2022

01 August 2022

New Economic Measurement: A Value-Based Approach

Christopher Day explores how measuring economic growth and societal wellbeing is a complex process that cannot be evaluated solely by quantitative calculations like GDP.

31 July 2022

Collateral damage of immigration detention: new research

Australia's policy of indefinite mandatory detention is harming detainees' friends, family and supporters, according to a new study by the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies (SCHS) at The University of Sydney.

29 July 2022

2021 Physics Grand Challenges winners announced

The Physics Grand Challenges aims to support unconventional, innovative, interdisciplinary research projects with a total of $250,000 each to be awarded to two projects to use over a period of up to two years.

28 July 2022

X-ray vision

To celebrate National Science Week, we're travelling back in time to explore the history of X-rays. 

28 July 2022

The who’s who of our campus statues

The University of Sydney is Australia’s oldest University, founded in 1850, and with all that history comes a lot of cool gems. Get to know some of the University’s statues that stand watch over our grounds. Do you know where to find them on campus?

28 July 2022

Scholarships awarded to five Taiwanese research students

Scholarships for Taiwanese students support research across science, business, medicine and health.

28 July 2022

The hornbills are falling: conservation and dispossession

On World Nature Conservation Day, SEI Postdoctoral Fellow June Rubis reflects on hornbills in peril in Malaysian Borneo and draws parallels to ongoing practices of coloniality experienced by local Indigenous peoples.

27 July 2022

2022 Global Voices Scholarships

The Global Voices Scholarships will see two lucky students represent Australia at either the United Nations Climate Change Conference, held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt* or at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York.

27 July 2022

Add Sustainability into your degree

If you’re looking to improve your career prospects, open the door to further academic study, or pursue your passion while helping save the planet, studying Sustainability is your next step.

27 July 2022

Business subjects that will take you to Southeast Asia in 2023

Want to solve real-world business challenges with social enterprises in South-East Asia? Learn more about the Business School’s exciting overseas study opportunities.

27 July 2022

2022 Sleek Geeks Eureka Prize finalists announced

After hundreds of hours of deliberation, six individuals have been selected as finalists in the 2022 Australian Museum Sleek Geeks Eureka Prizes — and we’re thrilled to be revealing this group to the public.

27 July 2022

$3.5m donation ensures the future of Tibetan Buddhist studies in Australia

Khyentse Foundation's $3.5m gift guarantees the future of Tibetan Buddhist studies at the University, including teaching, research and community outreach.

27 July 2022

Sydney Law School alumnus tops LLM at Cambridge

Meet Eric Shi. Sydney Law School alumnus with an outstanding list of achievements to his name. Most recently, being ranked first in the Master of Laws at the University of Cambridge.

27 July 2022

Nepean Clinical School making an environmental impact

Staff and students at the Nepean Clinical School have been saving unused consumables left over from clinical trials run at Nepean Hospital, previously destined for landfill. They have diverted the material's fate from landfill, and towards collection for sorting and redistribution.

27 July 2022

2022 Eureka Prize finalists announced

Six academics from across the Faculties of Science, Medicine and Health and Engineering have been named Eureka Prize finalists in recognition of their innovative research.

26 July 2022

2022 ABC TOP 5 Arts media residencies announced

Dr Sanné Mestrom, a sculptor and ARC DECRA Fellow in the Sydney College of the Arts, and Dr Mahesh White-Radhakrishnan, a musician and scholar of music and language, at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, have each won a two-week media residency with the ABC.

25 July 2022

Assessing life expectancy for voluntary assisted dying may prove challenging

Doctors determining a person's eligibility for voluntary assisted dying must assess life expectancy which is an 'inherently uncertain and imprecise' task made more difficult by inconsistent wording across state legislation, according to University of Sydney experts.

25 July 2022

SEI welcomes Emma Bones as General Manager

We hear from Emma Bones, our new General Manager, about her work experience from consulting to not-for-profits, and the importance of advocacy in the climate space.

25 July 2022

Type of early-onset dementia now more detectable

Researchers and clinicians at the University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Centre have developed a free, online, clinician-administered tool that could greatly increase the likelihood of early detection of primary progressive aphasia, paving the way for enhanced treatment.

25 July 2022

Call for targeted measures to address pandemic's impact on young people

A high-powered taskforce led by the Sydney Policy Lab has called for the the federal government to introduce active measures to drive a 'generational catch-up' for young people, who have been disproportionately disadvantaged from the COVID-19 pandemic response.