Pop-up mobile cooling hubs - Faculty of Medicine and Health

Pop-up mobile cooling hubs. Immediate heat relief for those at risk or experiencing homelessness. Led by Dr. Timothy English, the Homelessness and Heat Emergency Activation Team (HHEATeam) have created Australia's first mobile cooling hub. This
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Can switching from sugar to diet drinks reduce health risks?

18 November 2019 -
A University of Sydney study that models a sugar to diet beverage switch in rats suggests swapping to artificially sweetened beverages may help improve metabolic and cognitive impairments that result from too much sugar.
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Sydney rises in Times Higher Education global reputation ranking

18 July 2019 -
The annual ranking lists the top 100 universities for teaching and research reputation, based on the results of an invitation-only academic opinion survey.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/07/17/sydney-rises-in-times-higher-education-global-reputation-ranking.html
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The NDIS does not yet address all the needs of Indigenous people with disabilities

The NDIS does not yet address all the needs of Indigenous people with disabilities. 8 July 2016. Understanding the National Disability Insurance Scheme. While the NDIS presents an opportunity to address the gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
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Australharmony - Biographical register A (A-Allan)

And blesses with a tear. It was our intention to have offered our opinion upon the above original song, both as respects its poetical claims, and the musical composition of the ... There was a generally expressed opinion that the first subscription
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Paid parental leave progress has plateaued, according to a new paper

16 May 2021 -
Paid parental leave progress has plateaued, according to a new paper. 17 May 2021. A decade of ‘baby steps’ on paid parental leave - time for ‘giant leaps’. A new paper by University of Sydney researchers has warned that failure to improve
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Barangaroo is a masterclass in planning as deal-making

9 September 2022 -
Professor Dallas Rogers and Associate Professor Cameron Logan from the School of Architecture, Design and Planning examine how the redevelopment of the Barangaroo precinct on Sydney Harbour is a "world-leading example of unsolicited urbanism".
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Should Australians be worried about waiting for a COVID vaccine?

Should Australians be worried about waiting for a COVID vaccine? 4 December 2020. UK has already approved COVID-19 vaccine. The news that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine has gained emergency approval in the United Kingdom and may be distributed to
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For the love of books: Maggie McElill on the wonders of volunteering

4 September 2023 -
We have opinions we’re not afraid to use!” she says. “Our volunteers are generally older and retired after long working lives and there is always something new to be shared.
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Virginia Woolf rediscovered copy of The Voyage Out digitised at the University of Sydney

16 October 2023 -
The University of Sydney’s Fisher Library has rediscovered Virginia Woolf’s personal annotated copy of her debut novel The Voyage Out, with a digitised copy now available for all to explore.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/07/24/virginia-woolf-rediscovered-copy-of-the-voyage-out-digitised-at-.html