2020

18 August 2020

Yim Family Foundation Scholarship in Law

The Yim Family Foundation has made a generous gift to the University of Sydney Law School to support students affected financially by the COVID-19 crisis.

17 August 2020

University strengthens performance in ARWU rankings

The University has improved its position by six places within the world's top 100 universities in the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities.

17 August 2020

Darwin’s ‘Smart City’ project: the intersection of BLM, big data tech and climate change

Darwin’s expansive new digital sensors will aggregate climate data in a boon for environmental science and sustainable planning, but will the inclusion of extensive CCTV, mobile phone tracking and AI for public surveillance deepen socioeconomic and racial injustices?

17 August 2020

The two worlds of the Wiradjuri people

On her first night in Wiradjuri country in 1981, Gaynor Macdonald sat by a fire on Erambie reserve near the town of Cowra in central New South Wales. Monk, a musician and activist, played his guitar while others quizzed the young anthropologist on why she was there and asked if she had links to ASIO.

14 August 2020

Philosophy curriculum responds to COVID 19

We are learning from COVID-19 that building solid medical knowledge is not easy. In Semester 2 ‘Philosophy of Medicine' will focus on medical theories of knowledge to ask what constitutes good and bad medical evidence.

14 August 2020

COVID-19 and the Social Contract

Lockdowns and the need for government interventions have brought the issue of the social contract to the fore during the COVID-19 crisis. Given the social contract is a philosophical idea, perhaps philosophers have something to say about this situation.

14 August 2020

Salt in the wound: social impacts, public health and the Narrabri gas project

The proposed Narrabri Gas Project flouts dire climate predictions and as Dr. Alison Ziller argues, the negative, but lesser publicised, social harms for the region just add insult to injury.

13 August 2020

BHP Foundation supports COVID-19 Mental Health Think Tank

COVID-19 Mental Health Response Independent Think Tank brings together a broad range of expertise to pursue evidence-based mental health policy.

13 August 2020

Arts grad at work: Living in Singapore, working at Facebook

Two weeks after graduating, Anastasia Pavlovic moved to Singapore to begin a graduate role at Facebook. Although she may have arrived at university unsure which path to take, choosing Indonesian Studies became “the best decision” Anastasia ever made.

12 August 2020

All together: A new future for commissioning human services in NSW

Working with a coalition of community sector peak organisations, the Lab developed a “commissioning jigsaw” and fundamental principles for good commissioning that ensured people and communities are at the heart of human service design and delivery.

12 August 2020

Live from the Lab

Musicians from the Conservatorium of Music have been working alongside scientists and engineers from the Sydney Nano Institute, composing new music inspired by their emotional response to the Grand Challenges; the flagship projects at Sydney Nano.

11 August 2020

The challenges that come with being a horse dentist

Don't like going to the dentist? Think how it would be if you were a horse. With a mouthful of large, hard-to-access teeth, horses are a challenge for the dental problem solvers at the Camden Equine Centre.

11 August 2020

Preserving the history of our precious sandstone buildings

The University of Sydney is one of a rare breed, having some of the finest, grandest sandstone buildings in Australia. But with great buildings comes great responsibility to maintain them.

11 August 2020

Why are young men more likely to believe COVID-19 myths than other groups?

We need to involve young people in the design of COVID-19 messages to get the delivery right, if we are to convince them to socialise less and follow prevention advice, writes University of Sydney researches.

11 August 2020

Feeling glum? 10 positive stories you may have missed

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is still some good happening in the world. Here are ten of the University of Sydney's most promising and positive stories that you may have missed.

11 August 2020

Education grad at work: On being a young high school teacher

Following an internship, Jason was offered a full-time role and now teaches History, English and Geography. Here, he shares insights into how his degree supports his work in the classroom and the quality of his tutors at Sydney.

11 August 2020

Gambling frequency reduced during first wave of COVID-19

A survey by the Gambling Treatment and Research Clinic into the impact of the coronavirus in Australia found a majority reduced their gambling during the first shutdown but about one in 10 increased how often they gambled.

10 August 2020

How the shady world of the data industry strips away our freedoms

Practices of big technology companies pose threats to our privacy and democracy, writes Professor Uri Gal from the University of Sydney Business School.

10 August 2020

Two Sydney Law School alumni top at Oxford

Congratulations to Sydney Law School alumni, Alyssa Glass for winning the Vinerian Scholarship, a prize awarded to first place in the BCL exams at the University of Oxford, and Alice Zhou for winning the Vinerian Scholarship Proxime Accessit, the prize awarded to second place.

10 August 2020

Observing the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

On Sunday 9 August 2020, we observed the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples by speaking to three of Sydney Law School's First Nations students.