2016

Articles

07 November 2016

Innovation wins

Postgraduate and research students completed a unique pilot program to drive innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration on campus.

04 November 2016

Students work to invent the future

PhD student Xanthe Croot from the School of Physics, recently took part in the inaugural, cross-discipinary Inventing the Future program.

03 November 2016

How first born children are given an advantage

Studies show kids born earlier in the family enjoy better wages and education, Dr Marian Vidal-Fernandez and Dr Ana Nuevo-Chiquero explain why.

03 November 2016

Professor Steve Vucic wins Eric Susman Prize

Neurologist recognised for pioneering research

03 November 2016

Sydney student newspaper preserved for the ages

The University of Sydney Honi Soit Digital Archive is now live, providing easy online access to issues of the student newspaper from 1929 to 1990. 

03 November 2016

Apple’s new Touch Bar: a breakthrough or commonsense?

Apple is back in the media thanks to the company's new 'Touch Bar'. It might seem like a simple idea, but it builds on a long history of 'human-computer interaction' research, writes Associate Professor Martin Tomitsch.

03 November 2016

Wingara Mura Leadership Program announces new opportunities

The University of Sydney has this week announced five new professional positions for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders as part of our ongoing and inspiring recruitment initiative, the Wingara Mura Leadership Program.

03 November 2016

Robotics will help nourish the world

Leading roboticist, Professor Salah Sukkarieh, will present his ideas on how robotic technology and digital data will deliver sustainable agriculture and help feed a burgeoning planet at next week's Falling Walls conference in Berlin.

03 November 2016

King and Queen of The Netherlands visit the University of Sydney

His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima of The Netherlands visited the University of Sydney this week as part of a state visit to Australia.

02 November 2016

Charles Perkins' fire in the belly: we need to reignite it

On the 50th anniversary of Charles Perkins' graduation, a passionate panel of high profile politicians and community leaders considered 100 years in the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.