2018

06 August 2018

How art changes the brain

Can art change the brain? In a word: yes. A panel of scientists and art practitioners came together to connect the dots between creativity and neuroplasticity at a Sydney Ideas event during Innovation Week. 

06 August 2018

MBA alumnus builds knowledge bridge

Business School alumna, Anmol Saini, is now chairing a unique organisation, which she and the team hope will build a ‘knowledge bridge’ between India’s entrepreneurial women and Australian investors.

06 August 2018

SEI researchers awarded ARC linkage funding for Sydney Food Incubator

Co-director Professor David Schlosberg, SEI Key Researcher, Dr Alana Mann, and former SEI PhD Candidate, Dr Luke Craven (now based at UNSW Canberra) have been awarded $423,500 funding for an ARC Linkage Project to develop, implement and evaluate a food business incubator in the City of Sydney.

05 August 2018

Shining the spotlight on autonomous vehicles: the driverless future

Research by the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies on autonomous vehicle technology is addressing key questions around their potential impacts on the community.

05 August 2018

Mobility as a service: What does it mean for society?

Mobility as a service (MaaS) is a popular interpretation of future collaborative and connected urban transportation, centred on a changing society embracing a sharing culture which can satisfy our mobility needs without owning assets such as a car.

03 August 2018

Big Ideas come to life at the Student Innovation Challenge

Plastic pollution, disability, smog… no challenge is insurmountable for our innovative students and alumni. The Student Innovation Showcase was an expo of technical ingenuity, cross-discipline collaboration and good, old-fashioned hard work.

03 August 2018

Digital Farmhand boosts food security in the Pacific

Developed by University of Sydney engineers, Digital Farmhand uses low-cost robotics technology to increase food quality and production output for small-scale and subsistence farmers in the Pacific.

03 August 2018

Festival of science, medicine and health fortnight begins

From neuroscience and music to sport and the environment, researchers, students and celebrity scientists are involved in a range of events as part of this year's Sydney Science Festival from 7 to 19 August.

03 August 2018

Open Day cheat sheet

02 August 2018

University of Sydney teams up with Airbus

An agreement between the University of Sydney and world-leading aeronautical manufacturer Airbus connects some of the leading experts with Australia's future engineering talent.

02 August 2018

2018 ARC Future Fellowships and Linkage Project success for Sydney

The University of Sydney has secured six Future Fellowships and a Linkage Project grant funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC).

02 August 2018

University of Sydney launches Master of Design

Australia's leading architecture school, The University of Sydney's School of Architecture, Design and Planning, introduces a new postgraduate course in 2019 focusing on the fields of design innovation and strategic design.

01 August 2018

5 reasons to study honours in medical sciences at Westmead

Whether you’re looking to open the door to higher degree research or enhance your career prospects, a one-year Applied Medical Science honours degree at Westmead could be the perfect choice for you. Here are 5 reasons why:

01 August 2018

The next big thing in community pharmacy

The Graduate Certificate in Evidence-Based Complementary Medicines has been designed by leading complementary medicines experts to urgently respond to industry needs.

01 August 2018

AI improves medical imaging to benefit people with brain ailments

The Federal government has awarded $2.36m to Sydney Neuroimaging Analysis Centre to partner with the Brain and Mind Centre to improve diagnostic neuroimaging of brain ailments such as multiple sclerosis and dementia.

01 August 2018

Why I treat outback towns

Once a month, Dr Jalal Khan (Bachelor of Dentistry, 2012) bids farewell to his North Sydney dental practice and goes bush for a week.

01 August 2018

New student policy for sexual assault and harassment prevention

The University of Sydney has today adopted a new Student Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Policy, one of the recommendations of the Human Rights Commission and Universities Australia's Change the Course report.

01 August 2018

World-leading diet and ageing researcher joins Sydney

Professor Luigi Fontana - a biogerontologist in the field of diet and its role in healthy longevity in humans - has joined the University of Sydney as the Leonard P Ullmann Chair of Translational Metabolic Health.

31 July 2018

Nalini Joshi elected to leading role in world mathematics

The University's first female professor of mathematics and former Head of School, Nalini Joshi, has been elected Vice-President of the International Mathematical Union, the worldwide body representing mathematics.

31 July 2018

Why Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights is a cult classic

Brontë's novel has fascinated generations of readers with its rebellion against Victorian femininity. But does her fiery heroine continue to allure and shock us, asks English Doctoral candidate Sophie Alexandra Frazer.