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Scientists from the University of Sydney and the United States have captured the first-ever images of a planet in the making.

The 50th anniversary re-enactment of one of Australia's most significant civil rights events has been recognised among Australia's best events.

A unique collection of travel diaries, journals and paintings from colonial journeys to Australia, some dating back almost 200 years, is on display for the first time at the University of Sydney. 

The hypocrisy of the West is not to blame for terrorist attacks but thinking that way strengthens Islamic State's hold on the narrative, writes Hussain Nadim.

Samantha Cook, a lawyer specialising in cross-border and international business transactions, has been awarded the $60,000 BOSS Emerging Leaders MBA Scholarship.

Fighting endless wars in a vast region deeply hostile to western military interventions is surely the wrong way to proceed, argues Tom Switzer.

One perverse consequence of the Paris attacks might be to provide more incentive for unity and agreement at the Paris climate change conference, argues Adjunct Professor Nick Rowley.

The University of Sydney is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Ken Henry AC and Bob Rollinson as new members of the John Grill Centre for Project Leadership's advisory board.

The unfolding state of emergency in Paris will have lasting effects for the rest of the world, argues Professor John Keane.

A growing number of leading Australian companies are supporting the University of Sydney's annual Design Lab graduate show to find and nurture the brightest emerging talent for the new era of digital disruption.

A $3.6 million donation to the University of Sydney has been the stimulus for a bold plan to establish a $20 million world-class research centre spearheading research, policy, advocacy and education initiatives to prevent and reduce chronic diseases caused by poor oral health.

INSPIRED - the campaign to support the University of Sydney has reached its goal of $600 million, two years ahead of schedule. 

The University of Sydney and UNSW Australia have announced an historic medical research partnership to help tackle two of the biggest challenges of our time - mental illness and addiction.

The Sydney Veterinary Teaching Hospital has established a canine blood bank to meet demand for life-saving transfusions. With availability affected by the closure of a substantial blood bank at the University of Melbourne, the need to establish a local program became a priority.

The University of Sydney has appointed Professor Jeffrey Riegel as the interim director of the China Studies Centre.

Leading clinicians and researchers are plotting to disrupt a deadly brain cancer.

Despite popular cynicism, tax increases are instrumental in reducing smoking rates, argues Professor Simon Chapman.

Software 'agents' modelled on real-life individuals will be used by University of Sydney researchers to develop high-precision computer models that can predict where or when an epidemic may strike.