance and dazzling beauty of the American author's groundbreaking novel exploring male desire, Giovanni's Room.

Young leaders from India and Australia convene at the University of Sydney

The Australia India Youth Dialogue 2024 concluded at the University of Sydney on Thursday 22 August, after a week of discussion between emerging leaders from the two nations.

Transforming lab coats into statements of identity & inclusivity

CLOAK: Queer Science, Fashion & STEMM brings together scientists with emerging fashion designers to reinvent the lab coat as a symbol of queer pride.

Visual Arts student awarded prize by Art Gallery of NSW

Visual Arts student Charlie Tapper won the Robert Le Gay Brereton Prize for her life figure drawings. She spoke to us about her course at Sydney College of the Arts, ambitions, and artists that inspired her.

MCA art exhibition by Julie Rrap challenges perceptions of the female body

Professor Julie Rrap, co-director of Sydney College of the Arts, has a new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, featuring works of photography, sculpture, performance and video spanning more than 40 years.

A semester exchange at the University of Sydney

Kintan Silvany, a semester exchange student from Philadelphia, USA, talks about her life in Sydney, her professional internship placement, Indonesian language studies, and top tips for future students.

Research Impact Accelerator Launches to Drive Social Impact in 2024

This year, in partnership with Cruxes Innovation and the Sydney Knowledge Hub, SSSHARC is piloting a Research Impact Accelerator (RIA) that brings together six teams of diverse experience and capability to collectively plan for the social impact of their research.

NSW primary school syllabus overhaul: experts explain

University of Sydney education experts weigh in on how changes to science, history, arts and physical health and wellbeing in the new primary school syllabus will affect teachers and students.

Young and vulnerable will keep fighting for a safe climate

Dr Blanche Verlie, Sydney Horizon Fellow from Gender and Cultural Studies, argues we must both adapt to climate change and continue to reduce emissions in her review of Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld's new book Living Hot: Surviving and Thriving on a Heating Planet.

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