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Re-imagining Australia using a multilingual lens

5 July 2023 -
'Opening the Multilingual Archives of Australia' project hopes to mobilise under-utilised non-English resources from over 50 languages to highlight the multilingual nature of Australian history.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/06/28/re-imagining-australia-using-a-multilingual-lens.html
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Facebook and the Metaverse: should we be worried about privacy?

31 August 2023 -
Facebook has announced a name change for its holding company at its annual conference to reposition itself as more than a social media company. But what does it mean for user privacy?
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/10/29/facebook-and-the-metaverse-should-we-be-worried-about-privacy.html
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More resilient Aussie wheat needed as climate change heats up

28 February 2022 -
More resilient Aussie wheat needed as climate change heats up. 28 February 2022. Current wheat varieties are insufficiently heat tolerant. University of Sydney researchers tested wheat in heat and carbon-intense conditions that replicate future
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/02/28/more-resilient-aussie-wheat-needed-as-climate-change-heats-up.html
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Rushed revenge porn laws risk over-criminalisation

2 December 2019 -
University of Sydney criminal law experts Associate Professor Tyrone Kirchengast and Professor Thomas Crofts from the Sydney Institute of Criminology in the University of Sydney Law School have warned of the risks of rushing to enact new criminal
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/12/02/rushed-revenge-porn-laws-risk-over-criminalisation.html
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Is your coffee contributing to malaria risk?

10 March 2020 -
Researchers at the University of Sydney and University of São Paulo, Brazil, estimate 20 percent of the malaria risk in deforestation hot spots is driven by the international trade of exports including coffee, tobacco, cotton and wood products.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/03/10/is-your-coffee-contributing-to-malaria-risk.html
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Centre for Advanced Food Engineering - Faculty of Engineering

Learn more about the Centre for Advanced Food Enginomics (CAFE) at the Faculty of Engineering.
www.sydney.edu.au/engineering/our-research/food-products-process-and-supply-chain/centre-for-advanced-food-engineering.html
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Bigger home designs wipe out energy efficiency

11 March 2024 -
New Australian homes are being designed bigger and so require more energy for heating and cooling, wiping out potential gains in energy efficiency, according to new research co-authored by Associate Professor Emma Heffernan from the School of
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/03/11/bigger-home-designs-wipe-out-energy-efficiency.html
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Far more social distancing needed to control Sydney outbreak

16 July 2021 -
For Sydney to see a drop off in COVID-19 case numbers after one month, social distancing must be observed by over 80 percent of people, a model published today by Professor Mikhail Prokopenko reveals.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/07/15/far-more-social-distancing-needed-to-control-sydney-outbreak.html
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Noel Hayman awarded honorary doctorate

6 May 2021 -
The University of Sydney has awarded an honorary doctorate to Professor Noel Hayman in recognition of his contributions in the field of medicine.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/05/06/noel-hayman-awarded-honorary-doctorate.html
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Time to say no to shameful TPP trade-offs

Time to say no to shameful TPP trade-offs. 30 September 2015. It is time to ask why the Australian Government would secretly trade off democratic rights to decide national laws on medicines, public health and copyright, writes Dr Patricia Ranald.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/09/30/time-to-say-no-to-shameful-tpp-trade-offs.html