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5 feel good benefits of volunteering

17 December 2021 -
To celebrate International Volunteer Day, we spoke to University experts in happiness, psychology and pharmacology to find out some surpirsing benefits of volunteering on mental wealth.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/12/03/5-feel-good-benefits-of-volunteering.html
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The ChatGPT chatbot is blowing people away with its writing skills

8 December 2022 -
Dr Marcel Scharth from the University of Sydney Business School explains why ChatGPT is so impressive — and where it might be immediately useful.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/12/08/the-chatgpt-chatbot-is-blowing-people-away-with-its-writing-skil.html
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Designing smart electrical grids for sustainability

12 August 2021 -
Discover how researchers from the universities of Sydney and Hong Kong are designing the next generation of smart, sustainable electrical grids.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/09/03/designing-smart-electrical-grids-for-sustainability.html
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International students turned entrepreneurs give back to fuel more startups

23 April 2021 -
University of Sydney alumni and co-founders of Access Corporate Group - a four-year-old startup with more than 2000 employees - Livia Wang and Warren Liu have donated $100,000 on behalf of the company to help entrepreneurs at the University of
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/04/23/international-students-turned-entrepreneurs-give-back-to-fuel-mo.html
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What Sinead O'Connor's music taught me about songwriting

31 July 2023 -
Dr Toby Martin, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, explores the extraordinary songwriting of Irish musician Sinead O'Connor.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/07/31/what-sinead-o-connor-s-music-taught-me-about-songwriting.html
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Brain disease found in former league players

2 September 2022 -
For the first time, a brain disease linked with repetitive head injury in American sport has been identified in the brains of two former Australian rugby league players. Find out more about the Australian Sports Brain Bank at the Brain and Mind
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/06/27/brain-disease-found-in-former-league-players.html
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Quantum ethics project awarded DFAT grant

21 April 2021 -
The Centre for International Security Studies has been awarded a DFAT grant to develop accords for the ethical use of quantum technologies.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/04/21/quantum-ethics-project-awarded-dfat-grant.html
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Legumes hub to tackle global food and nutritional security

12 August 2021 -
A $14.5 million Australian Research Council program, Industrial Transformation Research Hub – Legumes for Sustainable Agriculture is being launched as part of an program – with the ambitious aims of bolstering legumes as global food demand
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/10/24/legumes-hub-to-tackle-global-food-and-nutritional-security.html
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University launches joint sustainability lab with Zhejiang University

5 September 2023 -
The University of Sydney and Zhejiang University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a joint lab on sustainable environment.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/11/22/university-launches-joint-sustainability-lab-with-zhejiang-unive.html
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Meet the 2019 Bradfield finalists

26 November 2019 -
Meet the 2019 Bradfield finalists. 15 November 2019. The next wave of Sydney visionaries share their ideas for the Sydney of the future. Discover the ideas which have placed them as the finalists for the 2019 Lendlease Bradfield Urbanisation
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/11/15/meet-the-2019-bradfield-finalists.html