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Researchers from the Australian School of Business will be at the forefront of designing the auction system for Australia’s carbon pollution permits.
Australia’s next generation of artists and designers will reveal their final projects at the 2009 COFA Annual exhibition.
A new approach to harnessing small-scale solar power could deliver higher levels of efficiency in portable power sources.
Radically redesigned train stations and mobile art galleries are among ideas for Sydney explored by young architects in a new exhibition.
Israeli human rights advocate and litigator Professor Frances Raday will deliver the Australian Human Rights Centre annual lecture at the University of New South Wales on Tuesday 17 November.
When it comes to making a difference, death is no obstacle. In the November/December issue of Uniken, we hear about those who generously donate their bodies to science.
Psychologist Mona Taouk is developing a world-first questionnaire to identify young people at risk of depression and suicide.
UNSW Chancellor David Gonski’s “extraordinary leadership” in philanthropy has been recognised with a major award from the Business/Higher Education Round Table.
It is with immense shock and distress that the UNSW community heard news of the death of Nick Waterlow, Director of the Ivan Dougherty Gallery at COFA and a much loved and respected member of staff.
Sydney's native bush rats were victims of a campaign to exterminate foreign black rats during a plague in 1900, according to scientists who plan to reintroduce the native rodents.
One of Australia’s leading experts in early childhood education, Professor Deborah Brennan, has been elected to the Academy of Social Sciences.
Don’t throw out your analogue radio just yet. UNSW industrial designer Miles Park shows how smart design can extend the lifespan of products rendered obsolete, reducing the growth of e-waste.
The Role of Education in the Road to Reconciliation will be discussed by a panel of experts, lead by Professor Pat Dodson, at the University of New South Wales next week.
A new state-of-the-art eye testing centre has opened at UNSW, offering free services to the public - thanks to the generosity of Guide Dogs NSW/ACT.
Australian scientists led by UNSW remote sensing expert Associate Professor LinLin Ge will have access to high resolution images from Chinese satellites, boosting our capacity to respond to natural disasters.
Professor Andrew Schultz has been awarded one of Australia’s richest prizes for music composition for his recent work To the evening star.
Treasury Secretary Dr Ken Henry said Australia’s quick response to the global financial crisis was a big contributor to avoiding the scale of the recession experienced in the US.
Studies into the effectiveness of home visits for families of Aboriginal infants and the impacts on children of parents using alcohol and tobacco have received major backing.
With only 40 percent of senior maths teachers university-qualified, there has been a dramatic decline in Australia’s international educational standing in the subject, says Professor Anthony Dooley.
Discovering ways to prevent dementia has helped Dr Michael Valenzuela win a major science gong. He’s one of seven UNSW researchers to be awarded Young Tall Poppy prizes – a record haul for any university.
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