2022

06 April 2022

2022 Alumni Awards honour exceptional Sydney graduates

Coming from a range of backgrounds and disciplines, the winners of the 2022 Alumni Awards have made outstanding contributions to their fields and the University community.

06 April 2022

Sydney Con Jazz Festival 2022

Sample the best of jazz from here and abroad at the fifth Sydney Con Jazz Festival (SCJF), taking place at Sydney's Conservatorium of Music on 5 June. Over 100 leading jazz artists from Australia, US and Europe will perform in over 24 concerts.

06 April 2022

The best way to read Jane Austen? Out loud!

Dr Ruth Wilson's PhD thesis proposed an unusual strategy in her re-imagining of established practices for teaching and reading the novels of Jane Austen: reading them out loud. Now her PhD has led to a memoir "The Jane Austen Remedy".

06 April 2022

University of Sydney to be powered by 100% renewable electricity

From 1 July 2022 the University of Sydney will be powered by 100 percent renewable electricity.

05 April 2022

Thinking public transport, electric cars and the roads we drive on

At the intersection where politics, individual egos and the public good collide, you'll find the University's Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies. In a time when transport is evolving dramatically, it works so public good survives the crash.

05 April 2022

Wind turbines, helicopters, weather and why turbulence matters

Analysing the turbulence in a gently flowing river might spoil the poetry of the moment. But if that gentle flow becomes a destructive torrent, understanding its behaviour becomes crucial. Professor Ben Thornber is working to make that complex task much easier.

05 April 2022

Maree Teesson to chair national mental health expert panel

Director of the Matilda Centre, Professor Maree Teesson AC will chair an expert advisory panel that will guide Australia's future roadmap in mental health research.

05 April 2022

University of Sydney joins Universitas 21 network

The University of Sydney has been welcomed as the newest member of Universitas 21, a global network of research-intensive universities.

05 April 2022

Robyn Ward to contribute to national healthcare research strategy

Under chairperson Dr Katherine Woodthorpe, Executive Dean & Pro Vice-Chancellor Medicine and Health Professor Robyn Ward will help guide Australia's future vision for health & medical research as part of an Advisory Committee announced by the Federal Government.

04 April 2022

New WFH and transport-related patterns emerge

After two years working from home due to the pandemic, many Australians have established a new working pattern according to a new survey by the University of Sydney Business School.