University of Sydney

The Welcome Festival at the beginning of each semester is a traditional component of the University’s Welcome Program (previously called Orientation Week) for new and returning students. Hosted by the University of Sydney Union (USU), the…

New research by the Daffodil Centre, a joint venture of Cancer Council NSW and the University of Sydney, predicts cigarette smoking will cause over 250,000 cancer deaths in Australia from 2020 to 2044, highlighting the need for renewed…

Scattered, isolated farm trees may be postcard-perfect, but they also serve a crucial function: feeding and protecting koalas.Declared endangered in February this year, the iconic marsupial, native to eastern Australia, relies on…

The inaugural Garry and Susan Rothwell Chairs in Architectural Design Leadership, Anne Lacaton and Jean Philippe Vassal, will be visiting Sydney for the first time since their appointment in 2020. The visit will culminate with a public…

If the pilot is successful, Australia could become the first country to adopt routine childhood screening to detect type 1 diabetes in children. Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a lifelong autoimmune condition that occurs when the immune system…

When it comes to deepfakes, what if fact could be distinguished from fraud? University of Sydney neuroscientists have discovered a new way: they have found that people’s brains can detect AI-generated fake faces, even though people could…

“You know when it’s the autumn of 1827, and you’re sitting in a church, having the wrong sort of existential crisis?” Gilbert Markham (Remy Hii) asks the audience at the beginning of Emme Hoy’s compelling theatrical adaptation of Anne…

Three University of Sydney researchers have been awarded 2022 Young Tall Poppy Science Awards in recognition of their work across engineering, medicine and health, and science.Dr Matthew Griffith, Dr Thomas Tu and Dr Caitlin Cowan were…

The debate over whether proprietary knowledge protection helps or hinders market competition has received a resounding vote in favour of the former, in new research that studied the performance of over 10,000 US-based companies.The study…

The NSW Space Research Network (SRN), which is co-led by the University of Sydney, will fund seven projects through its first Research Pilot Program.Technologies that aim to enhance our space-based defence surveillance capabilities,…