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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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Could mental health apps lead to overdiagnosis?

27 November 2019 -
Mental health app marketing commonly presents mental health problems as ubiquitous and individuals as responsibe for mental wellbeing; overdiagnosis and denial of the social factors related to mental health could result.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/07/10/could-mental-health-apps-lead-to-overdiagnosis-.html
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Fighting for social justice through advocacy and poetry

30 June 2022 -
Human rights activist, refugee advocate, poet and author - alumna of University of Sydney Sara Saleh's multiple skills and experiences have led her from research to activism - from Western Sydney to Middle East refugee camps - in her quest for
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/06/29/fighting-for-social-justice-through-advocacy-and-poetry.html
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Transforming air travel health and wellbeing

2 September 2019 -
Qantas and the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre have announced a world-first air travel health and wellbeing partnership to reshape customers' experience of long haul flights.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/06/22/transforming-air-travel-health-and-wellbeing-.html
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Help refugees in Australia

The Refugee Language Program aims to help refugees establish a life in Australia. We rely solely on our donors to run the Refugee Language Program. Show your support today.
www.sydney.edu.au/engage/give/areas-to-support/refugees.html
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Parkinson disease: from hype to hope

6 September 2022 -
Parkinson disease: from hype to hope. 9 April 2018. Expert opinion in today's Medical Journal of Australia.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/04/09/parkinson-disease--from-hype-to-hope.html
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Food delivery services making junk foods more accessible

13 October 2020 -
A review on data from an online food delivery service has found the majority of popular food outlets and menu items advertised are classified as ‘unhealthy’ under independent guidelines.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/10/13/food-delivery-services-making-junk-foods-more-accessible.html
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Ground-breaking research transforming our future

23 August 2019 -
From transforming cancer detection to solving our plastic waste problems, find out how the University of Sydney is working with industry, government and community partners, to address some of the most pressing problems facing our planet.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/08/13/ground-breaking-research-transforming-our-future.html
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World-first echidna, improved platypus genomic sequencing

2 February 2021 -
World-first echidna, improved platypus genomes mapped. 11 January 2021. Genomic insights could assist drug discovery, aid conservation. An international team of scientists, including from the University of Sydney, have sequenced monotreme genomes,
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/01/11/genomes-reveal-new-insights-into-platypus--echidna.html
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Celebrating women and girls in science

8 February 2018 -
University of Sydney scientists are today hosting a conversation in Westmead about the achievements and challenges of women in science.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/02/08/celebrating-women-and-girls-in-science.html