June
Articles
24 June 2021
Leading researcher elected to international employment relations association
Professor Rae Cooper has been named as President-elect of the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA), during its World Congress, currently being held in Lund, Sweden.
24 June 2021
Being Anglo-Saxon a matter of language and culture, not genetics
A new study from archaeologists at University of Sydney and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, has provided important new evidence to answer the question: Who exactly were the Anglo-Saxons?
23 June 2021
Sydney academics and alumni named 2021 Fulbright Scholars
From biomedical engineering to river science, academics and alumni of the University of Sydney have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships.
23 June 2021
Is the bench spying on you? 'Smart' street furniture, analysed
WiFi-enabled furniture - like benches, kiosks, and bus stops - that collects and generates data, is arriving in Australia. Three University of Sydney researchers analysed the risks and rewards this development entails.
23 June 2021
Recycling robot could help solve soft plastic waste crisis
Engineering researchers are developing a unique method to increase the recycling of soft plastics by creating a smart robot that can identify, sort and separate different types of recyclable waste.
22 June 2021
'A poem can provide a moment of calm contemplation'
Dr Sarah Holland-Batt is the 2021 Judy Harris Writer in Residence. She the first poet to undertake the residency, awarded to a writer who explores health-related themes.
18 June 2021
Sydney researchers receive prestigious NHMRC awards
University of Sydney researchers have been honoured at the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Research Excellence Awards.
17 June 2021
Parent-inclusive autism treatment to go national
In line with the program's aims, families who trialled ParentWorks-Spectrum reported significantly lower child behaviour difficulties, improved child social-communication skills, and reduced parental anxiety, stress, and depression.
16 June 2021
Queen's Birthday Honours celebrates University community
Outstanding members of the University of Sydney community have been recognised in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.
15 June 2021
$6.7m funding boost to reduce medication harm
University of Sydney pharmacy researchers have received over $6.5 million in federal government funding to help osteoporosis sufferers and people at risk of chronic kidney disease, and to develop a system to help pharmacists and GPs work better together.