2018

24 April 2018

The Dean's top 6 picks for the Sydney Writers' Festival

From 30 April to 6 May, this year's Sydney Writers’ Festival will tackle contemporary issues head on exploring power. Think sex, money, politics and identity.

24 April 2018

Data-driven supply chains: A retail perspective

Supply chain management is undergoing rapid technological change. Gareth Jude and Behnam Fahimnia ask what the ability to collect, store, analyse and collaborate with data will mean for managing retail supply chains.

23 April 2018

ATARs to blame for fall in language study

A new report has found that high school students are not studying languages in year 12 because of concerns over low ATARs.

23 April 2018

Joseph Stiglitz wins 2018 Sydney Peace Prize

Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize winning Economist, will receive the 2018 Sydney Peace Prize on Thursday 15 November at Sydney Town Hall. 

23 April 2018

University-led food business incubator pilot backed by council

The University of Sydney will design and lead the Sydney Food Business Incubator to address food insecurity, in a proposed joint initiative with the City of Sydney.

23 April 2018

6 ways to step up your study game - redirect

23 April 2018

Teaching Australia’s ten-year-olds to be tomorrow's tech wizards

With a passion for preparing children for tomorrow’s technology-based careers, Dr Nicky Ringland and the team at the Australian Computing Academy have started training and equipping primary and high school teachers across the country.

23 April 2018

Transport planning for our future

Dr Michiel Bliemer has developed a new model to forecast traffic flows in Sydney, aiming to replace unrealistic and inefficient government modelling that hasn't changed since the 1950s.

20 April 2018

How to take charge of your career change

Staying engaged, relevant and satisfied in your career needn't be an elusive goal. Here's how to redesign your career development in pursuit of your next professional challenge - which may not be up the corporate ladder.

20 April 2018

Too many unneccesary medications prescribed for dementia patients

Medication use climbed 10 percent per year among newly diagnosed dementia patients, a new international study led by the University of Sydney reveals.

19 April 2018

7 reasons to go to the Sydney Writers’ Festival

From discounted tickets to interactive workshops, international authors to discussions on #MeToo, here’s why you should check out the Sydney Writers’ Festival, taking place at Carriageworks and the Seymour Centre this year.

19 April 2018

Vale Emeritus Professor Michael Halliday

The University of Sydney is saddened by the passing of Emeritus Professor Michael Halliday, founder of the Department of Linguistics, aged 93.

19 April 2018

Industry impressed by innovative new food products

Food and agribusiness students Sarah Dawes and Andrew Dong recently competed in a nation-wide food product development competition. Now they return applying their skills (and love of macadamias) to Anzac biscuits.

18 April 2018

Sydney bushfires, hazard burns linked to deaths, hospitalisations

As Sydney is blanketed by smoky haze from back-burning a major blaze, a University of Sydney report reveals bushfires and hazard burning caused 197 premature deaths and 1200 hospitalisations across the city between 2001-13.

18 April 2018

340,000 stars interrogated in search for Sun's siblings

A Sydney-led international group of astronomers has revealed the "DNA" of more than 340,000 stars in the first major data release from the Galactic Archaeology survey GALAH for clues about how galaxies formed and evolved.

17 April 2018

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is back

Read Professor Luke Nottage's submission to the Australian Parliamentary Inquiry.

17 April 2018

Westmead project great foundation for rewarding career

Graduates from the Schools of Electrical and Information Engineering and Civil Engineering have been awarded graduate positions with Multiplex Constructions working on building a major new hospital at Westmead.

17 April 2018

New blood pressure guidelines could put lives at risk

A new report in JAMA Internal Medicine by University of Sydney and Bond University scholars weighs the risks and benefits of a recent change to blood pressure guidelines in the US.

16 April 2018

Australia to join global health and climate change initiative

Australia has joined a global initiative tracking progress on human and climate change, say University of Sydney and Macquarie University scholars in today's Medical Journal of Australia.

13 April 2018

How to nail your post-graduation game plan

You’re so close to throwing that graduation cap in the air. Not sold on your next move? We’ve listed a few options you might consider if you’re not sure what road to take after Eastern Avenue.