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All News for 2008
July
25/07/2008 - The rise and rise of science in India
The rise and rise of science in India is the subject of a public lecture to be given by one of that nation's foremost scientists.
25/07/2008 - New drug for HIV treatment
Millions of people world-wide who have contracted a highly resistant strain of HIV could benefit from a new drug to treat the infection. The benefits of the therapy have been proven by UNSW-led research.
25/07/2008 - Art boosts Indigenous health
The exhibition and auction of acclaimed Indigenous art at UNSW’s Shalom College will help improve Aboriginal health
25/07/2008 - Where do Sydney’s bats hang out?
UNSW PhD student, Caragh Threlfall, haunts Sydney by night in search of tiny insect-eating bats to learn more about one of Earth’s least-studied mammals.
24/07/2008 - Treaty promises equality for Australians with disability
A UNSW academic and disability advocate who helped draft the text of a UN treaty on disability rights today said Australia’s ratification of the treaty could lead to a new era of equality for Australians with disability.
22/07/2008 - Award for UNSW climate researcher
The Banksia Environmental Foundation has named Professor Matthew England the 2008 Mercedes-Benz Australian Research Award winner.
22/07/2008 - Men and women may need different diets
Diet can strongly influence how long you live and reproduce, but now UNSW scientists have discovered that what works best for males may not be best for females.
22/07/2008 - A lazy brain is a shrinking brain
Those who don’t engage in complex mental activity over their lifetime have twice the shrinkage in a key part of the brain in old age, according to researchers from UNSW.
16/07/2008 - Paying tribute to Ball and Brown
UNSW has hosted more than 100 of the world’s most eminent accounting and financial academics at a conference in Sydney to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the publication of the acclaimed “Ball and Brown” accounting research.
16/07/2008 - UNSW welcomes WYD pilgrims
UNSW is hosting thousands of World Youth Day pilgrims on the Kensington campus this week.
16/07/2008 - Governor-General launches CSI
The Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery has officially launched the Centre for Social Impact at UNSW. The Centre is aimed at driving social innovation by building the capacity of Australia’s not-for-profit sector.
11/07/2008 - Uniken now online
Find out why life on earth may be older then we thought in the July-August issue.
11/07/2008 - Banks still out in the cold
Banks are still to face chilly winds blowing from the sub prime mortgage crisis, Commonwealth Bank head Ralph Norris said in a speech at UNSW.
11/07/2008 - Addiction and the "accidental avalanche"
A motivational tool which revolutionized the way we treat drug and alcohol addiction is having surprising results in diverse areas, according to the man who developed the approach. He will give an address hosted by UNSW’s National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre next week.
08/07/2008 - The great debate
UNSW has been chosen to host this year’s Asian education debate - the first time the globally televised regional competition has been held in Australia.
04/07/2008 - Numbers high at Indigenous Winter School
A record number of Indigenous students graduated from the Nura Gili 2008 Winter School Program at UNSW.
04/07/2008 - Essay hits home
A UNSW architecture/law student has won first place in the 2008 Berkeley essay competition.
04/07/2008 - Building a nation
Australia faces a period of steep decline unless governments embark on a new era of nation building, a leading UNSW researcher has warned.
04/07/2008 - Floodplain policy a good start, but . . .
The NSW Government's new draft floodplain harvesting policy is a welcome start, but implementing it will present considerable challenges, says a leading UNSW environmental scientist.
01/07/2008 - India and Australia; beyond cricket
There’s no shortage of impassioned debate about Australia and India’s relationship on the cricket pitch, but the same energy is needed off the sporting field to keep pace with India’s rising economic and global influence.
01/07/2008 - Business students empower Sri Lanka village
Shanil Samarakoon, a Masters student in Marketing at the Australian School of Business, is leading a team that is bringing electricity to a small rural community in Sri Lanka.
01/07/2008 - Accounting for greenhouse gases
A global assurance framework for carbon emission disclosures must be included in any plan to reduce Australia's carbon emissions, says a UNSW expert.
June
27/06/2008 - International award for physics clips
Physclips, a set of multimedia learning and teaching materials developed for introductory physics, has won the Physics division of the 2007 Pirelli Prizes for Science Communication.
26/06/2008 - $20m boost to global HIV fight
The global fight against HIV has received a substantial fillip with a $20 million pledge by the NSW Government to establish a National Institute for Virology, incorporating UNSW’s National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research.
26/06/2008 - Mobiles, meditation offer depression hope
New UNSW research is investigating modern telecommunications and ancient therapies as treatment for depression and Bipolar Disorder.
24/06/2008 - Funding the fight
UNSW researchers have received half a million dollars from the NSW Government to fund new studies into sexually transmitted infections.
24/06/2008 - Sporting scholars celebrated
UNSW's elite sporting talent has been honoured at the 2008 Ben Lexcen Scholarship ceremony and the 55th Annual Blues Award Dinner.
20/06/2008 - Remaking industrial relations
UNSW Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Hilmer launched a special edition of the UNSW journal Economic and Labour Relations Review, at a major symposium on the future of industrial relations after WorkChoices.
20/06/2008 - Sewell named as UNSW Literary Fellow
One of Australia’s most celebrated contemporary playwrights, Stephen Sewell, has been named as the University of New South Wales 2008-2009 Literary Fellow.
20/06/2008 - Robotic clarinet wins orchestra competition
An Australian-designed robot clarinet player has won first prize at an international orchestra competition.
17/06/2008 - Scholarships to rebuild China's quake zone
UNSW will provide $300,000 worth of post-graduate scholarships to develop skills vital to rebuilding China’s earthquake-devastated Sichuan province.
17/06/2008 - Sustaining the future
UNSW academic Professor Peter Graham is working with the United Nations to meet one of the biggest global challenges currently taking place, urbanisation.
13/06/2008 - Building a healthy future
UNSW is tackling the shortage of rural doctors head on, and the approach is already paying dividends on the NSW Mid-North Coast.
13/06/2008 - Keeping patients on track
Mobile phones and the Internet will be used to help people manage their mental health problems. The project, which involves UNSW researchers, has been awarded almost $2 million in funding from the Federal government.
12/06/2008 - World's largest hologram in Federation Square
COFA lecturer and internationally acclaimed hologram artist, Paula Dawson will create the world's largest hologram in Melbourne's Federation Square.
10/06/2008 - Unlocking the tragedy of brain cancer
UNSW and the Cure for Life Foundation are tackling the rising incidence of brain cancer by establishing a research facility in neuro-oncology.
10/06/2008 - It’s an honour
An eminent public health researcher, a mathematician and an academic working in gifted education are three of the four UNSW staff named on the 2008 Queen’s Birthday honours list.
10/06/2008 - HIV lecture to air on ABC
The UNSW Brainfoods event on HIV will be aired on ABC TV's new Fora program this Thursday, June 12.
06/06/2008 - China’s thanks for earthquake help
UNSW engineers who played a vital role in responding to the devastating May 12 earthquake in China received a personal thankyou from Chinese officials this week.
06/06/2008 - Inside the Burma cyclone crisis
Getting humanitarian assistance through to the survivors of Burma’s Cyclone Nargis may be proving difficult, but two UNSW-supported trainees are already on the ground providing much-needed crisis relief.
06/06/2008 - Extraordinary intelligence work rewarded
UNSW Conjoint Professor Toby Walsh has become the first Australian in a decade to be admitted as a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
04/06/2008 - UNSW launches iTunes U channel
UNSW has become one of six Australian universities to launch a channel on iTunes U, Apple’s worldwide outlet for digital educational content.
03/06/2008 - Life on Earth began much earlier: new research
New studies, by UNSW researchers, of the world's most primitive living things suggest that life on Earth may have begun much earlier than the accepted date of about 3.5 billion years ago.
03/06/2008 - Double global leadership win for UNSW
Two UNSW students have been awarded fellowships offered by the prestigious Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program.
02/06/2008 - Innovation rewarded
UNSW Industrial Design student, Alicia Mintzes, has taken out second place in the 2008 Australian Design Awards – Dyson Student Award.
May
30/05/2008 - UNSW team helps in China earthquake
UNSW engineers are using detailed satellite assessment to assist with the recovery from an earthquake which hit China on May 12, killing more than 60,000 people.
28/05/2008 - UNSW scoops the pool in Linkage Grants
UNSW will receive just on $11.5 million in Linkage Grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC), the highest level of funding for any university in the country, it was announced today.
27/05/2008 - UNSW Honours Art
UNSW awards Honorary Doctorates to two of Australia's leading artists.
27/05/2008 - Gold medal for FBE duo
Two academics from UNSW's Faculty of the Built Environment have won a major industry award for their work on the Beijing Olympics.
27/05/2008 - Women with altitude
Twenty-three-year-old medical student Nikki Bart and her mother, Cheryl Bart, who is an alumna of UNSW, have climbed into the record books, becoming the first mother and daughter team to scale Mount Everest.
23/05/2008 - UNSW celebrates Indigenous Week
The culture and history of Australia’s Indigenous people will be recognised at UNSW during a series of celebrations marking Indigenous Week.
23/05/2008 - NSW Premier endorses UNSW-China links
The Premier, Morris Iemma, has told a senior Chinese audience that a new Confucius Institute at UNSW will bring "enormous benefits" to both countries.
21/05/2008 - Helping home, from afar
A young African doctor is studying at UNSW's National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research to help fight the virus in her homeland.
20/05/2008 - COFA scoops the Venice Biennale pool
Three COFA graduates have been selected to take part in the Venice Biennale 2009, along with COFA curator Felicity Fenner.
19/05/2008 - Johns Hopkins honour
UNSW's head of School of Psychiatry, Professor Philip Mitchell, has given an endowed lecture on genetic testing at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University in the United States.
19/05/2008 - Too much, too young? Young people and new media
Young Australians - including those of primary school age - should be involved in the public debate about how they are represented in the media and what type of information they have access to, according to a leading media studies researcher from UNSW.
16/05/2008 - Early warning system for child abuse
A new early warning system for children at risk of abuse, developed in partnership with UNSW, has been launched by the Governor of New South Wales, Professor Marie Bashir.
16/05/2008 - Award for UNSW solar visionary
Pioneering UNSW solar energy researcher, Scientia Professor Stuart Wenham, has won a prestigious ATSE Clunies Ross Award for his work in solar cell development.
15/05/2008 - Uniken now online
This special issue of Uniken looks at the broad water-related research that is taking place on campus, as well as some of the practical steps UNSW is taking to minimise its water usage.
14/05/2008 - AusAID and UNSW partnership in human resources for health
UNSW researchers will play a key role in a health-care initiative in Timor-Leste.
13/05/2008 - UNSW academic joins tax review
Professor John Piggott from UNSW's Australian School of Business has been appointed to the panel charged with reviewing the national tax system.
09/05/2008 - From coal dust to carbon credits
UNSW researchers have turned ash waste from coal-fired power stations into an environmental solution which could slash emissions in the carbon-hungry construction sector by at least 20 per cent.
08/05/2008 - Social threads weave art project
Twenty craftspeople in rural Phillipines will benefit from a UNSW community outreach project.
06/05/2008 - China's global greenhouse challenge
China’s ever-growing greenhouse gas emissions and the problems they present for the rest of the world will be tackled by an expert panel at UNSW this Thursday.
06/05/2008 - Working with humans – not animals
Two UNSW PhD students have been given scholarships for their research which works towards the replacement of animal experimentation in the lab.
06/05/2008 - 2020 global mega-trends revealed
Changing consumer tastes and a focus on the environment will shape global tourism trends, according to new UNSW research.
06/05/2008 - Raising demand for renewable energy
German Greens MP Hans-Josef Fell will speak at UNSW on May 14 about the successful impact of feed-in tariffs incentives in raising the demand for renewable energy.
02/05/2008 - Harvard calling
UNSW alumnus Kim Edwards has received a prestigious 2008 Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship.
01/05/2008 - Fighting STIs in Aboriginal communities
Aboriginal people and communities will benefit from a new partnership ensuring they have access to the latest research findings on sexually transmitted infections.
April
30/04/2008 - Climate change threats to HIV rates
Social factors, including economic pressures caused by climate change, could lead to an increase in HIV infection rates world-wide, a leading researcher from the UNSW has warned.
29/04/2008 - Last stop, Sydney...next stop, Beijing
COFA lecturer, Allan Giddy will transport the spirit of the Beijing Olympics to Sydney's Olympic Park in a unique sound installation.
29/04/2008 - Clear vision for cannabis centre
A world-first approach to tackle cannabis problems is underway at UNSW.
29/04/2008 - Climate change: will capital save the world?
Australia could become a “carbon energy economic super power," says climate change expert, Mike Molitor.
28/04/2008 - Will the world be free of HIV?
High court judge, Justice Michael Kirby, will convene a high-level forum on the future of HIV/AIDS this week.
28/04/2008 - Australian bionic eye can be reality by 2020
A working bionic eye could be an Australian world first by 2020 if action is taken quickly, leading researchers at the University of New South Wales say.
24/04/2008 - Prize for quantum physics advance
UNSW physicist Frank Ruess has been awarded the 2007 UNSW Science Prize which recognises the best science PhD thesis passed each year.
23/04/2008 - FBE wins again
Staff and students from the Faculty of the Built Environment have once again blitzed a series of design and planning awards.
23/04/2008 - Federation Fellowships trifecta for UNSW
Three UNSW academics have been named 2008 Australian Research Council Federation Fellows by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr.
22/04/2008 - For argument's sake
A team of UNSW law students has achieved the University's best result ever at the Jessup International Law Moot Court competition.
22/04/2008 - Leading the pack
UNSW is cementing its reputation at the head of the pack of Australia’s leading universities, with a 25-year analysis showing a dramatic increase in publications and citations.
18/04/2008 - Closing in on our number one killer
UNSW researchers have revealed new insights about Australia’s number one killer – cardiovascular disease.
17/04/2008 - Thorny issues of BlackBerry use
BlackBerry use is on the rise and the way people are using this palm-sized email device is having a significant impact, according to UNSW research.
15/04/2008 - Ancient dragon has space-age skull
A new international study has revealed how the Komodo dragon can be such an efficient killing machine despite having a wimpy bite and a featherweight skull.
15/04/2008 - Switch on to UNSW’s new YouTube channels
UNSW now has three official channels on YouTube – an e-learning channel, a community channel and the primary channel launched last year.
15/04/2008 - Life, the universe and everything: public lecture
The man behind the Holy Grail of physics – a grand theory of everything – will speak tonight at UNSW.
15/04/2008 - The whiff of success
UNSW Research Fellow, Dr Katharina Gaus, has been awarded one of the world’s most prestigious grants to look the cells which govern our sense of smell.
11/04/2008 - An interactive environment
Find out more about the Environment@UNSW with our new interactive website.
11/04/2008 - Sailing to success
UNSW Commerce student Gabrielle King has won a lucrative Ben Lexcen Sports Scholarship, allowing her to continue her academic studies while defending her sailing world titles.
11/04/2008 - The heart of the matter
UNSW has won the largest grant in a recent round of funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
09/04/2008 - Climate change: "show me the money”
Public talk by climate change expert, Dr Michael Molitor.
08/04/2008 - Millions of reasons to research global health
UNSW researchers have been awarded $6.6 million to improve health in the Asia-Pacific region.
08/04/2008 - Careers Expo 2008
Get your career off to a flying start at UNSW’s 21st annual Careers Expo.
08/04/2008 - Sydney harbours deadly diet for sea creatures
Contaminated seaweeds in Sydney Harbour could be threatening the small animals that feed on them, according to UNSW research.
04/04/2008 - New Dean for Engineering
Professor Graham Davies has taken up his new role as the Dean of Engineering.
04/04/2008 - Business brains honoured
Ken Cowley now has a qualification to match his status in the Australian business community.
04/04/2008 - UNSW hosts local 2020 summit
UNSW academics will co-chair a local 2020 summit on campus on Saturday April 5 with Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett.
01/04/2008 - Australia’s hottest 1000
UNSW staff and students will shape Australia’s future when they take part in the Australia 2020 summit.
March
28/03/2008 - Uni lights out for Earth Hour
UNSW will once again participate in the Earth Hour energy initiative on Saturday 29 March.
28/03/2008 - Turning brain science fiction into fact
Brain Sciences UNSW is quickly building a first-class reputation among the country’s top research students.
28/03/2008 - New hope for prolonged grief
Strong feelings of grief are normal and healthy after the death of someone you love but recent research from UNSW suggests that some people grieve for so long that it becomes a significant mental illness.
25/03/2008 - Let's make small business tax simpler
A UNSW academic will tell this week's ATAX 8th international tax administration conference that Australia needs simpler small business tax laws.
25/03/2008 - Uniken goes green
UNSW’s flagship publication, Uniken, has been awarded the Good Environmental Choice Australia Label. The March/April issue of Uniken is now available online.
25/03/2008 - Awards galore
Students from the FBE and COFA blitz the nation's design competitions.
20/03/2008 - Eye warning as occy straps lash out
Easter-period travellers are being warned to take care with octopus straps that hospitalise 540 people each year with severe eye injuries.
20/03/2008 - Innovation honours for UNSW
UNSW has featured twice in the finalists list of the prestigious DuPont Australia & New Zealand Innovation Awards for work with big benefits for the environment.
19/03/2008 - Scaling the heights
A UNSW medical student is preparing to climb her way into the record books, by scaling Mount Everest as part of a unique team.
18/03/2008 - UNSW architect wins industry’s top award
UNSW alumnus and Adjunct Professor Richard Johnson has been awarded the prestigious Royal Australian Institute of Architects 2008 Gold Medal.
18/03/2008 - Cross and Icon reach UNSW
UNSW will host the Cross, Icon and Message Stick as they tour Australia to promote World Youth Day, 2008.
17/03/2008 - Tackling dementia
UNSW has won more grants than any other institution in the country, in a special round of funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, aimed at tackling dementia.
14/03/2008 - Students act up
Students from UNSW’s School of English, Media and Performing Arts are part of an Australian theatrical first
14/03/2008 - A healthy start for Indigenous health
In what promises to be good news for Indigenous health, UNSW has one of the largest intakes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in first-year medicine.
12/03/2008 - Tiny science, big prize
UNSW's Dr Frank Ruess has been awarded the 2007 Bragg Gold Medal by the Australian Institute of Physics.
12/03/2008 - More Australians dining on kangaroo
More Australians are dining on kangaroo but most are unaware that the national icon is being wild harvested rather than farmed, according to new UNSW research.
11/03/2008 - Leading the world
Professor Deo Prasad will chair a United Nations environmental forum.
11/03/2008 - UNSW Employer of Choice for Women
UNSW has met tough new selection criteria to be named as an Employer of Choice for Women for the fourth year running.
11/03/2008 - 2008 UNSW elections
Positions are now available on the University Council, the Academic Board, the Faculty Boards and the UNSW Alumni Association Board of Governors.
11/03/2008 - UNSW joins fight to help refugee women
A report by UNSW researchers will be used in the world’s refugee camps to help protect women and girls from violence.
07/03/2008 - Masters of Design
International urban design expert Professor Jon Lang will discuss how global cities are shaped when he presents the inaugural Paul Reid Lecture in Urban Design.
07/03/2008 - Most beautiful
For the second year in a row a graduate from UNSW's College of Fine Arts has won the Archibald Prize.
07/03/2008 - New approach to child care and maternity leave
Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister and Cabinet, Maxine McKew, has called for a major rethink of early childhood care and education while launching a new lecture series at UNSW.
05/03/2008 - Reduced condom use and other STIs lead to more HIV in Australia's gay men
HIV infection rates are predicted to rise by up to 75 percent in parts of Australia in the next seven years if the current trends continue, according to University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers, based at the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR).
February
29/02/2008 - Social Innovators gather at UNSW
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard called for more ambitious partnerships to generate social innovation when she spoke at the Centre for Social Impact.
28/02/2008 - Week Zero is here!
New and continuing UNSW students will kick off the academic year this week with a program of academic and social activities during Week Zero.
28/02/2008 - Credit where credit's due
UNSW students will become the first in Australia to receive a new Supplementary Transcript that gives graduates credit for achievements outside their formal study program.
26/02/2008 - Floodplain development threatens Macquarie Marshes
UNSW research has revealed that earthworks are having a devastating impact upon the lower Macquarie River and its floodplain.
26/02/2008 - Climate warning on privatised power
A leading UNSW academic has cautioned the NSW Government against leasing existing coal-fired power stations, warning they seriously jeopardise the fight against climate change.
26/02/2008 - Click and connect
UNSW has launched a free high-speed wireless internet service for students, staff and academics, promising greater coverage across campus.
25/02/2008 - Memorial service for Gordon Samuels
A memorial service will be held today at UNSW for the University's longest serving Chancellor, the Hon Gordon Samuels.
22/02/2008 - Water and solar projects for Singapore
UNSW has entered into an agreement with Singapore’s Economic Development Board to establish research projects and provide PhD scholarships in photovoltaics and water membrane-technology.
22/02/2008 - Industry salutes young engineer
A UNSW Chemical Sciences and Engineering graduate has won a prestigious industry award for his work making oil and gas production more efficient.
22/02/2008 - Sharing the challenges with Asia
UNSW has launched a major research collaboration in Asia, recognising the challenges Australia now shares with an increasingly industrialised and developed Asian region.
21/02/2008 - What women want - paid maternity leave?
Two major international workshops at UNSW have considered Australia’s record on work/life balance.
19/02/2008 - Navigating through GPS dropouts
UNSW researchers are developing an affordable solution to the problem of GPS navigation devices failing in tunnels and between tall buildings.
19/02/2008 - Less protein means longer life, fewer kids
eating less dietary protein could grant us a longer life with fewer kids, says a new research report.
19/02/2008 - Helping crisis survivors
UNSW researchers are contributing to a program that will reduce disability and death in post-crisis situations. The program was launched this week in Canberra.
14/02/2008 - International auditing award for UNSW
Dr Elizabeth Carson, from the School of Accounting, is the first person outside the USA to receive the American Accounting Association Auditing Section Outstanding Dissertation Award for 2008.
14/02/2008 - What comes after sorry?
Following the Rudd Government’s apology to the Stolen Generations, a landmark plan involving UNSW researchers has been revealed, detailing how to help those affected.
12/02/2008 - UNSW community gathered for apology
Hundreds of staff and students gathered in the Clancy Auditorium earlier today to view the live broadcast from Canberra of the historic apology to the Stolen Generations.
12/02/2008 - Indian ties
UNSW will pursue even closer ties with India, following a visit from India’s science and technology minister.
08/02/2008 - Guide to good sax
Unlike amateurs, professional sax players can play notes in the very high altissimo sound register by tuning their vocal tract to assist the instrument, according to UNSW research published in the journal Science.
08/02/2008 - High Court judgement
Australia's High Court came under the microscope at the 2008 Gilbert +Tobin Centre of Public Law’s Constitutional Law Conference.
07/02/2008 - A great mind focuses on dementia
One of the world’s leading researchers in dementia, Professor John Hodges, has taken up an appointment with UNSW and the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute.
06/02/2008 - Culture as imperial propaganda
Political spin and the co-option of culture for political gain are not modern phenomena but have their origins in empires of the past, according to a UNSW researcher.
05/02/2008 - Success a moot point
A team of UNSW law students will travel to the US to compete in an international law moot court competition.
05/02/2008 - Reducing cancer panic
UNSW research has allayed some panic about suspected cancer-causing agents, such as deodorants, coffee and artificial sweeteners.
05/02/2008 - Winning ways
UNSW has been awarded the largest Australian grant in its history, receiving $17.7 million in funding to advance understanding of HIV and hepatitis C.
01/02/2008 - Alumni recognised
UNSW announces its 2007 Alumni Awards for Achievement in recognition of outstanding leadership and contributions to the community.
January
30/01/2008 - Excellence reaps new rewards
Richard Buckland from the School of Computer Science and Engineering has added yet another award to a groaning mantlepiece after winning the Australasian Association of Engineering Educators 2007 Teaching Excellence Award.
30/01/2008 - Overweight mums have chubby bubs
Mothers-to-be beware. Women who are overweight during pregnancy may be more likely to have fatter children susceptible to chronic health problems, UNSW research shows.
29/01/2008 - AGSM MBA ranked top in Australia
The AGSM Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program has been ranked as the leading full time MBA in Australia and among the top 40 MBAs worldwide in the Financial Times (UK) 2008 rankings.
29/01/2008 - Australia Day honours
The Dean of the Faculty of Science and an eminent medical researcher are among five UNSW academics named on the 2008 Australia Day Honours List.
24/01/2008 - Climate change’s silver lining
Climate change offers Australia a unique opportunity in nation building and infrastructure investment, according to a UNSW researcher.
22/01/2008 - Legacy of child abuse lasts till old age
Child abuse survivors are almost two and a half times as likely to have poor mental health outcomes and four times more likely to be unhappy even in much later life, according to new research from UNSW.
22/01/2008 - Marsupial lion tops big cat clash
Pound for pound, Australia’s extinct marsupial lion would have made mincemeat of today’s African lion had the two big hyper-carnivores ever squared off in a fight to the death, according to an Australian scientist.
22/01/2008 - Mapping out strong China ties
UNSW’s School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems has signed a five-year deal to conduct training for China’s key surveying and mapping authority – a sign of the growing reputation of UNSW’s spatial information team.
18/01/2008 - 'Facebook' for better health
Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are being co-opted by UNSW researchers to improve the nation’s health.
18/01/2008 - Crossing the Ditch
Master of Commerce student Justin Jones paddles into the history books with the first successful trans-Tasman crossing by sea kayak.
15/01/2008 - New approach to detect autism earlier
A new way of understanding autistic disorders, incorporating both psychological and biological factors, could lead to the conditions being picked up earlier, research from UNSW has found.
15/01/2008 - Move over Singo: it's the mini media mogul
Children as young as six will be following in the footsteps of John Singleton, Siimon Reynolds and Bryce Courtenay, dreaming up their own advertising campaigns as part of a program for gifted students.
08/01/2008 - Designing a better world
A team of first year Civil and Environmental Engineering students from UNSW is about to gain first-hand experience helping developing communities in India.
08/01/2008 - Something new under the sun
Generation Y is becoming more complacent about the risk of melanoma and other types of skin cancer, according to a UNSW researcher.
08/01/2008 - The great white hope
UNSW researchers have developed a more accurate, less confronting and more convenient way of administering insulin to diabetics.
04/01/2008 - T_Visionarium “revolutionary”, says Bruce Beresford
Academy Award-nominated film director, writer, and producer Bruce Beresford has hailed the world’s first 360-degree stereoscopic cinema as revolutionary.
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