2021

06 May 2021

Noel Hayman awarded honorary doctorate

The University of Sydney has awarded an honorary doctorate to Professor Noel Hayman in recognition of his contributions in the field of medicine.

06 May 2021

Sydney archaeologist helps reveal oldest human burial in Africa

Dating to 78,000 years ago, the bones of a child were found by a team of archaeologists in Panga ya Saidi, a cave site on the Kenyan coast. It is considered the oldest human burial in Africa.

05 May 2021

Celebrating student success in languages and cultures

The School of Languages and Cultures hosted its 2021 Awards Ceremony to recognise 136 students for their outstanding performance in the academic years of 2019 and 2020.

05 May 2021

Moroccan ‘moon’ mosaic

He’d just come back from a mission to the moon, but another surprise was waiting. Curator Candace Richards describes how a treasure gifted to Apollo 12’s Richard Gordon found its way into our collections.

05 May 2021

Revolutionising anthropocentrism through a multispecies political system

2021 Honours Fellow Sam Norman is revolutionising Western political paradigms in his research with an ontological turn towards the more-than-human world.

05 May 2021

SILLIAC: the machine that brought Australia into the computer age

A horse-racing benefactor with an interest in science made one of Australia's first, and then most powerful, computers possible.

05 May 2021

Urban productivity and affordable rental housing supply

Professor Nicole Gurran spoke at the Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute webinar on the Inquiry she lead on Urban Productivity and Affordable Rental Housing Supply.

05 May 2021

Revealed: coral fights back against crown of thorns starfish

Coral can fight back against attacking juvenile crown of thorns starfish - using stinging cells to injure and even kill, showing that coral are not as passive as people may think.

04 May 2021

Student insights: Unique international focus of Juris Doctor

Vinuri Gajanayake shares her experience as a Juris Doctor student at Sydney Law School and speaks about the ‘unique international focus’ of the degree.

04 May 2021

Meet the 2021 Frank Stilwell Political Economy Award winners

PhD students Ram Niwas Arya from India and Javier Recabarren from Chile are the 2021 recipients of the Frank Stilwell Award in Political Economy, which rewards outstanding research in the field and provides financial support to bright minds who need it.

04 May 2021

Professor Wendy Erber wins Alumni Award for Professional Achievement

She established one of the world’s first comprehensive leukemia diagnostic laboratories. Now Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UWA, Wendy Erber reflects on her time at the University of Sydney, what she learnt, what drove her personally and how her studies took her to where she is today.

04 May 2021

Alexander Burke graduates Bachelor of Pharmacy degree with First Class Honours

Alexander Burke, a proud Wiradjuri male, recently graduated with a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree with First Class Honours. He has now commenced his PhD where he will continue to shape the way pharmacy and health students are taught about Aboriginal culture and indigenous health.

04 May 2021

The next generation of leaders

Alumni Award winners and graduate medallists of 2021 share their University of Sydney experiences and what leadership means to them.

04 May 2021

Understanding heart failure

The effects are profound, yet heart failure is surprisingly little understood. Now Dr Sean Lal is finding new knowledge with help from the world's largest bank of heart tissue samples right here on the University campus.

04 May 2021

Revealed: the fungus attacking Australian native plants

The invasive fungus myrtle rust has been attacking native plants, driving some to the brink of extinction. Dr Peri Tobias and her team hope that sequencing the entire genome can help the plants fight back.

03 May 2021

Financial sector fails human rights test

Research on 22 ASX-listed financial companies has found that they fail to walk their human rights talk: there is no board-level accountability for human rights breaches, despite the existence of pro-human rights policies.

03 May 2021

Riding with dogs – what can it tell us about transport?

Many of us like nothing better than to navigate our city, and our lives, with our humble hound along for the ride. But if you live in Sydney, and you want to travel further than you and your dog can comfortably walk, these dog-accompanied excursions are unavoidably car bound. Jennifer L. Kent and Corinne Mulley discuss.

03 May 2021

An endangered menagerie: remembering our vanishing species

The mountain ash eucalypt, regent honeyeaters and potoroos are all vanishing at an astonishing rate, alongside countless others. Here, we assemble excerpts from a new essay collection aiming to bear witness to this age of loss.

30 April 2021

Dogs are good for us, and for our cities

Dogs are good for us, and good for our cities. However research from the Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning shows that in Australian cities experiencing an increase in apartment living, dogs are being left behind. A webinar explores how we can ensure our cities remain pet friendly.

30 April 2021

Tales of Unsung Heroes

On 13 January 2020, Thailand confirmed the first known case of COVID-19 outside of China. As one of the world's most popular tourism destinations, with the majority of its travellers coming from China, this news came as no surprise.