September
Articles
19 September 2024
Optimism fuels national productivity and innovation
A study of 42 countries over a 20-year span found one factor had a significant impact on investment in research and development.
19 September 2024
Early dingoes are related to dogs from New Guinea and East Asia
The findings challenge previous claims that dingoes derived from pariah dogs from India or Thailand.
19 September 2024
"This is for Dad": First Indigenous professor in School of Education and Social Work
Lynette Riley, Chair of Aboriginal Education and Indigenous Studies, is the first Indigenous academic to be promoted to professor in the School of Education and Social Work. She shares her story of being first in her family, and community, to achieve such prestigious academic success.
18 September 2024
I think my child's weight is affecting their health. How can I best support them?
Weight fluctuation and change in body composition with growth is a normal part of development. Apart from the first year of life, teenage years' experience the most rapid increase in growth and development, writes the University of Sydney's Natalie Lister and Hiba Jebeile.
18 September 2024
What is Australia looking for in its inaugural poet laureate?
Peter Kirkpatrick in the Discipline of English and Writing asks what an Australian poet laureate will be expected to do or achieve ahead of the position's official appointment in 2025.
17 September 2024
Chau Chak Wing Museum wins national museum award
The Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney has won the 2024 International Council of Museums (ICOM) Australia Institution Award. It is the first university museum to receive this award.
17 September 2024
Assassination attempts, pets and Taylor Swift: the US election is wild
Jared Mondschein from the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney weighs in on whether the series of events in the lead up to the 2024 United States presidential election will have an impact on the result.
17 September 2024
Investment Policies Review Working Group: invitation for submissions
All University of Sydney staff, students and members of the community have been invited to make submissions to the Investment Policies Review Working Group.
17 September 2024
How well is the Australian government regulating social media?
Dr Rob Nicholls from the Discipline of Media and Communications evaluates the federal government's regulation of social media companies, in light of the recent proposal to enforce age verification for social media and ban children from accessing a range of digital apps.
16 September 2024
Sydney Horizon Educators: transforming teaching at the University
Sydney's new wave of educators is focused on innovation in the classroom, setting students up for success.