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2022 ABC TOP 5 Arts media residencies announced

23 August 2022 -
Dr Sanné Mestrom, a sculptor and ARC DECRA Fellow in the Sydney College of the Arts, and Dr Mahesh White-Radhakrishnan, a musician and scholar of music and language, at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, have each won a two-week media residency
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/07/26/2022-abc-top-5-arts-media-residencies-announced-.html
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'Rebellious lawyer' hired by Sydney Law School

16 May 2022 -
'Rebellious lawyer' joins Sydney Law School. 21 February 2022. Teela Reid the inaugural Indigenous Practitioner-in-Residence. The lawyer and activist will challenge students and staff to consider the ongoing impacts of colonial laws on First Nations
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/02/21/-rebellious-lawyer--hired-by-sydney-law-school.html
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Vivid Sydney's future seems bright, but challenges abound

31 May 2024 -
Vivid Sydney is a globally recognised celebration of light, music and ideas, with each annual program delivering a bigger and brighter range of diverse content that continues to delight audiences. Yet the success of such a massive festival comes
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/05/31/vivid-sydney-future-seems-bright-but-challenges-abound-expert-lighting-design.html
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Bionic eye project has sights on human trials

9 December 2019 -
Bionic eye project has sights on human trials. Researchers from the University of Sydney are one step closer to developing a bionic eye, having created a tiny microchip implant that they hope will restore sight to patients with vision impairment and
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/12/13/bionic-eye-project-has-sights-on-human-trials.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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New global guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour

27 November 2020 -
University of Sydney academics are part of a select group of international experts who provided leadership and contributed to the new WHO Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour launched today.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/11/26/new-global-guidelines-on-physical-activity-and-sedentary-behavio.html
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Waist circumference better indicator of early death than BMI

13 December 2019 -
Researchers have found that a person's waist circumference is more closely linked to early death than their Body Mass Index.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/04/26/waist-circumference-better-indicator-of-early-death-than-bmi.html
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How maths brought two PhD students together

University of Sydney mathematicians Zsuzsanna Dancso and Stephen Morgan found they had a common denominator.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/02/14/how-maths-brought-two-phd-students-together.html

COVID-19 news and research - Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute

COVID-19 news and research. Research, news and quicklinks. Discover how Sydney ID researchers have been leading the way during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sydney ID COVID media. Selection of media from Sydney ID researchers. Sydney ID COVID publications.
www.sydney.edu.au/infectious-diseases-institute/news-and-events/covid-19-research.html
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Prehistoric Swiss Army knife indicates early humans communicated

20 July 2022 -
Archaeologists have found that a tool, dubbed the "stone Swiss Army knife" of prehistory, was made to look the same in enormous numbers across great distances and multiple biomes in southern Africa. This indicates early humans were sharing inform
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/06/09/prehistoric-swiss-army-knife-indicates-early-humans-communicated.html