The University of Sydney

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  Are We
  Happy Yet?

  Former WA Premier Geoff Gallop will lead the Sydney Festival’s inaugural World Café discussion on the subject of happiness in the University’s Great Hall in January.

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  Soil expert to present seminar at Copenhagen

  The European Commission has invited Professor Alex McBratney to speak at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

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  Video: Graduate Show

  Jewellery designers, painters, conceptual artists, sculptors. All have their work on show at this week's annual show at the Sydney College of the Arts.

Understanding the
arrow of time

Internationally-renowned theoretical physicist and author, Professor Sean Carroll will present a lecture entitled The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time at the Eastern Avenue Auditorium at 6 pm on Monday November 16. More...

Too many people
go to University: debate

Access to university in Australia was once for the privileged few, yet is now a presumed right for all. But has the growth in graduate numbers and diverse university degree courses actually diminished the quality of a university degree? This was debated at the University, with speakers including Michael Spence (Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney) and Adam Spencer (radio broadcaster and graduate of the University). Listen to the podcast. More...

Pure water
to flow in Vietnamese hospital

A new water purification system will deliver clean potable water to patients and doctors at Viet Duc Hospital and Hoc Mai House in HaNoi, Viet Nam. The water purification system will remove chemicals and bacteria from the existing water supply and provide drinking potable water to the patients and doctors at Viet Duc hospital, as well as their relatives housed at Hoc Mai House. More...

What’s on at Sydney?

• Charles Darwin and the Church 25 November
• Under the Radar: book launch 25 November
• The Antikythera Mechanism: as above, so below 26 November
• Kids museum: Yolgnu song and dance 29 November
• Summer School: applications open