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Meet Australia’s High Commissioner to India

12 May 2021 -
As a delegation from the University travels across India, Her Excellency Harinder Sidhu tells us about the pressures and rewards of her role, and her hopes for Indian students at Sydney.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/11/20/meet-australias-high-commissioner-to-india.html
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Should OpenAI's board have fired Sam Altman?

22 November 2023 -
OpenAI's board is facing backlash for firing CEO Sam Altman - but it's good it had the power to, writes Dr Joanne Gray, Lecturer in Digital Cultures in the Discipline of Media and Communications at University of Sydney. She argues big tech companies
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/11/22/should-openai-board-have-fired-sam-altman-expert-tech.html
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Professor Dacheng Tao named ACM Fellow

21 July 2023 -
University of Sydney AI expert and one of the world's most highly cited researchers, Professor Dacheng Tao has been named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/12/13/professor-dacheng-tao-named-acm-fellow.html
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Researchers develop improved recycling process for carbon fibres

8 March 2021 -
Recycling of composite materials could be up to 70 percent cheaper and lead to a 90-95 percent reduction in CO2 emissions compared to standard manufacturing.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/03/08/researchers-develop-improved-recycling-process-for-carbon-fibres.html
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Why single, older women without children face economic insecurity

8 March 2021 -
A first-of-its-kind study examining the economic security of single older women without children has busted the myth that people without children must have uninterrupted careers and healthy retirement savings.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/11/30/why-single-older-women-without-children-face-economic-insecurity.html
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Social distancing up but still inadequate to control outbreak

30 July 2021 -
University of Sydney model released today finds if even 40 percent of the Greater Sydney population is vaccinated by mid-September, a stricter lockdown must continue until then.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/07/30/social-distancing-up-but-still-inadequate-to-control-outbreak.html
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The Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship is a gift that keeps on giving

26 November 2024 -
The Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship is a gift that keeps on giving. 21 October 2024. Nuturing emerging artistic talent at Sydney College of the Arts. The generosity of Renée Fauvette Erdos has allowed Australian artists to continue to deepen
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/10/21/the-fauvette-loureiro-memorial-scholarship-is-a-gift-that-keeps-.html
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How to get people to speak up in meetings

13 December 2023 -
An appointed devil’s advocate could be one of the many strategies to encourage people to share ideas in meetings, according to new research from the University of Sydney Business School and Lund University.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/12/13/how-to-get-people-to-speak-up-in-meetings.html
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A wildlife hospital for south-western Sydney

27 September 2024 -
The University of Sydney has expanded its facility to treat native animals. The Wildlife Health and Conservation Hospital in Camden will focus on koalas and other Australian species in its animal care and conservation mission.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/09/25/a-wildlife-hospital-for-south-western-sydney.html
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can novels help us reckon with climate change

24 March 2023 -
Read Dr Meg Brayshaw, John Rowe Lecturer in Australian Literature, review of J.R. Burgmann's debut novel Children of Tomorrow that explores whether literary fiction known as "cli-fi" can make us feel for lives unlike our own. Study Climate Fictio
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/03/24/can-novels-help-us-reckon-with-climate-change.html