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December
A school project investigating carbon sequestration and another exploring Alzheimers disease are among the 13 winners of the Sustainable Living Challenge.
Rock fans who risk injuries when headbanging to heavy-metal music could reduce harm by wearing a protective brace or changing their musical taste.
Surf’s up and it’s time for fun, but summer also has its risks. Drownings, snake bites and too much sun are among the top ten hazards identified by UNSW experts.
A more proactive approach to policing can dramatically lower rates of domestic and family violence, a UNSW forum has been told.
Miraca Gross has helped more than her fair share of Mensa members so it’s appropriate that UNSW's Professor of Gifted Education is acknowledged by the organisation itself.
UNSW climate scientists and energy experts have given a largely critical response to the Federal Government’s emissions trading White Paper.
Sarcasm might be the lowest form of wit but something’s amiss if you can’t detect it, according to UNSW researchers.
Waterflows could be restored at the mouth of the Murray-Darling for less than a fifth of the billions spent so far on environmental programs.
UNSW has ensured its role as a key contributor to creating a sustainable and secure energy future following a $75 million funding announcement from the Federal Government.
Renowned architect and UNSW Visiting Professor, Glenn Murcutt, has been awarded the American Institute of Architects’ highest honour.
While large males outperform smaller spiders in head-to-head mating contests, the faster-maturing smaller ones make more successful lovers, a new study reveals.
ADFA graduate and RAAF pilot Matthew Brown has been awarded a prestigious Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford University next year.
The unique stories of the artists behind the Papunya Tula paintings is the focus of a landmark new book by New South Global Professor Vivien Johnson.
Former justice Elizabeth Evatt and leading UK jurist Lord Bingham will lead the University’s celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
High Court judge Justice Michael Kirby has launched Australia’s first internet-based system offering free access to citations of Australian law.
University medallist Shaun Yow has won the 2009 General Sir John Monash Award. He will head to the US to study the economics of ageing.
People with certain high-risk gene combinations are eight times more likely to suffer from a severe and prolonged illness when they have an infection.
November
The world's most precise clock might be made as small as a wristwatch with a new design proposed by an international team of physicists.
An innovative approach to studying genetics has provided new information about how Australia's dwindling remnants of rainforest will cope as the planet grows warmer due to climate change.
Something vital is missing in the far distant reaches of the Universe: hydrogen - the raw material for stars, planets and possible life. The puzzling discovery has been made by a team of Australian astronomers.
King prawns are back on the menu after a seven-year absence at Wallagoot Lake on the NSW south coast, thanks to a restocking program lead by UNSW scientists
People can regain the ability to interpret emotion after a severe brain injury through an innovative self-training approach, a new study has found.
Federal Attorney General and UNSW alumnus Robert McClelland has opened a major international advocacy program at the University, pledging a renewed government commitment to human rights at home and abroad.
Cells from the human nose are showing further promise in remediating spinal cord injury, according to research from the University of New South Wales.
More then 300 graduates will emerge from the College of Fine Arts’ creative cocoon this week when they exhibit their final projects at COFA ANNUAL 08.
Students who have demonstrated excellence through performing arts, scholastic achievement, leadership or sport are now eligible for bonus points for entry into UNSW undergraduate programs.
World leading solar cell expert, UNSW Professor Martin Green, is a keynote speaker at the Asia Pacific’s premier renewable energy conference in Sydney.
UNSW has won the largest share of any Australian university in the latest round of Federal Government research infrastructure funding.
Kate O’Donnell’s analysis of the struggle between the planning powers of local and state governments has won her the Planning Institute of Australia’s Student Excellence Award.
Dishonesty may be more widespread in the animal kingdom than previously thought with new research showing that male fiddler crabs "lie" about their fighting ability.
A leading researcher has been appointed to a new Chair at UNSW to drive efforts at improving support for some of the most vulnerable people in society.
A world expert on democracy, the University of Westminster’s Professor John Keane, will deliver a public lecture at UNSW next week (Tuesday, 18 November).
A prototype bionic eye developed at UNSW could be ready for human trials by 2012 following the announcement of a national research collaboration.
A study of the controversy surrounding urban planning for religious purposes is just one of the student projects that will be on display at the Faculty of the Built Environment’s graduand exhibitions.
UNSW engineers are analysing treacherous waves off Sydney's coast to help make the dangerous sport of rock fishing safer.
Including quality-of-life impacts in assessments of national vaccination programs would lead to many benefits, including improved productivity and less sick leave for parents, according to an editorial co-authored by a UNSW researcher, that has appeared the Lancet Infectious Diseases.
In the November/December issue of Uniken we look at some of the challenges that face our designers, as well as acknowledging their astounding achievements.
UNSW students have achieved impressive results with their research presentations at a major petroleum engineering conference.
Research aimed at reducing the number of patients harmed in our hospitals has been awarded $8.4 million - making UNSW the largest recipient of NHMRC Program Grants for 2009.
One of Australia's most experienced civil engineers, Associate Professor Ron Cox, has been named Civil Engineer of the Year by the country's peak engineering industry body.
Fostering a new era of human rights activism in Australia through greater understanding and knowledge of human rights law and policy is the aim of a new Masters degree.
The problems faced by the Pacific region in mitigating and adapting to climate change will be the focus of a conference at the University of New South Wales.
UNSW solar cell engineers have laid claim to another world record: this time the milestone of 25 per cent efficiency for a silicon solar cell.
The largest ever survey of the health of Australia's vital wetlands is underway, with a team of UNSW environmental researchers conducting a special aerial survey of waterbirds across the entire continent.
The work of some of Australia’s most acclaimed artists and designers will be showcased this week at a major exhibition of successful COFA graduates.
UNSW experts available for commentary and analysis on the US election
October
If Barack Obama had taken his mother's surname and kept his childhood nickname, American voters might literally see "Barry Dunham" as a quite different presidential candidate, according to a new study on racial perception.
Students from the Faculty of Built Environment have dominated recent national and state awards with innovative ideas in industrial design and ways to help combat climate change.
Choreographer and UNSW visiting fellow, Sue Healey, will use the 2008 Robert Helpmann scholarship to mentor the next generation of young Australian dancers.
One of UNSW’s rising stars, Associate Professor Kate Crawford, has been awarded one of Australia’s most prestigious prizes for achievement and promise in the humanities.
UNSW has again excelled in the annual Young Tall Poppy Science awards, winning five of the 13 prizes on offer.
IPCC Chairman Dr Rajendra Pachauri has called for urgent action to mitigate climate change impacts in this year's Wallace Wurth Memorial Lecture.
A test to diagnose an early onset dementia has been developed by UNSW researchers.
Award winning architect Alec Tzannes has been appointed as the new Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment (FBE) at UNSW.
Lights that kiss have secured COFA lecturer Trent Jansen Australia’s richest design prize.
Traditional demarcations between the public, private and third sectors are being blurred, with new forms of philanthropy and social enterprise emerging, according to the Centre for Social Impact’s Professor Peter Shergold.
An icon in US disability culture, the acclaimed playwright, poet, actor and dancer Neil Marcus, has told an audience at UNSW that 'Disability is an art - it is an ingenous way to live'.
A team of UNSW law studentshas taken on the world and emerged champions in a mooting competition in Scotland.
UNSW research has highlighted a link between childhood obesity and a mother’s diet before and during pregnancy.
UNSW has won its largest number of project grants ever in the latest round of funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council.
UNSW has received more than $33 million for research in the latest round of Australian Research Council grants.
One of Australia’s most brilliant legal minds, Emeritus Professor Hal Wootten, will discuss how to live a worthwhile life as a lawyer, in a public lecture at UNSW this Thursday.
Film critic Margaret Pomeranz will be part of a public discussion on censorship at UNSW this week.
Arc@UNSW has made a clean sweep at the annual ACUMA Awards, with four of their initiatives winning first place above any other Australian university.
Two leading UNSW Chemical Engineering academics have been honoured with prestigious awards for their research achievements.
The plight of an estimated 5.2 billion people who live in poverty, including 2.2 million Australians, will be the focus of Anti-Poverty Week at UNSW from October 13-17.
As the eyes of the world remain firmly on the United States, a lecture will be held this week examining the American empire and the implications of that for the rest of the world.
Five Indigenous trainees gave an inspiring personal account of their experiences of workplace training during the University’s first annual UNSW Indigenous Showcase.
Solar-generated electricity will cost the same as coal-fired power in less than five years, China’s “Sun King” and UNSW alumnus Dr Zhengrong Shi has predicted during a visit to the University.
Simply rezoning land for higher-density residential use is unlikely to be enough to meet the NSW Government’s Metropolitan Strategy, UNSW research has found.
The way male managers power dress, posture and exercise power is due to humans’ evolutionary biology, according to research from UNSW.
September
Students from the Faculty of the Built Environment have dominated a major international sustainable architecture competition, taking all four finalist positions and first place.
Technology being developed by UNSW's Associate Professor Greg Leslie could offer new hope to drought-affected farms by allowing irrigation using salty groundwater.
Australia's leading climate scientists have written to the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, urging him to adopt an emission reduction target for Australia of 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.
COFA academic and designer Trent Jansen's lighting design has secured him a finalist position in the internationally recognised Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award.
Two large donations from the Macquarie Group will pay dividends for the business community.
UNSW has gone pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The Macquarie Group Foundation has donated $2 million towards an endowed chair in the UNSW-based Centre for Social Impact. The Chair will be held by Professor Peter Shergold, the Centre’s Chief Executive.
UNSW's pioneering role in showing the unrealised potential of ground-based astronomy in Antarctica has been celebrated on a new Australian postage stamp.
Moving Indigenous reconciliation beyond symbolic gestures will be a feature of the Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRC) annual public lecture to be held at the University of New South Wales this week.
Research commissioned by UNSW and presented at the 2008 Tristan Jepson memorial lecture shows that depression is a common and disabling problem for lawyers, particularly law students.
The Essential Science Indicators ranking has placed UNSW in the top 50 universities in the world in the areas of social science and psychiatry/psychology.
Research commissioned by UNSW and presented at the 2008 Tristan Jepson memorial lecture shows that depression is a common and disabling problem for the legal profession, particularly law students.
HIV rates in Australia have increased by almost fifty percent in the past eight years - according to a national report compiled by UNSW researchers.
Cultural diversity and understanding will be celebrated at UNSW this week with the University’s first International Festival to bring together local and international students.
The risks and impacts of climate change on Indigenous communities in Australia's tropical north is the subject of a new scoping study led by UNSW's Dr Donna Green.
UNSW Scientia Professor Martin Green has been named the New South Wales Scientist of the Year – leading a stellar performance by UNSW in the inaugural State awards for scientific excellence.
Global warming caused by human economic activity is real, and industry must respond, according to one of the world’s most senior industrial executives at an international conference co-hosted by UNSW.
High Court Judge Michael Kirby has received UNSW’s highest honour – an honorary Doctorate of Laws – and urged graduating law students to work for change in the legal system.
The Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, Bill Shorten, has said there is an urgent need for research in the disability area, while announcing the establishment of the Disability Studies and Research Centre at UNSW.
As the number of cyclists on our city streets increases, the chance of one being injured in a traffic accident actually falls, new research has found
Nearly twice as many women in NSW die due to factors surrounding pregnancy or childbirth as previously thought, adding weight to calls for better reporting of pregnancy-related mortality, according to UNSW research.
Cheryl Kernot will join the Centre for Social Impact as its first Director of Teaching and Learning, the Centre’s chief executive, Professor Peter Shergold, has announced.
The Chairman and CEO of News Limited has opened UNSW's prestigious Journalism and Media Research Centre.
A world-first trial for patients with schizophrenia will get underway this month.
Some of Australia’s top companies have provided mentors for a program aimed at helping female students achieve success in the corporate world.
Charities and environment groups joined researchers at UNSW this week to discuss one of the biggest challenges of an emissions trading scheme – ensuring fair distribution of the cost of carbon.
August
UNSW researcher Dr Carl Reidsema has received major grant to investigate possible reforms to the way engineering is taught in Australia.
UNSW researchers are part of an international group of 90 experts looking at how climate change will affect the world’s coast lines.
A study by a UNSW evolutionary biologist comparing 75 different ecosystems across the planet is revealing new facts about the secret lives of plants and what eats them - and some important lessons about how they will fare with climate change.
With Indigenous women making up almost a third of female inmates in NSW, UNSW researchers are working to break the cycle of social disadvantage which leads to ongoing high rates of incarceration.
Dean of UNSW Engineering Professor Graham Davies has won one of the UK’s most prestigious engineering and science awards for leadership in new materials development.
The architect of Poland’s "shock therapy" post-communist economic transformation, Professor Leszek Balcerowicz, will give a public lecture at the UNSW this week.
The bite force of a great white shark is the highest known for any living species, according to UNSW research to be published in the Journal of Zoology.
A research partnership led by UNSW aims to develop a new diagnostic tool to identify children with tuberculosis.
Indigenous knowledge can offer new solutions to lowering the numbers of Aboriginal children in welfare, according to an international expert speaking at UNSW.
Neither snap judgments nor sleeping on a problem are any better than conscious thinking for making complex decisions, according to UNSW research.
UNSW’s HIV researchers continue to cement their reputation as world leaders in their field.
UNSW researchers have claimed an unprecedented six awards in the 2008 Eureka Prizes, the strongest showing by any institution in the 19-year history of the awards.
The Queensland Government's management of floodplains on the environmentally important Paroo River has been called into question in a new study by UNSW researchers.
Elite debaters from Asia and Australia argued their way into an all-expenses paid trip to Sydney, a global television appearance and a slew of awards over the weekend.
UNSW will play a key role in providing a quality education to the growing number of Saudis studying overseas, according to a visiting Saudi minister.
Two UNSW alumni and former Ben Lexcen Sports Scholars are representing Australia at the Olympics.
A UNSW@ADFA researcher has been named as one of the 2008 Fresh Science winners, recognising his research into the environmental benefits of smarter air traffic control.
Former Chancellor Sir Anthony Mason's contribution to UNSW has been recognised with the opening of a commemorative garden in his name.
UNSW graduates are demonstrating the future of design in an exhibition entitled Platform.
UNSW has launched CERPA - the Centre for Energy Research and Policy Analysis - a groundbreaking initiative to meet the challenge of fuelling the world's future.
A unique collaboration between a heart specialist, brain scientist and choreographer will result in a pioneering performance at UNSW this week.
UNSW researchers are using video game and virtual reality technology to develop new training tools with the potential to revolutionise safety training in the high-risk mining industry.
The High Court’s 'great dissenter', Justice Michael Kirby, will address a public forum at the University of New South Wales.
Skippy could be on more menus following a report that expanding the kangaroo industry would significantly cut greenhouse gases.
India might be the 12th largest economy but its place in the scientific world may be at risk, according to a leading Indian scientist who delivered a public lecture at UNSW.
UNSW staff members have had their commitment to student learning recognised by Australia’s pre-eminent learning and teaching body.
UNSW has outscored every university in Australia in the 2009 Good Universities Guide.
Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela and Chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council, moved an audience of more than 800 people to tears when he spoke at UNSW.
July
An article on multiculturalism has won UNSW academic Geoffrey Brahm Levey an international media prize.
Vaginal microbicides now in clinical trials are one of the most promising weapons protecting women against HIV infection. Yet they could be of more benefit to men than to women, according to a new study co-authored by the University of New South Wales’ National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research.
The Australia Ensemble @UNSW has won an award for best performance of an Australian composition at the 2008 Classical Music Awards.
Infection with HIV could quadruple in certain populations if people with HIV follow potentially misleading advice contained in a statement from the Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS, UNSW research warns.
Long-suffering victims of allergies such as asthma and hay fever might enjoy a surprise benefit, according to research led by UNSW.
UNSW's new Centre for Implantable Bionics will place the university at the forefront of research in a vital new medical field.
UNSW researchers have set a new record for nominations in the Eureka Prizes this year, with 10 individuals and research groups named as finalists for the prestigious science awards.
Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela and Chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council, will deliver a major address this week at the University of New South Wales.
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.
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.
The exhibition and auction of acclaimed Indigenous art at UNSW’s Shalom College will help improve Aboriginal health
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.
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.
The Banksia Environmental Foundation has named Professor Matthew England the 2008 Mercedes-Benz Australian Research Award winner.
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.
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.
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.
UNSW is hosting thousands of World Youth Day pilgrims on the Kensington campus this week.
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.
A team of micro-choppers and self-guiding robot ground vehicles from UNSW Engineering has made a big impression at an international competition.
Find out why life on earth may be older then we thought in the July-August issue.
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.
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.
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.
A record number of Indigenous students graduated from the Nura Gili 2008 Winter School Program at UNSW.
A UNSW architecture/law student has won first place in the 2008 Berkeley essay competition.
Australia faces a period of steep decline unless governments embark on a new era of nation building, a leading UNSW researcher has warned.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
New UNSW research is investigating modern telecommunications and ancient therapies as treatment for depression and Bipolar Disorder.
UNSW researchers have received half a million dollars from the NSW Government to fund new studies into sexually transmitted infections.
UNSW's elite sporting talent has been honoured at the 2008 Ben Lexcen Scholarship ceremony and the 55th Annual Blues Award Dinner.
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.
One of Australia’s most celebrated contemporary playwrights, Stephen Sewell, has been named as the University of New South Wales 2008-2009 Literary Fellow.
An Australian-designed robot clarinet player has won first prize at an international orchestra competition.
UNSW will provide $300,000 worth of post-graduate scholarships to develop skills vital to rebuilding China’s earthquake-devastated Sichuan province.
UNSW academic Professor Peter Graham is working with the United Nations to meet one of the biggest global challenges currently taking place, urbanisation.
UNSW is tackling the shortage of rural doctors head on, and the approach is already paying dividends on the NSW Mid-North Coast.
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.
COFA lecturer and internationally acclaimed hologram artist, Paula Dawson will create the world's largest hologram in Melbourne's Federation Square.
UNSW and the Cure for Life Foundation are tackling the rising incidence of brain cancer by establishing a research facility in neuro-oncology.
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.
The UNSW Brainfoods event on HIV will be aired on ABC TV's new Fora program this Thursday, June 12.
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.
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.
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.
UNSW has become one of six Australian universities to launch a channel on iTunes U, Apple’s worldwide outlet for digital educational content.
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.
Two UNSW students have been awarded fellowships offered by the prestigious Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program.
UNSW Industrial Design student, Alicia Mintzes, has taken out second place in the 2008 Australian Design Awards – Dyson Student Award.
May
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.
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.
UNSW awards Honorary Doctorates to two of Australia's leading artists.
Two academics from UNSW's Faculty of the Built Environment have won a major industry award for their work on the Beijing Olympics.
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.
The culture and history of Australia’s Indigenous people will be recognised at UNSW during a series of celebrations marking Indigenous Week.
The Premier, Morris Iemma, has told a senior Chinese audience that a new Confucius Institute at UNSW will bring "enormous benefits" to both countries.
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.
Three COFA graduates have been selected to take part in the Venice Biennale 2009, along with COFA curator Felicity Fenner.
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.
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.
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.
Pioneering UNSW solar energy researcher, Scientia Professor Stuart Wenham, has won a prestigious ATSE Clunies Ross Award for his work in solar cell development.
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.
UNSW researchers will play a key role in a health-care initiative in Timor-Leste.
Professor John Piggott from UNSW's Australian School of Business has been appointed to the panel charged with reviewing the national tax system.
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.
Twenty craftspeople in rural Phillipines will benefit from a UNSW community outreach project.
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.
Two UNSW PhD students have been given scholarships for their research which works towards the replacement of animal experimentation in the lab.
Changing consumer tastes and a focus on the environment will shape global tourism trends, according to new UNSW research.
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.
UNSW alumnus Kim Edwards has received a prestigious 2008 Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship.
Aboriginal people and communities will benefit from a new partnership ensuring they have access to the latest research findings on sexually transmitted infections.
April
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.
COFA lecturer, Allan Giddy will transport the spirit of the Beijing Olympics to Sydney's Olympic Park in a unique sound installation.
A world-first approach to tackle cannabis problems is underway at UNSW.
Australia could become a “carbon energy economic super power," says climate change expert, Mike Molitor.
High court judge, Justice Michael Kirby, will convene a high-level forum on the future of HIV/AIDS this week.
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.
UNSW physicist Frank Ruess has been awarded the 2007 UNSW Science Prize which recognises the best science PhD thesis passed each year.
Staff and students from the Faculty of the Built Environment have once again blitzed a series of design and planning awards.
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.
A team of UNSW law students has achieved the University's best result ever at the Jessup International Law Moot Court competition.
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.
UNSW researchers have revealed new insights about Australia’s number one killer – cardiovascular disease.
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.
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.
UNSW now has three official channels on YouTube – an e-learning channel, a community channel and the primary channel launched last year.
The man behind the Holy Grail of physics – a grand theory of everything – will speak tonight at UNSW.
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.
Find out more about the Environment@UNSW with our new interactive website.
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.
UNSW has won the largest grant in a recent round of funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Public talk by climate change expert, Dr Michael Molitor.
UNSW researchers have been awarded $6.6 million to improve health in the Asia-Pacific region.
Get your career off to a flying start at UNSW’s 21st annual Careers Expo.
Contaminated seaweeds in Sydney Harbour could be threatening the small animals that feed on them, according to UNSW research.
Professor Graham Davies has taken up his new role as the Dean of Engineering.
Ken Cowley now has a qualification to match his status in the Australian business community.
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.
UNSW staff and students will shape Australia’s future when they take part in the Australia 2020 summit.
March
UNSW will once again participate in the Earth Hour energy initiative on Saturday 29 March.
Brain Sciences UNSW is quickly building a first-class reputation among the country’s top research students.
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.
A UNSW academic will tell this week's ATAX 8th international tax administration conference that Australia needs simpler small business tax laws.
UNSW’s flagship publication, Uniken, has been awarded the Good Environmental Choice Australia Label. The March/April issue of Uniken is now available online.
Students from the FBE and COFA blitz the nation's design competitions.
Easter-period travellers are being warned to take care with octopus straps that hospitalise 540 people each year with severe eye injuries.
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.
A UNSW medical student is preparing to climb her way into the record books, by scaling Mount Everest as part of a unique team.
UNSW alumnus and Adjunct Professor Richard Johnson has been awarded the prestigious Royal Australian Institute of Architects 2008 Gold Medal.
UNSW will host the Cross, Icon and Message Stick as they tour Australia to promote World Youth Day, 2008.
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.
Students from UNSW’s School of English, Media and Performing Arts are part of an Australian theatrical first
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.
UNSW's Dr Frank Ruess has been awarded the 2007 Bragg Gold Medal by the Australian Institute of Physics.
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.
Professor Deo Prasad will chair a United Nations environmental forum.
UNSW has met tough new selection criteria to be named as an Employer of Choice for Women for the fourth year running.
Positions are now available on the University Council, the Academic Board, the Faculty Boards and the UNSW Alumni Association Board of Governors.
A report by UNSW researchers will be used in the world’s refugee camps to help protect women and girls from violence.
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.
For the second year in a row a graduate from UNSW's College of Fine Arts has won the Archibald Prize.
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.
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
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard called for more ambitious partnerships to generate social innovation when she spoke at the Centre for Social Impact.
New and continuing UNSW students will kick off the academic year this week with a program of academic and social activities during Week Zero.
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.
UNSW research has revealed that earthworks are having a devastating impact upon the lower Macquarie River and its floodplain.
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.
UNSW has launched a free high-speed wireless internet service for students, staff and academics, promising greater coverage across campus.
A memorial service will be held today at UNSW for the University's longest serving Chancellor, the Hon Gordon Samuels.
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.
A UNSW Chemical Sciences and Engineering graduate has won a prestigious industry award for his work making oil and gas production more efficient.
UNSW has launched a major research collaboration in Asia, recognising the challenges Australia now shares with an increasingly industrialised and developed Asian region.
Two major international workshops at UNSW have considered Australia’s record on work/life balance.
UNSW researchers are developing an affordable solution to the problem of GPS navigation devices failing in tunnels and between tall buildings.
eating less dietary protein could grant us a longer life with fewer kids, says a new research report.
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.
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.
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.
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.
UNSW will pursue even closer ties with India, following a visit from India’s science and technology minister.
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.
Australia's High Court came under the microscope at the 2008 Gilbert +Tobin Centre of Public Law’s Constitutional Law Conference.
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.
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.
A team of UNSW law students will travel to the US to compete in an international law moot court competition.
UNSW research has allayed some panic about suspected cancer-causing agents, such as deodorants, coffee and artificial sweeteners.
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.
UNSW announces its 2007 Alumni Awards for Achievement in recognition of outstanding leadership and contributions to the community.
January
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.
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.
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.
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.
Climate change offers Australia a unique opportunity in nation building and infrastructure investment, according to a UNSW researcher.
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.
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.
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.
Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are being co-opted by UNSW researchers to improve the nation’s health.
Master of Commerce student Justin Jones paddles into the history books with the first successful trans-Tasman crossing by sea kayak.
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.
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.
A team of first year Civil and Environmental Engineering students from UNSW is about to gain first-hand experience helping developing communities in India.
Generation Y is becoming more complacent about the risk of melanoma and other types of skin cancer, according to a UNSW researcher.
UNSW researchers have developed a more accurate, less confronting and more convenient way of administering insulin to diabetics.
Academy Award-nominated film director, writer, and producer Bruce Beresford has hailed the world’s first 360-degree stereoscopic cinema as revolutionary.