2016

Articles

08 August 2016

New major student exchange agreement struck with the University of Copenhagen

In June, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Registrar) Tyrone Carlin signed a super partnership agreement with the University of Copenhagen to allow up to 50 students to go on exchange programs each year.

08 August 2016

UCLA and Washington to compete against Sydney University Lions

The University of Sydney will become the first university in Australia to face-off against an elite US college program when the Sydney University Lions take on the Washington Huskies basketball side this Monday 8 August.

08 August 2016

The hidden curriculum in surgery says it’s not for women

Women remain under-represented in surgery writes Renae Ryan, Kirsten Black and Victoria Cook.

05 August 2016

University of Sydney researchers create game-based app to prevent heart attacks

A fun, convenient and independent approach to prevention. 

05 August 2016

Dubious marketing of stem cell therapies revealed

Advanced economy nations led by Ireland, Singapore, Australia, Germany and the United States have the highest per capita number of clinics engaging in direct-to-consumer marketing of stem cell therapies, according to the world's largest-ever study of such clinics.

04 August 2016

Fifteen nations placed on genocide watchlist

The chief investigator of the University's Atrocity Forecasting Project has urged 'intensive monitoring' of nations facing significant risk of genocide.

04 August 2016

In praise of the Sirius building, a ruined remnant of idealistic times

With a ministerial refusal to act on the NSW Heritage Council’s findings, Sydney’s Sirius building has lost its heritage appeal. Demolition is now imminent and the building has been, philosophically at least, abandoned.

04 August 2016

The jobs of the future

The flow of reports about the impact of automation, mostly dire, continues. The big question is whether we are facing more of the same, or whether the exponential technologies will usher in more dramatic changes, writes Honorary Professor Ron Johnston.  

03 August 2016

Satellite images of world at night can map rural poverty

A University of Sydney-bound economist has mapped people’s access to electricity to identify economic inequality in oil-rich countries.

03 August 2016

Blueprint to overcome Anglo Celtic bias in leadership

A new 'blueprint' for cultural diversity and inclusive leadership based on research undertaken by the Business School was revealed this week.