2023

07 August 2023

New program shows after school hours care can boost children's social wellbeing

A pilot study shows how after-school-hours care can play an important role in building children's wellbeing and social connection. The program involves children in the design process and gives them a voice and role to shape their own experience.

03 August 2023

How do the Voice to Parliament ads try to influence voters? And is it effective?

The effectiveness of four different advertising campaigns for and against the Voice to Parliament have been analysed by Associate Professors Tom van Laer and Catherine Sutton-Brady from the University of Sydney Business School.

03 August 2023

Lessons from French architects Lacaton & Vassal

For the past three years, pioneering French architects Anne Lacaton & Jean Philippe Vassal have held the inaugural Rothwell Chair. This week they completed their tenure with a series of design studios, seminars and a public talk that exemplified their engagement and not only left a positive impact on the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, but reinvigorated how we view our city.

02 August 2023

Bringing artificial intelligence to the search for habitable planets

Backed by the Breakthrough Initiatives, Professor Peter Tuthill will lead a team to launch a satellite telescope to look for planets around our nearest neighbour, Alpha Centauri.

31 July 2023

What Sinead O'Connor's music taught me about songwriting

Dr Toby Martin, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, explores the extraordinary songwriting of Irish musician Sinead O'Connor.

31 July 2023

Eight Sydney researchers awarded ARC Future Fellowships for 2023

University of Sydney researchers have been awarded more than $8.5m from the Australian Research Council

31 July 2023

Sexual consent education program wins $1.1 million research boost

Professor Lee Wallace and Dr Victoria Rawlings from the University of Sydney's Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre (SSSHARC) to support Consent Labs with school programs that seek to prevent sexual and gendered violence.

28 July 2023

Short bursts of daily activity linked to reduced cancer risk

Promising new research suggests a total of just 4.5 minutes of vigorous activity that makes you huff and puff during daily tasks could reduce the risk of some cancers by up to 32 percent.

27 July 2023

University welcomes esteemed scholar and curator of Indigenous art

The University's Power Institute and the Discipline of Art History will host Gerald McMaster, an internationally renowned artist, curator and scholar of contemporary art, museology and Indigenous aesthetics from OACD University in Toronto.

27 July 2023

How to improve CPR rates in Australian migrant communities

CPR can double someone's chances of surviving a cardiac arrest in the community, but new research published in the BMJ Open finds Australians born overseas lack the support and opportunity to learn. The researchers explore ways to improve CPR training rates.

27 July 2023

Western science catches up with First Nations' medicinal use of ant honey

Scientists have discovered the honey produced by Australian ants possesses unique anti-microbial activity against bacteria and fungi that could make the liquid useful medicinally.

26 July 2023

On the Beach stage adaptation is poignant and life-affirming

Associate Professor Huw Griffiths, in English Literature, reviews On The Beach, a new Australian play by Tommy Murphy adapted from Nevil Shute's classic end-of-the-world novel.

26 July 2023

Crime scene motel project

Ordinary suburban motels, utterly banal and unremarkable to most. However, what goes on behind their closed doors intrigued Sydney Law School criminologist and artist, Carolyn McKay. Presenting a new art installation of neon signs based on her research into crimes in motel rooms.

25 July 2023

Sydney facility to raise the bar in medical teaching and learning

New resource at the Westmead Innovation Centre is to be a game-changer in the way the we teach and learn in Western Sydney.

24 July 2023

Going public: Virginia Woolf's own copy of debut novel available to all

The University of Sydney's Fisher Library has digitised Virginia Woolf's personal copy of the first edition of her debut novel, The Voyage Out, featuring inscriptions and edits by her hand that now anyone can enjoy.

24 July 2023

Taking action on modern slavery

The University of Sydney's third annual Modern Slavery Statement provides a comprehensive overview of the University's approach to combatting modern slavery and its strategies for prevention, detection and remediation.

21 July 2023

First Nations design for Barangaroo Harbour Park

The New South Wales Government has announced AKIN as the winning design team in its Barangaroo Harbour Park Design Competition. Chris Fox from the School of Architecture, Design and Planning is part of the design team which will transform a prime stretch of Sydney's waterfront into vital open space.

19 July 2023

How the Voice 'yes' and 'no' camps have sold their messages

Expertise, familiarity and likeability are pitted against 10 reasons to vote no in the pamphlets for and against the Voice to Parliament, writes Associate Professor Tom van Laer from the University of Sydney Business School.

19 July 2023

What the ruling against neurosurgeon Charlie Teo means

After years of controversy around his willingness to perform high-risk surgeries, neurosurgeon Charlie Teo is now subject to practice restrictions under health practitioner law. Sydney Law School academic Christopher Rudge explains what this means.

19 July 2023

Announcing the 2023 Eureka Prize finalists

Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science, and Faculty of Medicine and Health have been recognised for their contributions in research, innovation, leadership and engagement.