2022

21 January 2022

Nanobubbles a pathway to better medical devices

Tiny gas bubbles could help reduce drag in small medical devices, university scientists have found. Drag can lead to clogging and damage biological samples, so this discovery could pave the way to more robust devices.

20 January 2022

New Honours Award in partnership with Sydney Environment Institute

Utilising a natural museum collection to explore environmental issues.

20 January 2022

A scholarship celebrating Italian culture and language

The Frances Merenda Travelling Scholarship helped to provide access to extraordinary research material held only in Venice.

19 January 2022

Joanne Wright appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education)

Today Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Mark Scott announced Professor Joanne Wright has been appointed to the role of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education).

19 January 2022

COVID-19 and schools: we're heading into a teacher shortage crisis

Associate Professor Rachel Wilson in Education and Dr Giuseppe Carabetta in Business argue for a long-term plan for recruiting and retaining teachers.

17 January 2022

Innovative mental health grants awarded to Sydney Researchers

Two Sydney research teams were awarded over $3 million by the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) under the Australian Government's Innovative Therapies for Mental Illness Grant.

14 January 2022

Medicine & Health researchers awarded $1.5 million NHMRC funding

Sydney researchers have received 13 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants worth over $1.5 million.

14 January 2022

$10m for national stroke & heart research translation accelerator

Sydney has been announced as the joint lead of a multi-institution government-funded accelerator, with a focus on bridging the gap between great ideas, policies and the development of life-saving technologies.

13 January 2022

New world-first clinical trial on benefits of losing weight prior to pregnancy

The University of Sydney is leading the world's largest clinical trial exploring how losing weight prior to pregnancy can improve the long-term health of mothers and babies.

13 January 2022

Carbon neutral 'spaceplane' parts to be manufactured at Sydney

The Sydney Manufacturing Hub will develop and manufacture components for a green hydrogen-powered launch vehicle capable of deploying small satellites into low earth orbit.

13 January 2022

Carbon neutral 'spaceplane' parts to be manufactured at Sydney

The Sydney Manufacturing Hub will develop and manufacture components for a green hydrogen-powered launch vehicle capable of deploying small satellites into low earth orbit.

12 January 2022

Sydney researchers awarded ARC funding for 78 research projects

The University of Sydney has received more than $36 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to fund 78 research projects.

10 January 2022

Light and Darkness

A major new exhibition at the University's Chau Chak Wing Museum presents works from one of Australia's strongest collections of late modernist art.

10 January 2022

Walking to Work from Home: Can we Reframe Working from Home as a Potential Boon for Active Travel?

Matthew J. Beck explores how active travel can be incentivised and reintroduced into the work from home environment in order to counter the effects of increased sedentary behaviour.

01 January 2022

COVID-19 University of Sydney media statements

Latest updates for journalists about our response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and how we are supporting our community.