2023

18 May 2023

Third cohort of Robinson Fellows announced

The latest cohort of researchers to receive a multi-year fellowship named after the University of Sydney's first Nobel Prize winner has been announced.

18 May 2023

Eurovision: Why we keep falling for the keytar

Dr Paul (Mac) McDermott from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music ponders the enduring love of the showy but impractical instrument, the keytar, after Perth band Voyager's captivating Eurovision journey.

17 May 2023

Sydney launches GP Clinical School to elevate the profession and research

The University today launched a new clinical school to enhance general practice as a preferred career choice among medical students, grow opportunities for GP-related research and champion multidisciplinary care in the community.

17 May 2023

Growing sustainable everyday products using mushrooms

Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a biological growing process that uses mushrooms to turn organic waste into compostable products as a low-cost, sustainable solution to plastics.

17 May 2023

Students on AI: 'Please do not assume the worst of us'

Associate Professor Danny Liu and Professor Adam Bridgeman from the University of Sydney and Professor Cecilia Ka Yuk Chan from the University of Hong Kong share key themes from students on using AI in their education.

17 May 2023

Lech Blaine named Charles Perkins Centre 2023 Writer in Residence

Journalist Lech Blaine, author of 'Car Crash: A Memoir' and Quarterly Essay 'Top Blokes', will join the Charles Perkins Centre as the 2023 Judy Harris Writer in Residence.

16 May 2023

It's cold and flu season - so what's wrong with cough syrup?

Parents might want to rethink how they help their kids through cold and flu season, with some remedies posing a risk a to young children, write Dr Rose Cairns and Associate Professor Nial Wheate for The Conversation

15 May 2023

No, music doesn't cause crime - not even drill rap

Academics argue the NSW Police has spent a disproportionate amount of taxpayer money pursuing, disrupting and generally harassing drill musicians under the premise that their lyrics incite violence or help recruit gang members.

12 May 2023

Context behind School of Psychology study report

An ethics-approved research study being conducted by researchers in our School of Psychology has been the focus of a recent article in student newspaper Honi Soit.

12 May 2023

Hep C can be cured but many people are still not being treated

A new project led by the University of Sydney hopes to work out how to eliminate hepatitis C from Australia by encouraging people to take up new, highly curative treatments.