2023

06 April 2023

What role can Passover play in the cause for animal liberation?

Professor Danielle Celemajer, Deputy Director of the Sydney Environment Institute, explores how the Jewish Passover seder might help us approach the momentous challenge of animal liberation.

05 April 2023

Rising prices hurt public confidence in transport

Public confidence in transport has dropped significantly in the first quarter of 2023 to the lowest levels in five years, according to the latest report from the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) at the University of Sydney Business School.

05 April 2023

Sydney supports extension of educational equity program in schools

The University of Sydney is supporting edtech provider Janison to deliver 5000 free student benchmarking tests to regional, remote and Indigenous schools over the next two years.

05 April 2023

University of Sydney excels in employer satisfaction survey

University of Sydney graduates ranked highest in the country for their adaptive skills in the 2022 Employer Satisfaction Survey (ESS) - the largest of its kind in Australia.

05 April 2023

Nearly two-thirds of adolescent long stays in NSW hospitals for mental health

Professor Adam Guastella says tailored models of care and improved community treatment for high-risk groups and in regional areas could help reduce extended length of stay.

04 April 2023

Three ways to help build family support for young trans people

A strong family network is important for protecting young trans people, but their families need help too, says Senior Research Associate Cristyn Davies.

04 April 2023

Sydney strengthens international ties in research and innovation

New international opportunities are open to Sydney researchers and students as the University expands partnership agreements with the University of Glasgow and the University of California San Diego.

04 April 2023

Challenges facing Australian universities

Sydney University Press has launched Australian Universities: A conversation about public good which highlights contemporary challenges facing Australian universities and offers new ideas for expanding public good.

03 April 2023

3 ways to help the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund revive manufacturing

There is support for the fund from employer groups and trade unions, but there are also criticisms, writes Dr Jarryd Daymond from The University of Sydney Business School.

03 April 2023

Ukraine refugee awarded University of Sydney MBA scholarship

Ukrainian refugee Marta Artemenko is aiming to help rebuild her war-torn nation after being awarded the University of Sydney Business School 2023 Anstice MBA Scholarship for Community Leadership.

03 April 2023

GPs more likely to undercharge than overcharge Medicare

Analysis has found GPs were significantly more likely to undercharge than overcharge Medicare for their services, with an estimated $351 million in savings in 2021-22.

30 March 2023

University project wins Anti-Slavery Australia Freedom Award

Integrated Sustainability Analysis (ISA) group and the Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA) have won the Innovation Award for the OAASIS project at the 2023 Anti-Slavery Freedom Awards.

30 March 2023

Two researchers honoured in NHMRC Research Excellence Awards

Professor Eddie Holmes and Professor Greg Fox, both from the Faculty of Medicine and Health, have been awarded NHMRC Research Excellence Awards.

29 March 2023

Blinded by the light: gamma ray burst brighter than any seen before

Gamma ray bursts are the most explosive events in the Universe. Astronomers last year witnessed the brightest ever seen and have analysed the results, with a Sydney team providing important evidence.

28 March 2023

Eddie Woo joins Sydney School of Education

Award-winning maths teacher and YouTuber Eddie Woo, known to students worldwide as 'Mister WooTube', joins the Sydney School of Education as a Professor of Practice.

28 March 2023

University of Sydney researcher wins coveted $8 million Snow Fellowship

The Snow Medical Research Foundation (Snow Medical) has awarded Associate Professor Lining (Arnold) Ju and his team from the University of Sydney's School of Biomedical Engineering an $8 million Fellowship.

28 March 2023

TGA review strengthens case for much tighter vape restrictions at the border

Associate Professor Becky Freeman from the Faculty of Medicine and Health and the Charles Perkins Centre and Senior Advisor Paul Grogan from The Daffodil Centre explain how the TGA's advice will help combat the rise of vaping.

27 March 2023

Designing better buildings to stop water damage

Associate Professor Arianna Brambilla from the School of Architecture, Design and Planning will work with the Victorian Building Authority to establish best practice guidelines around the construction of moisture-resilient buildings.

24 March 2023

Earlier disclosure of COVID-19 origins could have saved us three years of political quarrelling

Professor Dominic Dwyer from the Faculty of Medicine and Health discusses the delayed release of the data on COVID-19's origins, which sights the possibility of raccoon dogs at the Wuhan markets.  

24 March 2023

Climate Fiction: can novels help us reckon with climate change?

Dr Meg Brayshaw, John Rowe Lecturer in Australian Literature, reviews J.R. Burgmann's debut novel Children of Tomorrow and explores whether literary fiction known as "cli-fi" can make us feel for lives unlike our own.