2019

17 July 2019

A new solution to countering bad science in forensics

Led by a University of Sydney law and psychology expert, an international group of researchers are calling for forensic science to become more open in the interests of justice.

17 July 2019

It could pay to get personal at work - here's why

Faculty of Engineering academics, Associate Professor Julien Pollack and Dr Petr Matous, have conducted research that suggests sharing a bit more in the workplace can be both personally rewarding and beneficial.

17 July 2019

From business risk to national risk: decarbonising finance and mainstreaming climate change

Tanya Fiedler, chair of last month’s Business Making of Climate Change series, reflects on the seemingly simple affirmation that ‘the fastest path to decarbonisation is in the framing of climate change as a financial and economic risk’.

16 July 2019

Yeast products and discovery workshop 4-6 Dec 2019

MBI is pleased to be co-sponsoring the biannual meeting of the Australasian Yeast Group.

16 July 2019

Yeast products and discovery workshop 4-6 Dec 2019

MBI is pleased to be co-sponsoring the biannual meeting of the Australasian Yeast Group.

16 July 2019

Breaking damper and building connection: food as a community connector

PhD student Omar Elkharouf reflects on last week’s Culture in Conversation: Creating Inclusive Food Communities, a collaborative event held in celebration of NAIDOC Week by YARN Australia, Foodlab Sydney and the University of Sydney Union.

16 July 2019

2019 Art Music Awards

University of Sydney academics Carl Vine, Damien Ricketson, Matthew Hindson, Vladimir Gorbach and Liza Lim; alumni Alice Chance, Jeremy Rose, Lachlan Skipworth and Elizabeth Younan; and current student Andrea Keller have been honoured with nominations for the 2019 Art Music Awards.

16 July 2019

Cannabis treatment counters addiction: first study of its kind

A Sydney-led study published in a JAMA journal provides the first strong evidence that medicinal cannabis could reduce the rate of relapse for users of cannabis - a leading cause of drug treatment episodes in Australia.

15 July 2019

Making deer fair game for unlicensed hunting in NSW

The NSW government last week revealed plans to ease shooting restrictions on feral deer. If the plans go ahead, deer will be stripped of their status as a game animal, writes Dr Thomas Newsome and PhD candidate Emma Spencer.

15 July 2019

Sydney appoints new Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Life)

The University of Sydney has appointed Dr Susanna Scarparo to the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Life) commencing on 1 October 2019.

15 July 2019

Paying for roads – driver of a new road management ecosystem

James Bushell, PhD candidate at ITLS, discusses the trending issue of road user charging and the potential of involvement from both the public and private sectors.

12 July 2019

Why cultural competence is important

As Australia celebrates NAIDOC Week 2019, we talk to Rebecca Halliday, Sydney's new Director of Indigenous External Relationship Development, about why the University's focus on cultural competence is so important.

12 July 2019

Designed in Italy. Made in Australia.

Through research, a series of original work and new documentation, the exhibition Designed in Italy. Made in Australia, will for the first time, showcase the comprehensive work developed during the 1960s and 70s by world-famous Italian engineer Pier Luigi Nervi.

12 July 2019

Eating a bit less reduces heart attack risk, study shows

The first international study of moderate calorie restriction in non-obese people with clinically normal risk factors, centred in the United States, has noted significantly reduced risk of heart attack, even in young adults.

12 July 2019

2019 ABC Top 5 Humanities Media Residencies announced

The winners of the 2019 ABC Top 5 Humanities and Social Sciences Media Residencies have been announced, supported by the University of Sydney.

12 July 2019

A fish called Wakanda a new species of fairy wrasse

Inspired by the Marvel film Black Panther, Yi-Kai Tea has named a new species of fairy wrasse after the fictional country Wakanda. Mr Tea believes taxonomy is a vital component in conservation science.

11 July 2019

Leaving Singapore to study health in Sydney

Sydney is a great place to live and study, but don’t take it from us. Hear what our Singaporean students have to say about their move to Australia to study health at the University of Sydney.

11 July 2019

Students tackle climate change with Tech Mahindra's research arm

University of Sydney students will this week share their ideas on how to tackle water shortages and air pollution with Tech Mahindra's Makers Lab, marking the completion of the first Industry and Community Project Unit (ICPU) in India.

11 July 2019

The Sydney astronomer tackling the mysteries of the universe

For nearly six decades, Professor Richard Hunstead has looked for answers in the heavens, and for better ways of doing things on Earth.

11 July 2019

Thwack! Insects feel chronic pain after injury

Associate Professor Greg Neely and his team of pain researchers in the Charles Perkins Centre have found compelling evidence that insects feel persistent pain after injury.