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December
Red-headed finches dominate their black-headed and yellow-headed peers by physical aggression and by the mere fact of being red-headed, according to research published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society.
Victoria is set to become the first state to introduce a charter of human rights, following recommendations from an independent committee headed by UNSW Law Professor George Williams.
UNSW researchers are leading a team that will assess the effectiveness of a new early intervention program introduced by the Department of Community Services (DoCS). The program is designed to reduce the growing number of children referred to the state’s child protection system.
It’s decision time for many prospective university students who are considering their study options for 2006. To assist them in selecting the right course, UNSW will be holding its Info Day on Wednesday 4 January.
Professor Mark Uncles from the School of Marketing, in the Faculty of Commerce and Economics, has been made a fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC).
In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) is three to four times less cost-effective in women aged 40 years and over, according to UNSW researchers.
UNSW has received an international learning and teaching award for the unique online education initiatives developed by The Omnium Project at the College of Fine Arts (COFA).
UNSW Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Kay Wilhelm, is the fourth UNSW psychiatrist to win the prestigious Founders’ Medal of the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research (ASPR).
One of the world's foremost climate scientists and a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Stefan Rahmstorf, will give a free public lecture at UNSW.
The UNSW Debating Society has won the Australian British Parliamentary Debating Championships. This is the second year in a row the Society has won the competition.
Five former UNSW students have been named in a leading magazine’s listing of Australia’s top 40 design graduates.
The State Minister for Health John Hatzistergos has officially opened the newly relocated Museum of Human Disease at UNSW.
The Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank, Glenn Stevens, has opened the Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, hosted by UNSW’s Faculty of Commerce and Economics.
Ariah Park students won’t be sweltering in their classrooms this summer. Instead, they will be using a quirky cooling system that won them a national award in this week’s Sustainable Living Challenge at the University of New South Wales.
The latest issue of the UNSW Law Journal, Freedom of Speech – Contemporary Issues, contains the first coordinated academic response to the debate now surrounding freedom of speech.
The UNSW Council has elected Ms Gabrielle Upton as the University’s new Deputy Chancellor, commencing 1 January 2006.
The number of caesarean section births is continuing to rise in Australia, according to a new report produced by UNSW researchers.
A 22-year-old computer engineering student from the University of New South Wales has devised a simple iconic language that will help teach children the basics of programming.
The Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRC) at the University of New South Wales has published a free special issue of its magazine, Human Rights Defender, on the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005, due to be voted on in the Senate today.
Rohan Geddes from Canberra Grammar School has won the two major awards in the national 2005 Sustainable Living Challenge, with his design for a solar cooker for disaster zones and developing countries.
Depression could affect half the population in the Western world during their lifetime, according to a paper co-authored by UNSW Professor of Psychiatry, Gavin Andrews.
A hormone, known as neuropeptide Y (NPY), can prevent our immune system functioning properly, according to new research from UNSW affiliated researchers, based at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
World AIDS Day has been marked at UNSW with a seminar ‘Reinventing Health – HIV and Globalisation’.
November
UNSW Associate Professor Sue Green, Director of Nura Gili, has won the Neville Bonner Award for Indigenous Teaching in the 2005 Australian University Teaching Awards.
The decision to stop production of the vaccine for Q-Fever will leave Australia and the international community vulnerable to the health risks of Q-Fever infection, according to one of the country’s leading researchers.
International interactive and digital media artists will perform at the Io Myers Studio as part of a two-day symposium entitled e-Performance and Plug-ins organised by the School of Media, Film and Theatre.
The December edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online.
The Federal Government’s plan to cut tax law by close to 30 percent is based on recommendations from the Faculty of Law's tax school, Atax, to the Board of Taxation.
A pioneering program developed to address gender equity issues at UNSW came under the spotlight last week at a special colloquium open to all staff.
Federal Minister for Education, Science and Training, Brendan Nelson, this week opened a new award-winning building on UNSW’s western campus. The building, at 223 Anzac Parade, includes a state-of-the-art laboratory for National ICT Australia (NICTA).
The latest crop of budding artists from the College of Fine Arts will showcase their work in COFA’s graduation student exhibition, opening on Thursday 24 November.
Personal testimonies from refugees marked the opening of an international refugee conference hosted by the University of New South Wales’ Centre for Refugee Research.
Technology developed at the University of New South Wales for the home treatment of the chronically ill has been commercialised.
Nobel Prize winner in Economics (2002), Professor Vernon Smith, was one of the key speakers at the inaugural conference of the Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM), a cross-faculty Centre based at UNSW.
UNSW Professor Levon Khachigian, who is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Principal Research Fellow based at the Centre for Vascular Research, has been appointed the President of the Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR).
Cornelia Rau’s sister, Christine Rau, will speak at the launch this weekend of a three-day People’s Inquiry into Detention, hosted by the University of New South Wales’ Centre for Refugee Research.
Senior residents in NSW retirement villages are happier with their living arrangements than they anticipated before taking up communal living, according to work by a UNSW academic.
The next few weeks is a crucial time for detecting termite infestation in south-eastern Australia as swarms of the winged insects take to the sky, a University of New South Wales insect scientist has warned.
The University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney, currently partners in the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM), have agreed to end the joint venture, leaving open opportunities for further collaboration. AGSM will revert to being wholly owned by UNSW.
AGSM and the faculties of engineering and science at UNSW have joined forces to accelerate the commercialisation of research.
The November edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online.
Indigenous students who want to steer the future of their communities have the chance to find out how becoming an engineer can help. The University of New South Wales is running an Indigenous Summer School to provide a taste of the profession.
A seven-year campaign by UNSW alumni has reached fruition. The John Lions Chair in Operating Systems 2006 has been established in honour of their former mentor.
A UNSW researcher is part of an international team that will study the ability of the brain to rewire after damage caused by Alzheimer’s Disease and other types of dementia, stroke, tumours and infection.
It was a case of meet, greet and eat when 200 food science students met more than 20 food companies at UNSW last week for an inaugural Food Technology Careers Expo.
7º is the name of a free public exhibition that celebrates emerging design talent.
UNSW has had significant success in the 2006 round of funding from the Australian Research Council, securing more than $26 million in Discovery Project grants and gaining the highest number of Linkage Project grants of any university.
UNSW medical researchers have scooped the pool in grants for work on spinal cord injury and neurological conditions.
The head of the UK’s pre-eminent, independent human rights and law reform organisation will speak at a seminar hosted by The Australian Human Rights Centre at UNSW, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the Public Interest Law Clearing House.
UNSW conjoint academics who are based at the Children’s Cancer Institute Australia (CCIA) have been awarded a program grant of more than three million dollars over five years by the Cancer Institute NSW.
The latest volume from Juvenilia Press, Charlotte Bronte’s Tales of the Islanders Vol.4, was launched at the UNSW Bookshop last night (Thursday 3 October).
UNSW's National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research has jointly hosted an international symposium on the role of microbicides in HIV prevention.
A local champion of the environment has returned from a high-level conference in Sydney armed with the tools to help create a more sustainable future for the Pacific region.
People who cheat are more likely to have a "self-serving" personality that skews the way they interpret information, research reveals.
The Financial Times (UK) 2005 ranking of EMBA programs placed AGSM as the leading business school in Australia with an international ranking of 35.
October
The Hon Justice James Spigelman, Chief Justice of NSW, spoke at a 'Lighting of the Flame' ceremony last week to celebrate a milestone in the construction of the University’s new Law building.
Twelve thousand Sydneysiders or nearly two-thirds of those who use 'ice’ (crystalline methamphetamine) are dependent on the drug, according to a major new study of Australia’s methamphetamine market by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW.
UNSW student Chloe Keeble has been awarded a trip to Japan after taking first prize in the open division of the 2005 National Japanese Language Speech Contest.
The University of New South Wales has announced the appointment of Professor Greg Whittred as the first President of UNSW Asia.
Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AO AFC, Chief of the Defence Force, has launched the latest issue of the UNSW Law Journal, which contains the first co-ordinated academic responses to the Senate Report into Military Justice, as well as rigorous debate on the Federal Government’s controversial call-out powers and other military law issues.
A delegation of Provosts from the Association of American Universities (AAU) visited UNSW last week as part of an initiative to strengthen ties between Australian research intensive universities and the AAU.
The humble yeast has revealed the molecular workings of an anti-cancer drug that stops the growth and spread of tumours in humans by starving their blood supply.
The nation's leading researchers and science educators have joined forces to express "grave concern" that Intelligent Design be taught in any school as a scientific alternative to evolution.
The outstanding achievements of our young scientists were celebrated at NSW Parliament House last week when four UNSW academics received 2005 NSW Young Tall Poppy Science Awards.
Dr Paula Dawson from the College of Fine Arts (COFA) gave a visual presentation and public lecture on life-size holographic images and the human presence on Wednesday night, as part of the 2005 UNSW Alumni Association’s Speaker Series.
Older Australians are using cannabis for medical purposes to treat a range of health problems, a study released today has found.
Penalties imposed on income support recipients for not meeting Centrelink requirements can cause homelessness, increase risk-taking behaviour such as drug and alcohol-use, and impede future compliance, according to new research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
Australian workplaces continue to be discriminatory and inflexible environments for people with disabilities according to new research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
The Shadow Minister for Work and Family Tanya Plibersek will speak at UNSW on Thursday as part of Anti-Poverty Week. The forum is one of a range of events being hosted by the Social Justice Project, which is co-ordinating UNSW’s involvement in the national initiative.
The Faculty of Engineering has been named the best engineering school in Australia and the 16th best in the world in the UK’s 2005 Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings.
The University has announced the appointment of Mr Fred Hilmer AO as its next Vice-Chancellor. Mr Hilmer will take up the position in June next year.
The School of Psychology has been honoured by the Australian Psychological Society (APS) with the appointment of four members of staff as Fellows and a fifth as an Honorary Fellow.
This week UNSW will host the second International Pendulum Conference to explore the pendulum’s place in science, culture and education.
Parents of bright children in Townsville are invited to attend the first of 50 workshops to be run Australia-wide by a team of experts in gifted education from the University of New South Wales.
A bold new vision for city life will be the topic of a United Nations public lecture on the environment to be held at the University of New South Wales.
UNSW has secured almost $12 million in grants in the latest round of funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
The University is holding its Postgraduate Expo this Wednesday (12 October). The Expo will showcase UNSW's wide range of high quality programs and assist prospective students with career and professional development.
UNSW’s newly established Graduate Research School opens for business today. The School will deliver, under one structure, the full range of services required to support the University's postgraduate research community.
A space frequently travelled by staff and students, the University Mall, will be transformed after sunset this week as the School of Media, Film and Theatre present their site-specific performance At night it’s just dark.
Professor Joe Wolfe and his team at the University of New South Wales School of Physics have been honoured this week by Scientific American’s 2005 Science and Technology Web Awards that recognise creative and innovative websites.
The October edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online.
Chinese men are selectively switching from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to Viagra to treat erectile dysfunction, but sticking with tradition for ailments such as arthritis, indigestion and gout, according to new research published in Environmental Conservation.
The world's largest diversified resources company, BHP Billiton, is enlisting some fancy arithmetic to help maximise its profits by better matching its mining operations with market demand for its products.
In the lead up to the opening of UNSW Asia in 2007, the University of New South Wales will offer its highly successful Foundation Year program in Singapore from January next year.
The University of New South Wales has announced the appointment of Mr Mark Bennett as the Chief Executive Officer of NewSouth Innovations Pty Ltd (NSi), the new technology transfer arm of the University.
Following the bombings in Bali on 1 October, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has reissued travel advice for Indonesia. The recommendation that Australians defer non-essential travel applies to Indonesia as a whole, including Bali.
UNSW is part of a consortium that has been awarded A$26.4 million dollars (US$20.3 million) by the prestigious US funding body, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to accelerate the development of a microbicide gel.
Australian academic Professor Miraca Gross has won the leading international research award in the field of gifted education. This is the first time the award has been conferred outside North America.
September
Passion, commitment and co-operation were three of the qualities that helped a team of commerce and economics students from UNSW win a national business strategy competition this week.
Former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans delivered a major address on the global response to terrorism at the University this week. He told the capacity audience that Australia should not go overboard in its response to the terror risk.
Former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans, now head of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, will deliver a major address on the global response to terrorism at the University of New South Wales on Tuesday (27 September).
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has issued a travel advisory in relation to avian influenza affecting Indonesia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Russia, China, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Housing estates with a friendly neighbourhood cop and on-site housing management have a better chance of reducing crime rates than those that rely solely on physical design improvement measures, new research has found.
UNSW has won a special national commendation for its work in seeking to improve gender equity in employment.
A UNSW academic has sharply criticised yesterday’s Federal Government decision to encourage the use of ethanol in petrol fuels, due to the potential for increased groundwater contamination, increased air pollution and questionable environmental benefits.
High anxiety among heroin users could be explained by a study conducted by UNSW researchers.
Professor Jim Galvin of the School of Mining Engineering at the University of New South Wales will chair an industry taskforce on coal mine safety in China.
Renowned scientist, Dr John Bradshaw, will assess the idea of capturing and injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) underground as a solution to the global issue of increasing CO2 emissions in a major address at UNSW.
Former senior UN staff member and Australian MP John Langmore will launch his new book Dealing with America: The UN, the US and Australia at UNSW this Thursday.
The 2005 UNSW Irish Film Festival is set to showcase the best of Irish cinema, with a line-up of acclaimed films never before screened in Australia.
UNSW mathematician, Dr Norman Wildberger, will give a lecture on his revolutionary new book, Divine Proportions: Rational Trigonometry to Universal Geometry.
Mike Hawker, the CEO of the Insurance Australia Group (IAG) and former Wallabies Vice-Captain, has spoken of his belief in a good corporate culture, accountability and teamwork as part of the final Meet the CEO event for 2005.
The University has awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws to Singapore Senior Minister and former PM Mr Goh Chok Tong
AGSM and the Faculty of Law are joining forces to offer qualified lawyers a state-of-the-art postgraduate degree, the MBA/LLM.
In the latest issue of the UNSW Law Journal, NSW Director of Public Prosecutions, Nicholas Cowdery, is one of several experts to comment on the often problematic interaction of sexual assault and the law.
The University of New South Wales will this week award Singapore Senior Minister and former Prime Minister Mr Goh Chok Tong an Honorary Doctorate of Laws.
The UNSW Solar Racing Team left Sydney this week headed for Darwin to compete in the 8th World Solar Challenge.
For all the powers of modern medical drugs, there are times when doctors cannot use pain relief and a man just has to lie back and, well, take it like a man. That's where modern medical hypnosis can step in.
The University has awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws to Father Frank Brennan and will next week confer the same honour on his father, former Chief Justice of the High Court Sir Gerard Brennan.
Associate Professor Bruce Scates will deliver the tenth annual history lecture to mark the start of History Week 2005 at NSW Government House this Friday.
If you suffered from piles, would you want your friends asking about your condition in public? Most people wouldn't, yet new research suggests that the older you become the more likely you are to make someone blush with embarrassment in that way.
Four UNSW students have scooped the pool at the recent NSW Japanese Language Speech Contest, winning the top three prizes, as well as a special prize in the Open Division of the competition.
The University of New South Wales has announced the appointment of Professor Chris Cunneen to the first cross-faculty Chair in Criminology.
A 26-year-old PhD student from the University of New South Wales has patented a new way of exploring the web that could revolutionise existing search engines.
The College of Fine Arts celebrates its annual Spring Fair this Saturday with a series of seminars exploring the latest issues and ideas in the world of art and design.
The August edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online.
Feelings of isolation are compounded for gifted students living in regional and remote areas of Australia, according to an expert in gifted education.
University of New South Wales students are taking a leading role in establishing a national group, which will help deliver medical aid to developing countries.
Professor Hanoch Gutfreund, a distinguished authority on Albert Einstein, will deliver a free public lecture at UNSW this week.
Students involved in art, music, theatre, literature and film will take centre stage next week as the University celebrates its eighth annual Artsweek.
Conrad Sayer and Matthew Williams from Sydney’s Cranbrook School are two of 600 Australian school students who will take to the dance floor this weekend – with rocking robots as their partners.
August
The move from school to university can be daunting for many students and their families. To ease the transition and provide advice on programs, options and career paths, the University of New South Wales is holding its Courses and Careers Day on Saturday 3 September.
The new Dean of the Faculty of Medicine has commenced at UNSW this week.
Professor Martin Green and Dr Gavin Conibeer have won a Stanford University Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) grant estimated at US$2.37 million.
A public lecture is being held this weekend (Sunday, 28 August) on what medicine can do to improve life for spinal cord injured patients.
International best-selling author Wei Hui will speak at UNSW this Wednesday about her new book Marrying Buddha. Her latest work has been translated by a UNSW academic, Larissa Heinrich from the School of Modern Language Studies.
A UNSW student has launched a pilot leadership program for high school students in Sydney based on the University’s successful U Lead program run by the UNSW Union.
Eureka prize-winner (2005) and University of New South Wales Professor, Veena Sahajwalla, will give a free public lecture on her award winning invention – using recycled plastic in the making of steel.
IDP Education Australia is to be the exclusive recruiter of international students for the University of New South Wales. UNSW has signed an agreement with IDP to recruit students for UNSW’s Sydney and Canberra campuses as well as UNSW Asia.
Australia has established an international hub for financial research and innovation, which promises to improve world-wide financial market efficiency and integrity.
UNSW Professor Carolyn Geczy has been awarded an international prize at the 7th World Congress on Inflammation.
Students interested in combining study and travel can explore the possibilities at the UNSW International Exchange Expo this Thursday (25 August).
Free public lecture hosted by the UNSW Faculty of Law.
A UNSW student has won the 2005 Young Australian Humanitarian Award. Prashanth Shanmugan, founding president of the UNSW United Nations Society, was presented with his award at a ceremony held in Melbourne last night.
Some of the best business students from around the country have converged on UNSW for expert advice during their Honours year.
AGSM has been ranked the top business school in Australia and Asia and the 5th best non-US business school in the latest Forbes biennial rankings. AGSM was the only Australian or Asian business school featured in the rankings.
Using sound to control the flow of air over an aircraft’s wing, greatly boosting its lift, has propelled UNSW aerospace engineering student Ian Salmon into the list of finalists for the 2005 Fresh Science awards.
Marine environments around the world are being threatened by exotic species of moon jellyfish being dispersed by international shipping, according to research by Australian scientists.
There has been a ten-fold increase in syphilis in Sydney in the last five years, according to new research from the University of New South Wales.
The Chairman of Visy Industries, Richard Pratt, has spoken about philanthropy, risk-taking and perseverance at the prestigious Meet the CEO event, hosted by the Faculty of Commerce and Economics.
UNSW’s taxation school, Atax, has been invited to join the OECD International Network for Tax Research. Atax is the only Australasian institution in the network, which includes other leading universities such as Harvard, Cambridge and the Sorbonne.
Children from low socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to die in infancy or childhood, be overweight or obese and have emotional or behavioural disorders, according to new research from UNSW.
The standard classification test and techniques used to dispose of solid waste are inadequate for Australian conditions, a researcher from the University of New South Wales has found.
Four UNSW science researchers have collectively scooped the pool at the 2005 Eureka Prizes, taking out three of the prestigious awards - more than any other university or institution.
One of the world's foremost commentators on architecture and city character will give a public lecture at the University of New South Wales this Friday.
A simple tank-and-siphon system for removing oil from oily water and protecting the environment is about to be launched internationally by an engineering team from the University of New South Wales.
UNSW is celebrating Union Week, organised by the UNSW Union to highlight its role in the campus community.
A University of New South Wales student has won the Sydney Morning Herald’s 2005 Young Designer of the Year Award. This is the second time in three years that a UNSW student has taken out the top award in the competition.
In a world first, Australian researchers have found a toxin that plays an important role in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. The research was led by two UNSW academics, based at St Vincent's Hospital.
The August edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online.
The work of a UNSW researcher has been highlighted by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), as part of a special publication, 10 of the best.
Australia’s first student designed and built bamboo building has been constructed at the University of New South Wales’ Ecoliving Centre.
Key research from the University of New South Wales could lead to the first early diagnostic tool for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
UNSW academics claim that health is losing out to governance and security in the competition for official development assistance (ODA), in an editorial published in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) this week.
Distinguished American philosopher and political commentator Professor Michael Walzer will deliver a public address on Terrorism and Just War Theory at the University of New South Wales this evening.
A simple tank-and-siphon system for removing oil from oily water and protecting the environment is about to be launched internationally by an engineering team from the University of New South Wales.
July
On Saturday 3 September, the University of New South Wales will open its doors to potential new students interested in undergraduate programs and wanting to find out what life would be like here - in and out of the lecture theatres.
A UNSW researcher has been announced the winner of a new National Heart Foundation (NHF) research award.
Research from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW suggests that Australia has more heavy users of methamphetamines, such as ice and speed, than heavy heroin users.
Internationally renowned astronomer Professor John Storey will explain why Antarctica is the best place on earth to view the stars in a public address at the University of New South Wales.
UNSW and the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute (POWMRI) have secured the right to establish Australia’s first Professorial Chair of Schizophrenia Research.
Zimbabwe’s Shadow Justice Minister has called for international intervention to stop the Mugabe Government’s demolition campaign turn to genocide. David Coltart was speaking at a briefing for UNSW’s Australian Human Rights Centre.
A UNSW alumnus has won a prestigious fellowship grant to undertake post-graduate study in the United States.
A public seminar hosted by the UNSW Faculty of Law will look at reform and the United Nations.
A major exhibition of Aboriginal art, featuring more than 60 works by some of Australia’s most celebrated Indigenous artists, is being held at Shalom College at UNSW this week (24-28 July).
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences will host a multi-disciplinary symposium of research communities entitled The two cultures: reconsidering the division between the sciences and the humanities.
In the wake of the Carr Government announcement on a desalination plant, a public water debate will be staged at the University of New South Wales on Wednesday night.
Developments in social policy over the past quarter century and projections for the future are the focus of the 2005 Australian Social Policy Conference at UNSW this week.
If the Carr Government proposal goes ahead, desalination will provide one third of Sydney’s water supply. But from a sustainability viewpoint there remains a key role for water recycling.
The 2004 Templeton Prize Laureate, George F. R. Ellis will give a free public lecture at UNSW's Burrows Theatre on 19 July.
Two UNSW graduates have won prestigious fully-funded Commonwealth scholarships to continue their studies in the United Kingdom later this year.
UNSW is the lead agency in a unique international collaborative project, which is bringing together researchers in Indigenous health from Australia, Canada and New Zealand for the first time.
A group of UNSW leaders in sustainability has questioned the Carr Government’s “extreme” proposal to build what will be the largest reverse osmosis seawater plant on the planet – normally reserved for arid zones – with no prior testing or piloting.
Australian professionals in the real estate and finance industries have a rare opportunity to meet with their Asian counterparts at an international conference being held for the first time in Sydney.
UNSW researchers have secured two grants in the latest round of funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) with the bulk of the funding going towards childhood cancer research.
In light of the bomb attacks of 7 July in central London, staff and students wishing to travel to the United Kingdom are advised to exercise caution and monitor developments that might affect their safety. British authorities have warned that further attacks cannot be ruled out. It is also timely to remind all UNSW staff and students that they are prohibited from undertaking any University travel to Indonesia (including transit and stopovers) until further notice. The decision was taken following the bombing outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta in September last year.
The University of New South Wales is hosting an international conference this week on the increase in conflict between religious minority groups and mainstream social values in both Australia and overseas.
Scientists have revealed the secrets of playing the didgeridoo, the world's oldest wind instrument, according to research in this week's edition of the journal, Nature.
UNSW is hosting an International Chinese Philosophy Conference later this month.
Author Thomas Keneally will give a public address on Saturday to mark the close of the 20th International Congress of Historical Sciences hosted by UNSW.
The University of New South Wales has announced appointments to three new cross-faculty Chairs as part of its bid to capture new areas of groundbreaking collaborative research.
The July edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online.
UNSW has won the education category of the 2005 Trailblazers Awards. The awards, hosted by the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, recognise Australian enterprises that have secured a strong position in overseas markets.
Older people with cognitive decline have an increased risk of being killed in pedestrian accidents, according to new research from UNSW.
A geological dating technique has revealed that mountains are made much more quickly than previously thought, according to research published in the prestigious science journal Nature.
UNSW is hosting the largest international history congress ever held in the Southern Hemisphere.
June
A new five-year Environment Management Plan for UNSW will roll out a number of environmental projects across the University. These include the development of a Fairy-wren sanctuary on Kensington campus, the installation of ‘breathing walls’ - indoor vertical garden features - and the habitat preservation of a colony of fruit bats.
UNSW recently hosted the inaugural Investment Management Conference, where leading researchers in banking and finance showcased the latest research to the investment management industry.
In a world-first, Australian researchers led by a University of New South Wales (UNSW) academic, have developed fraud detection technology that could save the health industry as much as $2 billion dollars a year.
UNSW has today announced the winner of an international competition to develop the Master Plan for the new UNSW Asia campus in Singapore.
New mutant viruses responsible for gastroenteritis outbreaks in New South Wales in recent times have been identified by research published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal of the US Centers for Disease Control.
Bangkok: Engineering students from Thammasat University (TU) will be able to complete their degrees at the University of New South Wales in Australia, under a new international agreement signed today.
UNSW has won 16 Linkage Grants from the Australian Research Council in the most recent round of awards. The projects will receive a total of $4.3 million, with matching contributions of $7.3 million from a wide range of industry partners.
Australia’s first five-year longitudinal study of children in a long-term foster care program has found good relationships with foster fathers are important to a child’s developmental progress in his or her new home.
UNSW has signed a new agreement allowing international students to undertake short-term internships with the NSW Police.
Staff and students from the University of New South Wales will join a contingent of Indigenous performers touring East Africa in a cultural exchange initiative co-sponsored by the University.
More than a quarter of Australia’s top 100 most influential engineers are either staff or alumni of the University of New South Wales, according to a new listing.
Two of this year’s prestigious Federation Fellowships have been awarded to UNSW researchers: Professor Tom Davis and Associate Professor Matthew England. A Fellowship has also been awarded to leading UK neuropsychologist Professor John Hodges to undertake research at UNSW.
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) will next month host the largest international history congress ever held in the Southern Hemisphere.
Dr Ian Turner from our Water Research Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is leading beach research that will help predict the effect of climate changes on beaches over the next 100 years.
Arts/commerce student Lynda Ng has had her play, Koda, selected for workshopping at the 13th Annual Last Frontier Conference in Alaska this week. The prestigious event has attracted leading playwrights such as Tony Kushner, Arthur Miller, and Edward Albee.
International and local philosophers will speak at the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy Conference at UNSW this week.
The Gifted Education Research, Resource and Information Centre (GERRIC) has been awarded more than half a million dollars by the Federal Government to deliver workshops for parents of gifted children in regional and remote areas of Australia.
The first evidence that marine mammals teach each other to use tools has been observed in Western Australia among wild female bottlenose dolphins that use marine sponges as foraging tools.
The University of New South Wales will host an international conference in July on the increase in conflict between religious minority groups and mainstream social values in both Australia and overseas.
A new Environmental Network (EN) that includes an internet portal for group discussion and secure file sharing has been launched.
Professor Janet Chan of the School of Social Science and Policy has been awarded an ARC grant to examine the concept of creativity and how a culture of creativity is fostered, transmitted and maintained among research communities over time.
The Indigenous Law Centre is presenting a public forum this week at the Sydney Town Hall on the future for Indigenous Australians in government and governance following the abolition of ATSIC.
One hundred years ago this month, the most famous scientist of the modern age completed his famous paper on the Theory of Special Relativity.
The University of New South Wales has opened a new campus in Coffs Harbour for its rural medical students.
The June edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online.
The Indian Government is looking to the University of New South Wales to help boost its economy through expanding the country’s mining industry.
May
Members from the Stolen Generations shared their experiences at a ceremony at the University last Friday to mark the National Day of Healing (Sorry Day) and the start of Reconciliation Week.
UNSW students have won four out of the eight Australian fellowships offered this year under the Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program.
The University of New South Wales has approved the first round of undergraduate courses to be offered at UNSW Asia.
More than half of young adults soon unwittingly change their minds about decisions they make governing future life-saving medical treatment for themselves, a new study has found.
A world-first research project looking at accreditation in the health care industry has been launched in Sydney.
Australia is unusual in not having a treaty with its Indigenous peoples. With the reconciliation debate back on the agenda, new research from the University of New South Wales looks at how modern treaty-making could work in Australia.
Leading businessman and philanthropist David Gonski has been elected as the next Chancellor of the University of New South Wales.
UNSW researchers are running two new studies on hepatitis C, which could revolutionise treatment for the virus.
UNSW has awarded a Doctor of Science degree to Professor Kye Joon Lee for his outstanding contribution to research in biotechnology.
The Financial Times (UK) 2005 ranking of executive programs placed AGSM as the leading business school in Australia and Asia with an international ranking of 30. Both Open Enrolments and Custom Programs received the top ranking.
Five companies have been short-listed in an international design competition to develop the first stage of the UNSW Asia campus in Singapore.
UNSW Professor Philip Brown will join a team of Australasian researchers to help determine the future direction of international accounting standards.
The emerging field of environmentally-friendly interior architecture is to be the subject of a public lecture at UNSW tonight, Monday 16 May.
For the third year in a row a UNSW student has reached the finals of the International University Speech and Cultural Competition, held in China.
Dr Gordon Bell, a senior researcher at Microsoft, San Francisco, and a former Fulbright Scholar to the University of New South Wales, will discuss The next computer generations in a public lecture to be held at the University on Friday 20 May.
Internationally renowned author David Malouf will give the Australian Human Rights Centre’s (AHRC) inaugural annual public lecture next week.
Jes Sammut is on a mission. He is part of a group of Australians working to restore the livelihoods of shrimp and rice farmers in post-tsunami Aceh – no minor challenge in the face of extensive sedimentation of shrimp ponds and rice paddies, contamination with salt and debris, and the heartbreaking loss of skills through the uncountable death toll.
UNSW experts available for comment
The Federal government’s decision to give consumers choice on where to invest their superannuation funds from July could have a detrimental effect on a crucial part of our economy, according to new research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
UNSW has signed an international agreement with the University of Paris 7 – Denis Diderot in France to establish and develop cooperation in research and education.
Geoff Dixon, the CEO of Qantas, has spoken candidly about running the Australian airline at the prestigious Meet the CEO event, held by the Faculty of Commerce and Economics.
UNSW is holding its first all-faculty International Careers Expo for students seeking to work overseas or for a multinational company.
The world’s largest international student online design project, Creative Waves, wraps up this week. The initiative was hosted by the Omnium research project at the College of Fine Arts.
Does the Rule of Law require that judges simply take the law as the legislature issues it and apply it to the best of their ability? Or are there basic criteria of fairness built into the very idea of law such that judges have a special duty to uphold them?
April
Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Robin Batterham was among those applauding the achievements of the renowned Centre for Quantum Computer Technology as it celebrated its fifth anniversary at UNSW this week.
UNSW has hosted the Universitas 21 2005 International Research Collaboration Initiative meeting.
UNSW has announced a newly created Professorship, which is based at the Faculty’s South Western Sydney Clinical School and Liverpool Hospital.
The May edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online.
Two UNSW historians have attended the 90th Commemoration of the ANZAC landing in Gallipoli, marking the historic event and continuing their research into the history of pilgrimages to the cemeteries of the Great War.
Peter Garrett, Federal Labor MP, and other environmental experts will speak about ways communities, businesses and governments can tackle the threat of global warming at a forum to be held at the University of New South Wales next week.
There is a surprise benefit to being either an only child, the oldest sibling or even enduring some allergies – you are significantly less likely to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), according to new research from UNSW.
Leading taxation specialists from Australia and overseas have attended the annual GST and indirect tax workshop organised by Atax in the Faculty of Law.
Students have until the end of this week to have their say on UNSW student accommodation needs.
New research on the way general practitioners (GPs) manage chronic disease has been released at a national forum.
To help combat the national shortage of mining engineers, Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd has donated $500,000 to fund education programs in mining engineering at the University of New South Wales.
UNSW students will 'shadow' science graduates on 15 April to capture, over a 24 hour period, the breadth of activities pursued by people with science training. The project is part of the global World-Wide Day in Science.
In an Australian first, UNSW researchers led by Dr Kuldip Sidhu have developed three clones of cells from existing human embryonic stem cells. The breakthrough could lead to new treatments for conditions such as diabetes, Parkinson’s disease and spinal cord injury.
Ben Lange has graduated as the first Indigenous electrical engineer in Australia and the first Indigenous person to graduate in engineering from UNSW.
In light of recent warnings from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in regard to possible terrorist attacks on Western hotels in Indonesia, it is timely to remind all UNSW staff and students that they are prohibited from undertaking any University travel to Indonesia (including transit and stopovers) until further notice.
The Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales and Freehills are hosting a free public lecture entitled ‘Can Judges Make Mistakes?’ by Professor Sir Neil MacCormick QC.
Alex Churches, an adjunct associate professor at the University of New South Wales, has won the 2005 AGM Mitchell Award for outstanding services to the profession of engineering.
A unique approach to new product development and engineering risk management has been launched by an Australian research team.
Former NSW Chief Justice Sir Laurence Street will warn future builders of the perils of litigation when he addresses students at the University of New South Wales next week.
Judges and lawyers will soon be able to access the history of any piece of New South Wales legislation thanks to a new facility to be launched this week by AustLII (The Australasian Legal Information Institute, www.austlii.edu.au).
Australian children are as sure-sighted as they ever were despite the mystery epidemic of myopia (short-sightedness) that has swept much of the rest of the world over the past few decades, a major UNSW study has found.
Students interested in studying overseas as part of their degree can explore the possibilities at the UNSW International Exchange Expo this Wednesday (13 April).
Three UNSW graduates have been awarded prestigious international scholarships to continue their studies. Udara Peiris has been awarded a scholarship to the University of Oxford, while two other top students are heading to the US on Fulbright Scholarships.
Dr Nigel Greenwood was awarded the Spitfire Memorial Defence Fellowship at UNSW last night for his project Blue Mongoose, an artificial intelligence guidance system for air defence against cruise missiles.
Australian export businesses now have a partner that can help them address the issues of appropriate cultural awareness, intercultural communication and business language – the National Centre for Language Training (NCLT).
How can UNSW make its campus and activities more environmentally sustainable? That’s the subject of a forum to be held at Kensington campus this Thursday.
Substituting clean energy alternatives for a proposed coal-fired power station in NSW would create more rural jobs, cost less and cut greenhouse gas emissions by three quarters by 2010, a new report has found.
An expert from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) warns that it is only a matter of time until another crisis hits our hospital system.
March
We are living longer, healthier lives but our ecological 'footprints' might have already exceeded the levels that Earth can sustain, according to one of the world's most distinguished and influential scientists, Lord Robert May, who delivered a public lecture at UNSW this week.
The April edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online.
UNSW’s Faculty of Commerce and Economics has celebrated its 50th anniversary with a special lunch addressed by the former CEO of Coca-Cola, Doug Daft.
Scientists might have seriously underestimated the true impact of global warming because they have not accounted sufficiently for the impact of 'global dimming' caused by atmospheric aerosols, according to U.S. scientist, Dr Stephen E. Schwartz. Dr Schwartz will deliver a public lecture in Sydney on Thursday (31 March) at the University of New South Wales.
The College of Fine Arts is hosting the world’s largest international online student design project, Creative Waves, through its innovative research venture, Omnium.
Professor Philip Hogg, from the Centre for Vascular Research and Children’s Cancer Institute Australia, is one of five UNSW academics to receive new funding from the Cancer Council NSW for 2005.
Randwick City Council will be working closely with UNSW’s sustainability experts in coming years after the signing of an agreement encouraging research and collaborative ties.
The annual UNSW Careers Expo saw its largest turn out ever of potential employers this week with ninety-nine of Australia’s largest companies represented on campus to discuss employment and post-study opportunities with students.
The first Australasian research centre dedicated to improving the way health facilities, including hospitals, are designed, used and managed was launched last week at the University of New South Wales.
Margaret Harding, currently Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sydney, has been appointed UNSW’s first Dean of Postgraduate Research. Professor Harding will head the University’s new Graduate Research School, due to be established mid-year.
The annual UNSW Careers Expo is on again and students are invited to meet with representatives from some of Australia’s largest employers to explore a range of post-study options.
Two leading sustainability experts will present a free public seminar at UNSW on Monday (21 March).
Staff and students with an interest in the way the University manages its own environment are invited to attend one or more of a series of workshops to be held over the next few weeks.
UNSW has announced the first of its new cross-faculty Professorships designed to promote emerging areas of research and transcend traditional boundaries between disciplines. Leading Australian biochemist Lindy Rae has been appointed NewSouth Global Professor in Brain Sciences.
The surprise discovery 300 kilometres off the New South Wales coast of the larvae of a commercially important coastal fish species may give scientists a new way to predict commercial fish catches.
An innovative cross-disciplinary research network, Brain Sciences UNSW, will be launched by the Vice-Chancellor Professor Mark Wainwright as part of Brain Awareness Week.
In light of recent warnings from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in regard to possible terrorist attacks on Western hotels in Indonesia, it is timely to remind all UNSW staff and students that they are prohibited from undertaking any University travel to Indonesia (including transit and stopovers) until further notice.
Dr Julian Cox from Food Science and Technology in the School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry is giving up his hair for a worthy cause.
UNSW rolled out the red carpet for the first visit by a royal head of state in more than 30 years. His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei was welcomed by Vice-Chancellor Professor Mark Wainwright and senior academics on his only visit to an Australian university.
Everyone knows the difference between black and white, right? Wrong, according to UNSW psychologist Dr Bart Anderson whose research, published in Nature magazine, has revolutionised scientific understanding of the way we perceive light.
UNSW is currently gearing up for an independent audit of its quality assurance arrangements, with the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) due to visit the University in October this year.
The March edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online.
A 45-year-old Indigenous woman from Tasmania has started her six-year undergraduate medicine degree at UNSW.
February
UNSW is hosting the first online database in the country that houses the latest research, policy and practice relating to HIV, hepatitis C and certain other diseases.
A group of leading UNSW researchers is in Singapore this week for a workshop to identify opportunities for research collaboration with local institutes and universities in the lead up to the establishment of UNSW Asia in 2007.
Women are underrepresented in a number of science and engineering based disciplines and can face barriers to their career development. The School of Materials Science and Engineering is running a program called Materials NOW (Network of Women) which is designed to address these issues.
Three UNSW academics and two PhD students have just been awarded grants for their work on mental health.
The University of New South Wales has announced the appointment of Professor Peter Smith as the new Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
In light of recent warnings from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in regard to possible terrorist attacks on Western hotels in Indonesia, it is timely to remind all UNSW staff and students that they are prohibited from undertaking any University travel to Indonesia (including transit and stopovers) until further notice.
The President of Iran has awarded an international science prize to UNSW Professor Levon Khachigian, from the Centre for Vascular Research.
This week more than 6,000 new and returning students from Australia and around the world are on campus for Orientation Week.
UNSW law student Mr Lit Hau Tan has been awarded a finalist’s certificate in the Governor-General’s prize for essay writing.
A decade of detective work by dog breeders and UNSW researchers, including Dr Alan Wilton and Scott Melville, has finally broken the grip of a fatal brain disease afflicting one of Australia's most popular dog breeds, the border collie.
The following UNSW academics are available for comment on the Kyoto Protocol that takes effect today.
The University has announced the appointment of Professor Les Field as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research). He takes up the position at the end of March.
UNSW has been recognised for creating a work culture that supports and advances women with an Employer of Choice for Women citation. The award comes from the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA).
Scientists from Australia, New Zealand and the Maldives will survey low-lying coral islands in the Maldives devastated by the Boxing Day tsunami to help plan future management and development of island infrastructure.
Two of Australia's emerging scientific stars, Michelle Simmons and Brett Neilan, have been awarded prestigious medals for outstanding achievement in quantum electronics and in genetic research. Both recipients are from the UNSW Faculty of Science.
UNSW hosted a group of 45 local and international visitors this week as part of a world tour promoting youth cooperation and understanding.
Professor Mark Wainwright has announced the recipients of the UNSW Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Teaching Excellence for 2004.
January
There has been a 20 percent increase in the number of fourth-year University of New South Wales (UNSW) medical students electing to train in the Illawarra in 2005.
In light of recent warnings from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in regard to possible terrorist attacks on Western hotels in Indonesia, it is timely to remind all UNSW staff and students that they are prohibited from undertaking any University travel to Indonesia (including transit and stopovers) until further notice.
Some of us can hold our tongues better than others but even the best of us will blurt out the truth when we're tired, stressed or distracted, according to a new research report.
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is involved in helping develop a new field in the health industry, Exercise Physiology.
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Thirty prospective students are taking part in two programs for Indigenous people at UNSW. The programs, that began this week, are for those wanting to start a business degree in 2005 and for high school students interested in exploring engineering as a career option.
UNSW public health experts in Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami warn that the protection of women, children and other vulnerable people and support to frontline workers are among the ongoing challenges.
The missing link between the Big Bang and the structure of the modern universe has been found by a team of British and Australian astronomers. The discovery has resulted from a 10-year effort to map and measure the distribution of 220,000 galaxies by a consortium of astronomers, among them UNSW's Professor Warrick Couch.
Tamworth has a new doctor – an Indigenous woman who has returned home to practise, after studying at the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
Some of the state’s brightest 2004 Higher School Certificate students attended the Vice-Chancellors High Achievers’ Reception held in their honour earlier this week.
A team from UNSW is helping the United Nations plan health and psychosocial programs for Sri Lanka, in the aftermath of the South Asia tsunamis.
Expert commentator on mental health issues for relief workers, journalists and survivors.
More than 80 of the brightest primary school children in Australia are at the University of New South Wales this week, for a residential school holiday program.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is advising Australians not to travel to affected areas.
In light of recent warnings from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in regard to possible terrorist attacks on Western hotels in Indonesia, it is timely to remind all UNSW staff and students that they are prohibited from undertaking any University travel to Indonesia (including transit and stopovers) until further notice.