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All News for 2007
December
Being eco-friendly this Christmas takes more than just saying no to plastic bags when buying gifts and goodies, a UNSW researcher has warned.
One of the country’s leading researchers in families and work, early childhood education and community service provision has joined UNSW.
Researchers from UNSW have found that while Internet searches bring up a variety of useful materials, people pay more attention to information that matches their pre-existing beliefs.
A thin polymer film that seals surgical wounds could make sutures a relic of medical history.
UNSW’s Cathy Sherry has been awarded a 2007 NSW Quality Teaching Award.
Three UNSW Law students have defeated teams from 16 universities to win a prestigious international negotiation and arbitration competition held in Japan.
The NSW Premier Morris Iemma addressed graduating medical students at UNSW last week, calling on them to show compassion in their work as doctors.
A group of four universities, lead by UNSW, are working on a ground-breaking research project which will investigate current models of studio teaching in architecture, art and design in Australia.
UNSW student Johnno Cotterill has won an Academic Excellence Award from the New South Wales Institute of Sport.
UNSW has had a large number of researchers elected as Fellows of the prestigious Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.
One of China’s most prestigious universities will partner UNSW in a new Confucius Institute.
Two UNSW researchers have had their outstanding contributions to health and medical research recognised by the NHMRC.
UNSW pays tribute to its longest serving Chancellor.
Climate change offers Australia a unique opportunity to build the nation, according to a University of New South Wales (UNSW) researcher.
COFA student Lucy Simpson’s visual portrayal of her life has won her a spot in a worldwide cultural exchange project.
New research to be presented at a UNSW Gender Equity Forum reveals that female directors have a significant impact on the effectiveness of a board, despite arguments that tokenism drives their selection.
Dr Peter Shergold will head the new Centre for Social Impact being established at UNSW, Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Hilmer has announced.
Many Australians are missing out on essentials in life, yet they do not register on statistics measuring poverty, according to research from UNSW.
UNSW climatologists are leading a consortium of more than 200 leading climate scientists who have warned the United Nations Climate Conference of the need to act immediately to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
UNSW research has found that middle-aged Australians are more anxious and depressed than their elderly counterparts, turning on its head a prevailing myth about old age.
The days of ringing a taxi company only to speak to a machine which fails to recognise what you are saying are numbered, according to a UNSW researcher.
A UNSW academic has warned that a poorly designed emissions scheme might fail to shrink Australia's carbon footprint while providing large polluters with windfall profits.
A UNSW study aims to discover whether special contact lenses worn only during sleep may slow or halt the progression of short-sightedness – myopia – in children.
UNSW is helping to build Australia’s literary future – well beyond academic and student circles.
A sexual relationship will develop in up to ten percent of cases where a psychotherapist is male and the client is female, according to research from UNSW.
November
UNSW has scooped the pool in a national awards program that recognises excellent academic achievement and future leadership potential.
Australia’s total energy needs could be met by solar panels covering a land mass equal to two per cent of Tasmania, according to a UNSW scientist.
Australia’s total energy needs could be met by solar panels covering a land mass equal to two per cent of Tasmania, according to a UNSW scientist.
UNSW has positioned itself as a key authority on critical infrastructure risks and requirements with the establishment of the new Centre for Infrastructure Engineering & Safety.
UNSW and Guide Dogs NSW/ACT have agreed to establish what is believed to be the world's first ocular imaging centre to offer free diagnosis and management services to the general community.
Held hostage by Islamic extremists in a cave in Iraq, Indonesian journalist Meutya Hafid felt a lifetime of memories flashing before her, including her five years as a student at UNSW.
Three UNSW researchers have been honoured as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technical Sciences and Engineering for their outstanding contributions to advancing scientific and engineering knowledge.
Co-operation with India is to be boosted significantly with the creation of 21 Visiting Research Fellowships at UNSW.
Jurors presented with gruesome evidence are up to five times more likely to convict a defendant than jurors not privy to such evidence, UNSW research reveals.
A communication system that removes the need to wire buildings separately for Internet and intercoms has won an annual business pitching competition organised by UNSW.
It's official. UNSW's new Chemical Sciences Building and Analytical Centre is open for business.
The next generation of made-in-Australia designers, architects and planners will be on display when the Faculty of the Built Environment hosts their annual graduand exhibitions.
A UNSW food science researcher has developed a new technique for extracting a powerful antioxidant found in one of Australia’s favourite seafood snacks.
Space scientists from UNSW and China have built an unmanned observatory destined for what they hope is the world's best place for stargazing in Antarctica.
Australia’s first freely accessible online tool for art history research, the Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, has been launched at UNSW.
Commercial production of the world's first “green” steel is underway at the Sydney furnaces of Onesteel, following a global licensing agreement between the Australian steelmaker and UNSW.
UNSW students have taken out first and second place in an environmental law competition.
Angela Titmuss is yet to practice as a doctor, but the UNSW medical student is already making waves in rural health.
UNSW Lecturer Brigid Costello presents an interactive exhibition on political spin at the Powerhouse Museum until December 15.
UNSW’s role in China’s solar future was the focus of attention during a visit from the head of one of that country’s fastest-growing cities - and the former photovoltaics student who is now one of China’s richest men.
One in three people with a strong family history of bipolar disorder is reluctant to have children due to the hereditary nature of the illness and its perceived social stigma, new research from UNSW has found.
Researchers in the Faculty of the Built Environment are winning international recognition.
UNSW music students from the School of English, Media and Performing Arts are taking the national and international stage by storm.
One in three people with a strong family history of bipolar disorder is reluctant to have children due to the hereditary nature of the illness and its perceived social stigma, new research from UNSW has found.
The Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and the Australian Financial Review hosted the ‘Great Legal Debate’, between Commonwealth Attorney-General Philip Ruddock and the Shadow Attorney-General Senator Joe Ludwig.
Researchers from UNSW are part of a team which has developed a novel way to control the extreme weight loss that commonly accompanies and hastens death in late stage cancer patients.
The University of New South Wales has become the first university in Australia to launch an official channel on You Tube.
Apartment living is seen as a desirable long-term option, but people who live in apartments have a lower usage of public transport than might be assumed, according to new research by the City Futures Research Centre at the University of New South Wales.
Mark Priddle from the Australian Defence Force Academy has been presented with the prestigious Commander of Australian Defence College Commendation.
It’s enough to leave most music lovers All Shook Up: Elvis Presley's music is derivative and lacking in substance, according to UNSW academic Professor Robert Walker.
Sydney Festival presents the cinema of the future this summer at UNSW. Pioneered by UNSW’s iCinema Research Centre, this new cinema form lets viewers create their own 3D cinematic experiences on a 360-degree fully surrounding screen.
October
UNSW enjoys a “world class” reputation in China, and the University’s quality teaching and learning model is being studied for application in China’s fast growing higher education sector.
An aerial survey by UNSW researchers reveals that waterbirds and water have vanished from the northern reaches of Macquarie Marshes wetland, north of Dubbo.
The UNSW Solar Racing Team has completed its World Solar Challenge campaign with an impressive result, finishing fourth in its class and winning the CSIRO’s award for the most energy efficient vehicle.
A key legal event of the 2007 federal election campaign, a debate between Attorney-General Philip Ruddock MP and Shadow Attorney-General Senator Joe Ludwig, will be held on Tuesday 6 November.
A new study from an international team of researchers, including UNSW’s Professor Dedee Murrell, has given hope to sufferers of atopic eczema, in particular those intolerant to steroids or suffering from skin thinning.
New research from UNSW on the effects of smoking has gone a long way to debunking one of the last justifications people use for continuing the habit - that is to keep them slim.
Twelve UNSW students have worked on the design of the 2008 IKEA catalogue, which is in stores now.
Talented UNSW Engineering student Kate Fairlie has won the Jacobs Australia Engineering Leadership Prize for her work to inspire other students to follow in her footsteps.
NSW Premier Morris Iemma and businessman and philanthropist Frank Lowy today turned the first sod at the site of the Lowy Cancer Research Centre at UNSW.
UNSW has scored an unrivalled hat-trick at the 2007 Young Tall Poppy Science Awards.
The Bali bombing of 2002 changed the course of UNSW postgraduate Ni Wayan Rahayu's life; but she was neither a witness nor survivor.
UNSW computer science lecturer Richard Buckland has been named among Australia’s most outstanding university teachers in the 2007 Carrick Awards For Teaching Excellence.
A team of international researchers, including UNSW archaeologist Dr Andy Herries, has shown that the earliest humans were a sophisticated lot who decorated their bodies, used advanced stone tools and enjoyed seafood.
Five UNSW Law students are currently in China taking part in a model UN meeting at Heilongjiang University in the city of Harbin.
UNSW climatologist Andy Pitman has cause to celebrate the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize won by Al Gore and the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
The UNSW Sunswift Solar Racing Team is once again ready to do battle in the World Solar Challenge, a gruelling race from Darwin to Adelaide. They'll be relying the power of the sun - and some very clever thinking.
The UNSW Bike Club is inviting all staff and students to take part in National Ride to Work Day.
A combination of innovative thinking and months of painstaking work has paid off for a team of UNSW mechanical engineering students in this year’s Warman Design and Build Competition.
UNSW Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Hilmer has earmarked sustainability as a priority for the University – in research, teaching and in the way the campus operates.
Final year Industrial Design student Toby McInnes has been awarded the prestigious 2007 Breville Young Design Award.
A UNSW researcher has developed a world-first test which will radically improve cancer management.
Premier Morris Iemma has announced an additional $2.45 million to support the schizophrenia research which is underway at UNSW and the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute.
UNSW solar energy researcher Professor Martin Green has been given the Chinese Government’s highest award for foreign experts for his contribution to China’s scientific progress through his work in renewable energy.
UNSW has been judged one of the top three universities in Australia for the quality of its learning and teaching, and assessed as number one in Australia for its teaching performance in business and law.
Science magazine Cosmos has named the top 10 young scientists in Australia – and two of them are UNSW researchers chasing very big advances in the very small worlds of molecular engineering and quantum physics.
In public imagination, the sabre-toothed cat Smilodon ranks alongside Tyrannosaurus rex as the ultimate killing machine. Powerfully built, with upper canines like knives, Smilodon was a fearsome predator of Ice-Age America’s lost giants.
Internationally renowned human rights legal specialist Professor Sandra Liebenberg, from Stellenbosch University in South Africa, will deliver this year’s Australian Human Rights Centre Annual Public Lecture at UNSW.
September
A drug commonly used to treat breast cancer also gives impressive results for prostate cancer when combined with radiation therapy, according to researchers from UNSW and the Prince of Wales Hospital.
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser is one of the human rights experts speaking at the UNSW branch of Amnesty International’s public symposium ‘Human rights and Australian identity in the age of terror’.
More than 400 of UNSW’s best athletes have converged on the Gold Coast to take part in the Australian University Games.
The University of New South Wales has received more than $34 million in the latest round of Australian Research Council funding.
Fifty grants worth more than $30 million have been awarded to UNSW in the latest round of funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council – the University’s best ever result.
UNSW’s record-breaking solar car racers, Sunswift, and one of the University’s most innovative graduates have taken out two of the state’s most prestigious engineering prizes at the 2007 Engineers Australia Engineering Excellence Awards.
The Advisory Council of Jurists of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions met at UNSW’s Faculty of Law to begin a four day meeting to consider the right to the environment.
In an Australian first, UNSW medical students will be able to work towards specialisation in Pathology or Radiology while enrolled in their undergraduate program.
Indigenous leaders and Indigenous law experts will debate the impact of the ‘Bringing Them Home’ report when they take part in the Ten Years Later: Bringing Them Home and the Forced Removal of Children conference.
The future of Indigenous health and the pressing issue of getting more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people into medical and health education are the focus of a major symposium at UNSW next week.
UNSW alumni, benefactors and advisers dominate The Bulletin magazine’s 50 Most Influential in Business list.
UNSW’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Hilmer has launched the Australian School of Business, which resulted from the merger of the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) and the Faculty of Commerce and Economics.
India’s renewable energy sector will receive a significant boost with the announcement of an Australian Government sponsorship package for Indian engineers to study with world class solar power experts at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
The future of Indigenous health in Australia and the pressing issue of getting more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people into medical and health education are the focus of a major symposium at UNSW.
Australia’s leading media professionals will debate the challenges of ‘new media’ and the changing role of traditional media when they take part in a media forum at UNSW.
UK-based al-Qa’ida expert Abdel Bari Atwan – the last western journalist to interview Osama bin Laden – will give a public lecture at UNSW on Monday 17 September.
New research from UNSW has delivered a final blow to the theory that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is driven by the body’s immune system and in particular by its production of cytokines.
A plane which can drop a military boat into hot spots and a micro-blimp for search and rescue are among the creations of UNSW final-year Aerospace engineering students unveiled to industry.
UNSW Medicine is helping to lead a campaign calling on Australian governments to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation.
UNSW Medicine is helping to lead a campaign calling on Australian governments to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation.
UNSW Medicine is helping to lead a campaign calling on Australian governments to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation.
Indigenous Australians living in urban areas could be just as vulnerable to high rates of dementia as those living in remote areas, according to new research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
Mandarin speaking graduates from Banking and Finance at the Australian School of Business have been the targets of a major recruitment drive by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
UNSW research showing that dog-walking in bushland scares away birdlife will lend support to bans against the practice in sensitive conservation areas.
Dr Geoff Gallop, former Premier of Western Australia, will discuss the challenge of living with a mental illness in a high profile profession when he gives the second Tristan Jepson Memorial Lecture, presented by UNSW.
The wily dingo out-competed the much larger marsupial thylacine by being better built anatomically to resist the “mechanical stresses” associated with killing large prey, according to a team led by UNSW scientists.
UNSW scientist Professor Martin Green has won the 2007 SolarWorld Einstein Award for his work in photovoltaics, developing new solar power technologies.
A UNSW child protection expert has called for a major policy and attitudinal shift on the increasing incidence of child abuse and neglect in Australia, saying the time has come for action.
The architects of Cambodia’s famed Angkor– the world's most extensive medieval "hydraulic city" – unwittingly engineered its environmental collapse, says research by UNSW scientists and a team of international scholars.
New research to be published in the UNSW’s Australian School of Business Magazine reveals there’s a double edge to quarantine restrictions.
UNSW researcher Dr Christine Lu has been awarded a prestigious Sir Keith Murdoch Fellowship to undertake advanced research and study in the United States.
August
Senior diplomats and education specialists from leading Korean universities have met at UNSW to explore new ways to tap the growing interest in Korean studies.
UNSW space scientists joined millions of people across the nation who enjoyed perfect conditions for viewing the first total lunar eclipse since 2000.
An alarming increase in the incidence of diabetes in children is unlikely to be linked to the flu virus, UNSW medical researchers say.
Emma Field and Nicole McKeon will be among 500 school students – and a record number of girls – bending it like Beckham on the robotic “soccer field” at UNSW this week.
World health authorities dealing with potentially devastating disease epidemics must be prepared to instigate draconian containment measures like quarantining to prevent further outbreaks like China's SARS, a UNSW researcher has found.
People with social phobias in rural areas are being sought to take part in a study to test the effectiveness of a novel Internet-based education program, aimed at helping people manage the problem.
Russell Lowe, a digital technology expert specialising in repurposing computer gaming technology to aid architectural design, will host a forum on digital architecture on 28 August.
Former High Court Justice, the Hon Michael McHugh AC, QC, will argue that High Court decisions on the common law have often forced the Federal and State legislatures to enact controversial and politically divisive legislation to overcome those decisions, when he presents the 2007 Hal Wootten lecture at UNSW.
UNSW biologist Sarah Pryke has been awarded a Women in Science Fellowship by L'Oréal Australia.
Zimbabwe’s Opposition Leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, will give a public lecture at UNSW this week.
Tens of thousands of people across Australia are likely to be caught up in a major new epidemic of viral gastroenteritis, UNSW and Prince of Wales Hospital researchers have warned.
University students will have the chance to meet with leading multinational companies at the UNSW International Careers Expo on Wednesday 29 August.
Former High Court Justice, Michael McHugh, has outlined how the High Court has often frustrated the legislative policies of political parties in a public lecture at UNSW.
UNSW researchers have highlighted concerns about the clinical use and cost benefits of one of Australia’s most expensive publicly funded medicines, the anti-breast cancer drug Herceptin.
Interior Architecture student Hayley Carr has won two black belt events in an international karate competition.
UNSW researchers have won two prestigious Eureka Prizes for their work in medical research.
Former High Court Justice the Hon Michael McHugh AC, QC will discuss the legislative repercussions of High Court decisions when he presents the annual Hal Wootten lecture at UNSW.
The MBA Program at the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) has been ranked by Forbes Magazine as the leading full-time MBA Program in Australia and Asia.
Global financial services firm UBS has committed to a major investment in support of Indigenous programs at the University of New South Wales.
More than 500 school students from around the state, including a record number of girls, have showcased their computer and robotic expertise at UNSW.
UNSW has received $6m as part of a $15m NSW Government funding package that aims to advance Australia's research priorities and build new world-class research facilities.
UNSW has topped the bill in the 2008 Good Universities Guide. The Guide gives UNSW the maximum five-star rating for nine key performance indicators, well above any other GO8 University.
The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education has honoured 29 UNSW staff members for their contribution to student learning.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chairman Dr Rajendra Pachauri has told a UNSW audience that nations like Australia need to “act resolutely on the basis of the scientific evidence” that global warming is due to greenhouse gas emissions from human activity.
UNSW Professor Matthew England has received one of the most coveted Australian science awards – The Royal Society of Victoria Research Medal.
The UNSW Faculty of Law hosted an international conference exploring the nature and operation of the law of unjust enrichment in commercial law.
UNSW's commercialisation division, New South Innovations (NSi) has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Coal Services Pty Ltd to supply a suite of software and virtual-reality theatres to support mine safety training.
Leading climatologist Professor Stefan Rahmstorf revealed today at a UNSW public lecture that sea-level rises caused by global warming could be higher than those published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change earlier this year.
The NSW Minister for Science and Medical Research has opened the inaugural Stem Cell Symposium at UNSW, announcing that half a million dollars will be given to stem cell research.
UNSW has been ranked in the top 75 institutions for engineering, technology and computer science, according to the latest world university rankings.
Three UNSW students will represent Australia in Water Polo and Table Tennis at the upcoming World University Summer Games.
July
UNSW is to be the home of Australia’s first Chair in Disability and Mental Health with $2.1 million funding provided by the NSW government over five years.
Three students from the Planning and Urban Development Program in the Faculty of the Built Environment (FBE) have dominated the Urban Development Institute of Australia’s 2007 Tertiary Awards for Excellence.
A research team featuring UNSW scientists will use sophisticated computer software to determine the "bite force" of a Great White Shark trapped off the central coast of N.S.W.
Seven UNSW research achievements have been recognised in the list of finalists for the 2007 Eureka Prizes. This follows UNSW’s record-breaking success in last year’s awards.
East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta has been presented with a UNSW-led report about young peoples’ perspectives on the recent crisis in his country.
University students will have the chance to meet with leading multinational companies when UNSW hosts its annual International Careers Expo on Wednesday 29 August, 2007.
The financial effects of longevity on retirement funding have been explored at an annual Australian Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers hosted by UNSW.
A research team featuring UNSW scientists will use sophisticated computer software to determine the "bite force" of a Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) trapped off the central coast, north of Sydney, Australia.
The rise in the number of Australian HIV cases in the past seven years is likely to be related to risky sexual behaviour in men having sex with men, according to work co-authored by UNSW researchers.
UNSW researchers have uncovered an important naturally occurring mechanism in the body where "bad" cells that cause blockages in our blood vessels are kept under strict growth control, while "good" cells that keep our blood vessels free of clots and growths are left unaffected.
Trials are about to get underway at UNSW for an oestrogen-based breast cancer drug that could aid in the fight against schizophrenia. The story behind the trials is outlined in the July-August edition of Uniken, which is now online.
The implications of the Federal government’s intervention in Northern Territory Indigenous communities will be examined this week at a national forum organised by UNSW’s Indigenous Law Centre.
The UNSW Institute of Languages has been appointed as an IELTS testing centre by IELTS Australia.
The Federal Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop, has visited UNSW’s special school vacation programs, run by the Gifted Education Research, Resource and Information Centre (GERRIC).
Paintings from some of Australia's leading Aboriginal artists are on display at a major public exhibition at Shalom College at UNSW this week.
The implications of the Federal government’s intervention in Northern Territory Indigenous communities will be examined at a national forum this week organised by UNSW’s Indigenous Law Centre.
A world-first symposium at UNSW will look at new trends in the field of design education and the growing collaboration between architects, engineers and designers.
Thirty eight design and engineering students will construct an enormous sculpture of a snake, nick-named Ed, on the UNSW campus to celebrate multi-disciplinary design education.
Since 11 September 2001 the Australian government has created 44 new laws as a key component of its efforts to combat terrorism. A major international symposium, to be held at UNSW, will look at the challenges protection from the threat of terrorism presents to the rule of law.
Leading young researchers in the area of crime and justice have been brought together by the inaugural UNSW Crime and Justice Research Network interdisciplinary student conference.
Music that expresses more emotion than that felt by listeners is likely to be unpopular or "daggy", according to new empirical research from UNSW.
UNSW has awarded an Honorary Doctorate to leading Singapore businessman Jimmy Koh at a ceremony in Singapore.
The sharing of household chores may influence the number of children a couple decides to have, according to new research to be presented this week at the Australian Social Policy Conference at UNSW.
Thirty eight design and engineering students have constructed an enormous sculpture of a snake, nick-named Ed, on the UNSW campus to celebrate multi-disciplinary design education.
Low income earners and other disadvantaged people will be hit hardest by climate change, with any carbon tax taking a disproportionately large amount out of their budgets, according to research to be presented this week at the Australian Social Policy Conference at UNSW.
HIV/AIDS and kidney transplant patients are at much greater risk of contracting 20 different types of cancer than the general population, according to UNSW research published in The Lancet.
A UNSW documentary which captures a touching cultural exchange between African and Australian Indigenous people is airing nationally on the ABC, the day before TV personality Ray Martin opens Nura Gili’s winter program.
The outstanding quality of UNSW's accounting research has been ranked first in the world by the international journal Accounting and Finance.
A revolution is underway in the teaching of architecture and design, according to organisers of a major design education conference at UNSW.
Researchers at UNSW believe that blood may hold vital insights into what is happening in the brains of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
Visiting UK criminal justice academic and terrorism expert Professor Clive Walker says Australia can learn from the UK’s experience in implementing anti-terrorism legislation.
The so-called ‘generation gap’ is disappearing, making way instead for an economic gap between the generations and class divisions within society, according to a UNSW sociologist.
Researchers from UNSW and the University of Melbourne have discovered a mechanism that could be used to slash by almost two-thirds the number of seizures endured by some epileptics.
June
Four hundred delegates from Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America will discuss new dimensions of the scholarship of teaching and learning at UNSW from Monday to Thursday, 2-5 July.
The University of New South Wales has strengthened its teaching and research ties in India, signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Manipal University.
The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Mr Antonio-Maria Costa, has given an address at UNSW, suggesting that the world drug problem is being contained.
Professor Timothy Devinney, a UNSW academic and expert on strategy, innovation and international business, has been awarded a prestigious Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship.
UNSW scientists suspect that New Guinea's bronze quoll could be a long lost Aussie that was isolated in New Guinea when climate change caused a rise in sea level.
UNSW has been awarded almost seven million dollars in funding for cancer research from the NSW government. UNSW was awarded more than any other institution in the state.
Prominent businessman and philanthropist Mr Frank Lowy and family have agreed to donate $10 million towards the cost of a major new research facility on the UNSW campus.
Suntech Power Holdings' chief executive Dr Zhengrong Shi and the University of New South Wales have signed a three-year agreement in which Suntech will sponsor up to 30 Chinese students and Suntech employees to study a Masters program in photovoltaics at UNSW.
UNSW is supporting a new national effort to increase the supply of high quality mining engineer graduates in the midst of Australia’s mining and minerals boom.
University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers have shown that ‘comfort eating’ is not a socially contrived phenomenon – but rather one based in biology. The result could explain why some people over-eat when under stress.
UNSW scientist Professor Michelle Simmons and two UNSW Business IT graduates have been named among the Bulletin magazine’s Smart 100.
The Federal Government has announced that the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW will lead the establishment of a multi-million dollar National Cannabis Control and Prevention Centre.
The continuing disagreement between Creationists and evolutionary science is fundamentally a debate about whether people believe in a life of "self-directed progress" or one where nothing can be accomplished without God's help, according to US philosopher, Michael Ruse, who will address the Australasian Evolution Society Conference at UNSW on Friday.
Two very different UNSW environmentalists -- Professor Richard Kingsford and Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos AM -- are finalists in this year’s coveted Banksia Environmental Foundation Awards.
The Tactile Imagination: Design Research Processes exhibition, currently showing at the Ivan Dougherty Gallery, features industrial designers, architects and artists from the Faculty of the Built Environment.
UNSW has had a strong showing in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, with the Chancellor, David Gonski and four professors being named.
UNSW researchers will assess the impact of a new state-of-the-art treatment program targeting the emotional health of antisocial children and their families.
A UNSW researcher is part of a team that is taking the international sports community one step closer to stamping out drug cheats.
Two UNSW students will be flying to New York next month to take part in a meeting of student leaders from around the world.
May
Couples who’ve considered counselling to improve their relationship are being encouraged to join a UNSW study testing whether a so-called "love hormone" can help relationships by boosting empathy and communication.
The world's largest and most prolific team of planet hunters, including a UNSW academic, has announced the discovery of 28 new planets outside our solar system.
UNSW academic Robyn Ward has been awarded the state’s top cancer research accolade.
The University of New South Wales will close its campus in Singapore, Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Hilmer announced today.
UNSW has announced the appointment of Professor Bob Deutsch to the first KPMG sponsored Professor of Taxation at the Australian School of Taxation (Atax) in the Faculty of Law.
Sorry Day will be commemorated at UNSW on Tuesday May 29 with a special film screening, guest speakers and the signing of a Sea of Hands petition to right the wrongs against Indigenous people in Australia.
Three of this year's Federation Fellowships for scientific research have been awarded to UNSW researchers. UNSW placed equal first in the number of new Fellowships announced and equal second in the total number of Fellowships announced.
UNSW has exceeded the national success rate for the 2007 Australian Research Council Linkage Projects, with seven faculties receiving more than $4.5 million in grants spread across 19 projects.
The Faculty of Business will be re-named the Australian School of Business at UNSW. The newly named business school is a result of the integration of the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) and Faculty of Commerce and Economics.
A half century after the publication of his iconic novel, Voss, Patrick White’s legacy will be debated at a public symposium this week. The event is co-hosted by UNSW's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, ahead of the Sydney Writers’ Festival.
Despite hundreds of families being told their children have peanut allergies every year, many of the children may be able to eat peanuts safely, a study by researchers at UNSW and the Sydney Children’s Hospital has found.
UNSW design students have triumphed over their competitors, placing first, second and third in the Dyson Student Award category of the prestigious Australian Design Awards.
Three of Australia's top universities have formed an alliance to spearhead national leadership in climate change research, education and policy. It comprises UNSW, the Australian National University and Monash University.
Australia’s well-documented shortage of scientists is being tackled head on by UNSW research.
UNSW design students have triumphed over their competitors, placing first, second and third in the Dyson Student Award category of the prestigious Australian Design Awards.
Bilingual Australians are better spellers than monolinguals but they struggle to understand some spoken English, according to the first language study of its kind.
Bilingual Australians are better spellers than monolinguals but they struggle to understand some spoken English, according to the first language study of its kind.
A ground-breaking Australian study involving UNSW has revealed alarming levels of malnutrition in the elderly, with close to 80 percent malnourished or at risk when first admitted to hospital.
People with social phobia are being sought to take part in a study to test the effectiveness of a novel internet-based education program, aimed at helping people learn to manage the problem.
Dementia may be avoidable and doctors should take a more optimistic approach to the condition, according to research involving two UNSW academics.
The Federal Government has announced a $30 million commitment to establish a Neuroscience Research Precinct, of which UNSW is a part.
The US Navy and a London finance house have been tapping the skills of a UNSW science graduate who has just won a major award.
How is the changing environment impacting on human rights? Leading academics and politicians will debate the issue next week at the Australian Human Rights Centre’s (AHRC) symposium, Securing the Environment: the challenge of protecting human rights in a changing environment.
Prominent Zimbabwean human rights and pro-democracy activist, Archbishop Pius Ncube, will present a lecture on the political situation in Zimbabwe at UNSW.
The legal rights of animals and how they can best be protected will be discussed when UNSW hosts the first annual Voiceless Animal Law Lecture.
An Indigenous medical student at UNSW has been awarded a scholarship by the country’s peak medical body.
Prominent Zimbabwean human rights and pro-democracy activist, Archbishop Pius Ncube, spoke out against the Mugabe government’s manipulation of the judiciary and the constitution when he presented a lecture at UNSW.
Wind farms, film screenings and a pedal-powered smoothie machine will all be on display as part of UNSW's Climate Change Week.
Power from the sun could become more affordable following a breakthrough by UNSW scientists, who have boosted the efficiency of solar cell technology.
A team of UNSW Law students has won the prestigious Pictet International Humanitarian Law Competition.
April
Indigenous peoples’ health is 100 years behind that of other Australians, according to work carried out by UNSW researchers.
How is the changing environment impacting on human rights? Leading experts will debate the issue at the Australian Human Rights Centre’s symposium, Securing the Environment: the challenge of protecting human rights in a changing environment to be held at UNSW.
Sri Lanka is regarded as a development success story. However, despite good social indicators, it has had more then its fair share of setbacks.
The recent downpours in coastal Sydney have not all disappeared down the drains. About eight Olympic swimming pools of water have been collected in UNSW’s percolation pit – most of which has been returned to groundwater supplies.
Professor Chris Adam has been appointed Director of the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM). He is also the new Associate Dean Postgraduate Programs for the Faculty of Business, incorporating AGSM.
In what’s believed to be a first, a married couple have graduated together with Doctorates of Medicine from UNSW.
UNSW’s student organisation Arc and the NSW Cancer Council joined forces to raise more than $22,000 for cancer research when they hosted the UNSW-Cancer Council Relay For Life.
The legal rights of animals and how they can best be protected will be discussed when UNSW hosts the first annual Voiceless Animal Law Lecture.
Deepika Udagama, Head of the Department of Law at the University of Colombo, will present the annual Ingram Lecture at UNSW.
UNSW alumnus and part-time tutor in the Faculty of the Built Environment, Christine Outram, has been awarded the prestigious Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship for Architecture.
UNSW academic Professor James Weirick will be a key player in a panel of Sydney's leading urban design, architectural and planning experts that has been established by the City of Sydney Council to review major development proposals.
Hearing loss due to environmental factors, such as constant use of personal music devices, is predicted to rise over the coming decades, according to a University of New South Wales (UNSW) researcher.
Arts/Law student Fiona Cunningham has won the UNSW Harvard Travel Scholarship.
UNSW is throwing its impressive scholarly resources behind climate change while rolling out measures to make the University itself one of the world’s most sustainable campuses. The work is outlined in a special “green” issue of Uniken.
UNSW’s international leadership as a supplier of photovoltaic technology continues as three new agreements are signed with some of the world’s fastest-growing solar cell manufacturers in Asia.
When the Governor-General welcomed a twenty budding indigenous engineers to Admiralty House it was the highlight finale of the 10th Indigenous Australian Engineering Summer School, run by the University of New South Wales.
UNSW’s solar car Jaycar Sunswift III has today broken Dick Smith’s world record for the fastest solar powered road trip from Perth to Sydney.
2006 saw a large increase in the number of High Court rulings decided by a split bench, according to a report that will be presented at the sixth Constitutional Law Conference on 16 February.
Twenty years after the ‘Grim Reaper’ television advertisements, leading HIV/AIDS researchers -- including those from UNSW -- say another graphic campaign is needed to tackle increasing infection rates.
UNSW scientists at the Australian Defence Force Academy are teaching a small 80kg unmanned mini helicopter to launch itself, hover and land in wind gusts of up to 80 kph.
There is an increased risk of serious violence and homicide during a patient’s first episode of psychosis, according to UNSW-led research.
Australian personal taxpayers overwhelmingly support the need for reform of the personal tax system, according to a new survey conducted by the Australian School of Taxation (Atax) at UNSW.
UNSW saved more than 2.4 percent of Sydney's total energy reductions during last Saturday's Earth Hour.
Academically gifted students are being sought for a UNSW national education program that seeks to develop their talents.
March
Australian personal taxpayers overwhelmingly support the need for reform of the personal tax system according to a new survey conducted by the Australian School of Taxation (Atax) at The University of New South Wales.
UNSW is doing its bit to cut power consumption during Earth Hour.
Sydneysiders are not acting to conserve energy use in their homes, according to a report by the UNSW City Futures Research Centre.
A new study refutes the notion that the dinosaurs' extinction led to an explosion of new mammal species.
UNSW researchers have developed the first Australian receiver that can pick up both the L1 and L2C GPS frequencies, as well as the signal from the first prototype Galileo satellite.
Three UNSW academics have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science.
UNSW’s former Vice-Chancellor, Emeritus Professor Mark Wainwright, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science for his eminent and distinguished service to the University.
The College of Fine Arts (COFA) at the University of New South Wales has launched one of the world’s first fully online postgraduate degrees in art and design.
Sydneysiders are not acting to conserve energy use in their homes, according to a report by the UNSW City Futures Research Centre.
UNSW PhD student Maria Kordjamshidi has won the Australian Institute of Energy’s national award for the best Alternative Energy Pathways Project.
UNSW students interested in graduate or vacation employment and international exchange opportunities are invited to attend two student expos in March.
We’re being taught the wrong way, from primary school through to university level, according to a UNSW expert in education.
An international authority on solar energy will give a public lecture at UNSW about the urgent need to invest in new technologies that can convert the sun’s power into usable energies.
UNSW Brain Sciences has hosted the NSW finals of Australia’s first Brain Bee Challenge.
The bushtucker walk – part of UNSW’s groundbreaking Green Trail – is now open to the public.
The Prime Minister of Singapore has announced a joint Membrane Technology Research Centre to be established by UNSW Asia and Nanyang Technology University.
UNSW has received 25 percent of the federal government’s new funding package for high performing research centres.
UNSW researchers have developed the first Australian receiver that can pick up both the L1 and L2C GPS frequencies, as well as the signal from the first prototype Galileo satellite.
Introduced predators such as foxes and cats are twice as deadly as native predators to Australia’s unique native animals, a new study by UNSW researchers has found.
Internet pioneer, Vinton G. Cerf, outlined his predictions for the future of online communication in a recent talk at UNSW.
UNSW space scientists have outshone NASA by scoring a higher academic paper citation rate, according to the latest international ranking of universities and space science institutions.
The Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, has officially opened the $3.5 million UNSW Rural Clinical School building in Albury-Wodonga.
UNSW is Australia's most represented university on a federal government taskforce which has been established to define the future directions for built environment design professions.
The Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Hilmer has held a reception to welcome some elite scholars to the University.
A major new climate change research centre is to be established at UNSW, with a $6 million funding boost.
UNSW’s FBEOutThere! unit has been honoured for its role in the development of a community facility to support people affected by schizophrenia.
UNSW researchers have been working to ensure that the current multi-million dollar Liverpool Hospital redevelopment is designed for all people in the area – even if they never step foot in the building.
Two UNSW students have been recognised for their leadership and service by the Governor-General, Major General Michael Jeffery AC, CVO, MC (Retd).
UNSW researchers have developed the first Australian receiver that can pick up both the L1 and L2C GPS frequencies, as well as the signal from the first prototype Galileo satellite.
John Beard, visiting professor at UNSW’s College of Fine Arts, has won the 2007 Archibald Prize.
Twenty-eight urban designers of the future have displayed their work at the annual Master of Urban Development and Design (MUDD) exhibition at UNSW.
Discover the marine life of Sydney Harbour this Sunday (March 4) with a feast of displays and talks hosted by the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust and the UNSW-backed Sydney Harbour Institute of Marine Sciences at Chowder Bay in Mosman.
February
UNSW is helping to address the lack of Indigenous doctors in Australia, with a record intake of Aboriginal students enrolled in the undergraduate medicine program this year.
Customers whose earlier encounters have been positive are likely to switch service providers after a bad experience, even if they say they are satisfied with how the service provider treated them following their complaints, new UNSW research has found.
Teenage binge drinking among female students has been slashed following a school-based alcohol education campaign developed by UNSW researchers.
One in 20 critically ill newborns cared for in Australian neonatal units is born to a drug-addicted woman, new UNSW research shows.
UNSW's Dr Jane Goodman-Delahunty has won the American Psychology-Law Society’s 2005-2006 book award for an outstanding contribution to the field of law and psychology.
UNSW medical students have donated up to $200,000 worth of equipment to hospitals in developing countries, where even the most basic tests are sometimes unavailable.
New research has cast doubt on the perception that most young Australians consider cannabis to be a benign and harmless drug, with a third now viewing it as unacceptable. The work has been co-authored by UNSW’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC).
Shadow Minister for the Environment Peter Garrett was at UNSW this week to launch a controversial book co-authored by Sarah Maddison, from the School of Social Sciences and International Studies.
A team of researchers, led by academics from UNSW and St Vincent's Hospital, have made a discovery that transforms our understanding of genetic diseases.
Last year saw a large increase in the number of High Court rulings decided by a split bench, according to a report that will be presented at the sixth Constitutional Law Conference at UNSW.
UNSW has received $747,000 from the NSW State Government to build a borewater treatment plant for the western end of Kensington campus.
Professor Chris Evans, the former Head of the Australian School of Taxation (Atax) in the Faculty of Law, has been appointed an International Research Fellow at the newly established Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation.
UNSW’s Faculty of Engineering has been ranked among the top 100 in the world by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities.
UNSW scientists are raising concerns over the unpredictable nature of a contraceptive vaccine that aims to control populations of wild animals, such as rabbits and foxes.
The eminent British economist Professor Sir Tony Atkinson - a leading world authority on inequality and poverty - will give a public lecture at UNSW this week.
Larry Dwyer, Qantas Professor of Travel and Tourism Economics from the University of New South Wales, has been recognised for his outstanding contributions to tourism.
A new way to test the safety of the air we breathe is proving faster, cheaper and more humane than exposing laboratory animals to airborne chemical hazards, say UNSW scientists.
New research from UNSW sheds light on why some people have adverse reactions to certain doses of ADHD medication, while others have good results.
Floods across large parts of western Queensland will produce a bird bonanza lasting six to nine months, according to UNSW researcher Professor Richard Kingsford.
Two UNSW students have won a major engineering competition, triumphing over entrants from several of the world’s leading universities, including Oxford.
The Diplomacy Training Program and Oxfam Australia’s Indigenous Australia Program are holding a training course at UNSW to look at human rights advocacy.
January
Seven UNSW academics have been given awards in this year’s Australia Day honours list.
The IT community has acted to support technical teaching of computer engineering at UNSW by donating more than $100,000 to the John Lions Chair in Operating Systems.
UNSW has built Sydney's largest percolation pit on its Kensington campus. The pit drains the storm water from 70 percent of the campus into the Botany aquifer.
The Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) has been ranked as the leading business school in Australia and among the top 50 business schools in the world in the Financial Times (UK) 2007 ranking of full time MBA programs.
Ninety percent of Australian cannabis users over the age of 14 report using alcohol at the same time, despite serious risks in combining the two drugs, according to a review by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW.
Researchers from UNSW have found an easier way of getting off those extra kilos you may have gained over the holiday season.
UNSW Asia, Singapore's first comprehensive international university, has officially opened its Tanglin campus.
The predicted break-up of Antarctica's ice shelves due to global warming may trigger a major change in the marine food chain, by exposing its coastal seas to sunlight, according to new research by UNSW scientists.
Twenty talented young Indigenous students have spent the past week experiencing a taste of university life and exploring the careers open to engineering graduates.
British backpackers are twice as likely to drink five or more times a week when they are in Australia, compared to when they were at home, according to research released this week.
UNSW students have made a clean sweep of high achievers’ scholarships at a prestigious research centre.
The UNSW campus at Kensington is this week overflowing with young gifted students and the people who teach them.
UNSW’s solar car, Jaycar Sunswift III, has broken the world record for the fastest solar-powered road trip from Perth to Sydney.
Children are 20 percent more likely to become overweight if their mothers go from not working to working more than 20 hours a week, according to research from UNSW.
Climate change could have radical effects on Australia's alpine regions according to UNSW researchers.
UNSW’s solar car, Jaycar Sunswift III, is attempting to break Dick Smith’s world record for the fastest solar powered road trip from Perth to Sydney.
Thirty refugee boys were given a special treat this week, with some of Australia’s soccer stars giving them tips on how to make it in the world’s biggest game.
Thirty refugee boys will be given a special treat on Wednesday, (10 January) when some of Australia’s soccer stars take to the field to offer tips on how to make it in the world’s biggest game.
UNSW has won twenty grants in the latest round of funding from the NHMRC, including a grant of over $1.5 million to a team led by Professor Robyn Ward.
Close to 9,000 prospective university students turned up to UNSW for our annual Info Day.
Kidney transplant recipients are more than three times as likely to develop a number of cancers, according to UNSW research.
Better telecommunication is the key to improving outcomes for Africa, according to Monica Kerretts-Makau, who has graduated with a doctorate from UNSW.