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December 2004
Sydney students head for the the Mekong   View Summary
21 December 2004
Twenty-two intrepid university students are embarking on a month-long adventure of education and cultural exchange in South-East Asia.
Partnership provides new opportunity for disadvantaged students   View Summary
16 December 2004
The Smith Family and the University of Sydney have joined forces in a long-term partnership to ensure students from disadvantaged backgrounds stay engaged in school and have the opportunity to go on to tertiary education.
Repatriation ceremony   View Summary
13 December 2004
The symbolic handover of the remains of two Indigenous Australian adults, male and female, from Balonne River and the remains of a Goondiwindi child will take place at the University of Sydney tomorrow (Wednesday 14 December 2004).
Nobel Prize scientist to lecture at the University of Sydney   View Summary
6 December 2004
Professor Heinrich Rohrer, a Physics Nobel Prize Laureate for his pioneering work in the development of the scanning tunnelling microscope, will present a Distinguished Lecture entitled [[italic||The Magic and Power of Small]] at Sydney University, on Tuesday 7 December 2004.
Dr Tom Hubble wins 2004 Quality Teaching Award   View Summary
2 December 2004
Dr Tom Hubble, a senior lecturer in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney, has been acknowledged as one of the State's finest teachers with a 2004 Quality Teaching Award presented by the Australian College of Educators (NSW).
November 2004
State Premier opens new Medical Foundation Building   View Summary
30 November 2004
The NSW Premier today officially opened Sydney University's new Medical Foundation Building at a special event attended by the Vice Chancellor and senior academic staff.
Big ideas in a miniature world   View Summary
30 November 2004
Thomas Maschmeyer has won an ARC discovery grant to study the role of nano-particles in industrial chemical reactions.
University starts saving for a rainy day   View Summary
30 November 2004
Sydney University is taking steps to save water and use it more wisely.
Senior BHP Billiton Manager Appointed to NANO-MNRF Board   View Summary
22 November 2004
Dr Brian Smith, Global Manager Science Technology of BHP-Billiton has been appointed to the Board of the Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation Major National Research Facility (NANO-MNRF).
ARC and NHMRC grants announced   View Summary
19 November 2004
The University of Sydney leads the nation in new NHMRC program and project funding for 2005 ($AU11.6m).
Sydney historian wins Crawford Medal   View Summary
16 November 2004
History lecturer Kirsten McKenzie has won the Crawford Medal, awarded by the Australian Academy of the Humanities to the country's outstanding young scholar.
$2.2 million grant for study of oxygen in very premature babies   View Summary
16 November 2004
The National Health and Medical Research Council has awarded a grant of $2.2 million for a study of how much oxygen very premature babies need.
University honours its Athens squad   View Summary
12 November 2004
The University has welcomed back the athletes, coaches and administrators who took part in the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
CSIRO becomes an Additional Node of NANO   View Summary
12 November 2004
CSIRO and the NANO-MNRF announced today that CSIRO has entered into an agreement to become an Additional Node of the NANO-MNRF.
Research links with India   View Summary
10 November 2004
The College of Sciences and Technology has forged new links with India with the announcement of five visiting research fellowships.
Solution to global warming may lie under the sea   View Summary
10 November 2004
Digital maps of the seabed put together by Sydney University scientists may increase our understanding of the effects of global warming.
Unearthed Tales - Treasures of the Nicholson Museum   View Summary
10 November 2004
A new exhibition presents the human stories behind the Nicholson Museum and some of its rarest exhibits.
Australian dental health requires urgent treatment   View Summary
9 November 2004
The oral health of children and adults using public dental services has deteriorated according to a paper commissioned by Sydney University's Australian Health Policy Institute, which will be presented at University of Sydney on Thursday 11 November at 5.30pm.
Arundhati Roy - The 2004 Sydney Peace Prize Lecture   View Summary
4 November 2004
Peace and the new corporate liberation theology
October 2004
Breaking the poverty cycle at the school gate   View Summary
29 October 2004
A radical overhaul of the "one-size-fits-all" method of funding schools is needed to break the cycle of poverty for thousands of young Australians, according to education expert Professor Tony Vinson.
2005 NSW Rhodes Scholar Announced   View Summary
21 October 2004
The winner of the 2005 NSW Rhodes Scholarship is Imre Hunyor who is studying Medicine at the University of Sydney.
Response to ICAC report   View Summary
15 October 2004
Response to the ICAC report into university enrolments.
Sand mining in the Murray Basin   View Summary
8 October 2004
Australia has ridden the economic wave of coastal sand mining for so long that we lead the world in heavy-mineral sand mining. Now scientists are on a quest to find rich mineral sands in the ancient beach system, buried beneath the Murray Basin.
September 2004
Sydney brain specialist awarded $1million Pfizer Fellowship   View Summary
30 September 2004
A Sydney researcher undertaking groundbreaking work into causes and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders in young people, has been awarded a prestigious Pfizer Australian Research Fellowship.
Academics demand honesty in government   View Summary
26 September 2004
More than 380 senior academics including 160 professors representing every public university in Australia have urged Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition leader Mark Latham to restore Australia's reputation for honest and independent government.
What you see is not always what you get with binocular rivalry   View Summary
24 September 2004
A recent paper in the journal Current Biology by a team from Sydney University's School of Psychology, suggests that what we see depends in no small part on what we expect to see.
Politics? It's a turn-off, dude   View Summary
23 September 2004
Young Australians do not like or trust politicians and feel cut off from the political process, according to the preliminary findings of a survey carried out by University of Sydney researchers.
Sleeping around in the name of survival   View Summary
23 September 2004
Female ants selflessly risk disease and death to mate with multiple partners in order to improve the survival of their species, according to a scientist from the University of Sydney.
Diet champions low GI   View Summary
23 September 2004
Choosing foods with a low glycemic index is the key to successful and sustainable weight loss, according to a new book written by nutritionists from the University of Sydney.
Insight into stuttering   View Summary
23 September 2004
New research carried out at the University of Sydney has given speech pathologists a better insight into treating bilingual children who suffer from a stutter.
Website overhauled for election analysis   View Summary
23 September 2004
The looming Federal election will be digested, dissected, and debated on the pages of a newly rebranded website edited by senior staff at the University School of Economics and Political Science.
Values for Sustainable Futures - The 2004 Templeton Lecture   View Summary
20 September 2004
Professor Ian Lowe will give the annual Templeton lecture for the Centre for Human Aspects of Science and Technology at the University of Sydney on Thursday 23rd September 2004.
Slimming agents could pose major health risk   View Summary
16 September 2004
Commonly used nutritional supplements and body-building agents for elite athletes could pose an increased risk of cancer according to a study undertaken at the University of Sydney.
Major paediatrics publication launched   View Summary
10 September 2004
A ground breaking international text on paediatrics and childcare management providing the basis for best practice in the field of evidence based paediatrics was officially launched yesterday (9 September).
2004 Lambie-Dew Oration   View Summary
9 September 2004
Jeff McMullen will deliver the 2004 Lambie-Dew Oration Walking in the Footsteps of Fred Hollows: His Vision Twenty Years Onin the Great Hall of the University of Sydney, today (9 September) at 7pm.
The next big thing: Pioneer of photonics honoured   View Summary
8 September 2004
Sydney University Professor of Physics and world leader in the field of optical physics and photonics, Professor Ben Eggleton, has been awarded one of the prestigious 2004 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science.
Dr Charles Perkins AO Annual Memorial Oration and Prize   View Summary
7 September 2004
The Vice-Chancellor Professor Gavin Brown FAA and the Director of the Koori Centre Ms Janet Mooney will host the fourth Dr Charles Perkins AO Annual Memorial Oration and Prize to be held on 6.00pm Tuesday 26 October 2004 in the Great Hall. This year’s guest speaker will be Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith from Nga Pae o te Maramatanga (Horizons of Insight) National Institute of Research Excellence in Maori Development and Advancement in New Zealand.
'Benevolent Australian' commended   View Summary
2 September 2004
Robert McLean, Dean of the Australian Graduate School of Management, was commended for his contribution to the not-for-profit sector when he received a 'Benevolent Australian' award from the Benevolent Society, earlier this week.
August 2004
Breakthrough pet website launched   View Summary
26 August 2004
A comprehensive new veterinary website LIDA (Listing of Inherited Disorders in Animals) was launched by TV vet Dr Katrina Warren on Wednesday 25 August at the University of Sydney Faculty of Veterinary Science.
Public Forum on Australian Foreign Policy & International Law   View Summary
12 August 2004
The Sydney Law School will launch the first of a series of landmark public forums to examine the interplay between Australian foreign policy and international law this week.
Macleay Museum Reworked   View Summary
11 August 2004
Sydney University's historic Macleay Museum has reopened to the public after undergoing a dramatic makeover to develop a new exhibition and displays.
July 2004
Shaping the next generation of computers   View Summary
30 July 2004
Experts fear rapid advance of computer technology may one day reach a limit due to the difficulties involved in shaping silicon in finer and finer microscopic detail.
$19 million for medical research   View Summary
30 July 2004
Sydney University medical researchers have secured more than $19.4 million for their work on cardiovascular and liver diseases and HIV/AIDS in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) program grants
Study examines homophobia at school   View Summary
30 July 2004
The University of Sydney is conducting one of the first studies in Australia into whether discrimination against homosexual high school students is affecting their education.
Sex Discrimination Act celebrates 20th anniversary   View Summary
29 July 2004
Women, Work and Equity is the title of a special forum to be held at The University of Sydney next week to mark the 20th anniversary of the Federal Sex Discrimination Act.
Sydney's Vice-Chancellor takes on new international role   View Summary
28 July 2004
Professor Gavin Brown, the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sydney, has been elected as president of the international group Academic Consortium 21 (AC21).
Grants send high-flying researchers to USA   View Summary
28 July 2004
Four high-achieving Sydney University graduates have been awarded a share of $200,000 in grants by the American Australian Association.
Sydney University sends team of 17 to Athens Olympics   View Summary
27 July 2004
Sydney University will be represented by 16 athletes and one coach at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
Dr Patricia Mary Lahy - Sydney's first female dean   View Summary
5 July 2004
Pat Lahy passed away suddenly in May, within five years of her final retirement from the University of Sydney and just days before her 76th birthday.
Sydney tops NHMRC Program Grants   View Summary
5 July 2004
Sydney University researchers have been successful in securing three out of a total of five National Health and Medical Research Council Program Grants 2004 awarded in NSW, worth a total of $19.5 million over five years.
Award honours pioneering eye doctor   View Summary
5 July 2004
Professor Frank Billson, a pioneer in preserving the eyesight of premature babies, has been awarded a Claude Worth Lifetime Distinction Medal for his contributions to paediatric ophthalmology.
Just call me The Boss   View Summary
5 July 2004
Lieutenant Colonel Bernadette Boss has become the first female commanding officer of the Sydney University Regiment in its 104 year history.
Sydney shines in the latest round of Linkage grants   View Summary
5 July 2004
The University of Sydney has been awarded $7.3 million for 21 new ARC Linkage Projects from the second round of 2003 applications. Funding will commence in July.
Clean room strengthens research potential   View Summary
5 July 2004
In the minute world of nano-photonics, a speck of dust has the power to ruin an experiment. The solution is to create an environment free from particulate matter, even from microscopic particles far smaller than the eye can detect.
Eye study earns award   View Summary
5 July 2004
Professor Paul Mitchell from the Department of Ophthalmology has received the 2004 Global Glaucoma Award for his work on the Blue Mountains Eye study.
Grant aid neuroscience research   View Summary
5 July 2004
Two Sydney University researchers are among 11 young Australian neuroscientists to share $500,000 in grants for their work into debilitating diseases.
Model predicts climate change impacts on harbour   View Summary
5 July 2004
Complex predictions about the impact of climate change on the Sydney Harbour are available to researchers for the first time thanks to a computer-based modelling system developed in the University.
'Worst is over' in Iraq   View Summary
5 July 2004
The head of the US post-war relief programs in Iraq and Afghanistan has told an audience at the University that the humanitarian crisis in those countries is over, although there are still problems to be overcome.
Art jewellery to aid Solomon Islanders   View Summary
5 July 2004
Third-year SCA sculpture student Emily Bell volunteered over 50 hours of her time to turn hundreds of uniquely shaped black Solomon Island pearls into distinctive pieces of jewellery that will be auctioned on 30 June.
Challenge facing Australia as baby-boomers turn grey   View Summary
5 July 2004
Fears of a so-called demographic time-bomb as Australia's population matures are unfounded, as long as good provisions for health and social care is in the pipeline, according to Sydney University expert on ageing.
Sydney scholar unearths a rare Spanish treasure   View Summary
5 July 2004
Detective work carried out by Sydney musicologist Dr Jane Hardie has revealed the secrets behind a 16th century Spanish manuscript acquired by the Fisher Library.
Netballers well placed to shoot for finals berth   View Summary
5 July 2004
Fairfield City-Sydney University Lions are nicely positioned on the State Netball League Division I ladder at the halfway point of the season, to the delight of coach Jacqui Delany.
Evolutionary design in fibre design   View Summary
5 July 2004
Ideas borrowed from evolutionary theory have inspired Sydney PhD student Steven Manos to create a unique design program for optical fibres which is attracting international scientific and commercial interest.
Uni policies go online   View Summary
5 July 2004
Sydney University staff and students have been given access to a web-based library of more than 450 University policies, guidelines and forms, with a single point of access.
University celebrates Reconciliation Week   View Summary
5 July 2004
Hundreds of staff and students have taken part in Reconciliation Week activities at the University, including a Sea of Hands on the front lawn.
Academic Board chair becomes Pro-Vice-Chancellor   View Summary
5 July 2004
Professor Judyth Sachs is to step down as chair of Sydney University's Academic Board to take up the position of acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor, to be vacated by Professor Paul Ramsden late in June.
University of Sydney announces major new degree programs   View Summary
2 July 2004
The University of Sydney today announced exciting new degree programs in the health sciences, science and the arts for 2005.
June 2004
Sydney wins three new Federation Fellows   View Summary
25 June 2004
The University of Sydney has been awarded three new highly prestigious Federation Fellows for 2004.
Honorary degrees for high achievers   View Summary
16 June 2004
Chief Justice Jim Spigelman, UNESCO cultural heritage director Lyndel Prott and Reserve Bank Governor Ian Macfarlane are the most recent recipients of honorary degrees from the University.
Out with the old, in with the new - but still the tin sheds   View Summary
16 June 2004
The new Tin Sheds Gallery, whose opening took place on 11 June, is as smooth and sleek as its predecessor is rough and raw.
Students tackle drought problems on the farm   View Summary
16 June 2004
Students and staff have been taking part in essential revegetation work at the University's Arthursleigh farm, near Goulburn.
FT rates AGSM   View Summary
15 June 2004
The London Financial Times has ranked the AGSM as the leading business school in Australia and Asia for open enrolment executive programs and customised education for the third successive year
Study answers doubts about albumin   View Summary
15 June 2004
The University of Sydney has played a part in the world's largest study into intensive care, which contains significant findings for doctors all over the world.
Cynics celebrate their centenary   View Summary
15 June 2004
They might be known as the cynics, but there was nothing cynical about the University Baseball Club which celebrated its centenary on 22 May with two games against traditional rivals Petersham-Leichhardt at No. 2 Oval.
Universities must fight for their future   View Summary
15 June 2004
Universities must lobby vigorously to impress on Australia's political leaders that higher education has a vital impact on the nation's economy, a leading political analyst has urged.
Hage wins Premier's award   View Summary
15 June 2004
Associate Professor Ghassan Hage received $15,000 in prize money for his book Against Paranoid Nationalism: Searching for Hope in a Shrinking Society, which won the Community Relations Commission Award.
Law School expands commercial expertise   View Summary
15 June 2004
The Faculty of Law plans to strengthen its reputation in the area of commercial, corporate and taxation law, through the establishment of a new centre
Property developer presents $1m to science school   View Summary
15 June 2004
A $1 million gift from property developer Mulpha Australia has given the Messel Endowment Capital Campaign a flying start.
Extra fertiliser for Sydney's Tall Poppies   View Summary
15 June 2004
Four outstanding young Sydney University scientists have been honoured for their contribution to scientific research at the 2004 NSW Young Tall Poppies Awards, held in Parliament House.
Sydney art historian wins prestigious US book award   View Summary
11 June 2004
Roger Benjamin, Director of the Power Institute at the University of Sydney, is the first Australian to win the prestigious Robert Motherwell Book Award presented by the Dedalus Foundation in the United States.
Planning to ease Sydney's growing pains   View Summary
3 June 2004
Professor Ed Blakely, the University's Chair of Urban, Regional Planning and Policy, is facing the daunting challenge of finding a planning strategy to deal with Sydney's forecasted growth spurt over the next 30 years.
A scholarly look at religious differences   View Summary
2 June 2004
The causes of divisions between Christians, Jews and Muslims at the time of the Crusades will be examined by Rifaat Ebied, Sydney University’s Professor of Semitic Studies, on a visiting fellowship at Princeton.
Cream of the crop receive awards   View Summary
2 June 2004
More than 170 students from 95 different schools have been awarded scholarhips to Sydney University.
Traces of Troy at the Uni   View Summary
1 June 2004
Little is left of 1200BC Troy but the legacy of Homer and images of warriors on pots. But in the Nicholson Museum's new exhibition, Bronze Age swords and spearheads, a bronze helmet and pottery from 600–300BC bring the Trojan Wars alive again.
May 2004
Arundhati Roy wins 2004 Sydney Peace Prize   View Summary
28 May 2004
Alan Cameron AM Chair of the Sydney Peace Foundation, announced today that the Sydney Peace Prize jury has chosen the Indian novelist and human rights campaigner Arundhati Roy as the recipient of the 2004 Sydney Peace Prize.
Horses for courses and gallery walls   View Summary
27 May 2004
Painter Suzanne Archer's taste for the macabre and unusual took her to the University of Sydney's Veterinary Science labs to sketch horses being dissected towards a new body of work now showing in the University's War Memorial Gallery.
Sydney University's tall poppies rise to the challenge   View Summary
26 May 2004
The achievements of four outstanding young Sydney University researchers were recognised at an event to mark the New South Wales Tall Poppies Awards 2004, held at NSW Parliament House last night.
A champion of human rights   View Summary
25 May 2004
Professor Alice Tay, the eminent and outspoken law scholar, anti-discrimination activist and human rights defender, died last month aged 70 after a long illness.
Sydney University honours RBA Governor Ian Macfarlane   View Summary
20 May 2004
The Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Ian Macfarlane will be awarded an honorary degree tomorrow, by the University of Sydney.
Australian business high-flyer honoured   View Summary
20 May 2004
Mr John Reid AO, former Director and Chairman of many of Australia's flagship companies conferred the title of Honorary Fellow.
E-learning in the wild   View Summary
19 May 2004
The University's new research centre specialising in e-learning technologies will be officially inaugurated this month.
Authority on China retires   View Summary
19 May 2004
Professor Fred Teiwes, one of the world’s leading authorities on Chinese elite politics, has retired from the University’s Department of Government and International Relations.
International Dental Expert joins Sydney   View Summary
19 May 2004
One of the world's leading academic and professional oral health experts has been appointed as the new Dean of Dentistry at the University of Sydney.
Steel specialist appointed Sydney's new Dean of Engineering   View Summary
11 May 2004
The University has appointed Professor Greg Hancock, a longstanding member of the University's academic community and world expert in engineering construction, as new Dean of Engineering.
Olympic vet appointed as Sydney's new Dean of Veterinary Science   View Summary
10 May 2004
One of the World's leading experts in equine health and the Official Veterinarian at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games is the new Dean of Veterinary Science.
Childhood asthma study reveals parental age anomaly   View Summary
7 May 2004
A study of children with asthma conducted by the Woolcock Institute and the Children's Hospital at Westmead has found that the age of the children's parents is a key factor in early diagnosis.
Harvard post for legal leader   View Summary
6 May 2004
Associate Professor Helen Irving is the first legal academic to be awarded the Harvard Chair in Australian Studies
Role-play idea wins award   View Summary
5 May 2004
Biomedical Sciences lecturer Dr Laura Batmanian has won a national award for innovative teaching.
New Dean at Sydney Conservatorium of Music   View Summary
3 May 2004
One of the world's foremost woodwind performers, Kim Walker, is the new Principal and Dean of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She will take up the post on 1 July, 2004.
April 2004
Study for success - HSC Enrichment Program   View Summary
16 April 2004
You can never be too prepared for the HSC. That's why last year more than 3500 Year 11 and 12 students took advantage of a series of days offering an insight into what to expect in the all-important HSC exams.
Engineering goes flexi   View Summary
16 April 2004
Thinking of studying engineering at uni but unsure what area you'd like to specialise in? Students at Sydney Uni's Faculty of Engineering no longer have to decide before first year.
Sydney University announces big increase in medical graduates   View Summary
15 April 2004
The number of doctors graduating from the University of Sydney's Western Clinical School is expected to almost double in the next five years.
University Budget   View Summary
5 April 2004
In cash flow terms, the University of Sydney last year recorded a budget surplus of $5million.
New Machine Boosts Creativity   View Summary
1 April 2004
New research by acclaimed scientist, Professor Allan Snyder, predicts that creativity can be increased in people by switching off part of the brain.
Sydney University top for research excellence   View Summary
1 April 2004
Sydney University is the top university in the country in terms of research excellence according to international research rankings announced at the National Press Club last week.
March 2004
Sydney athletes selected for Athens   View Summary
12 March 2004
Sydney University's wheelchair track star Angie Ballard and rower Kyeema Doyle have been selected to represent Australia at the 2004 Paralympic and Olympic Games in Athens.
Easy rider for speed and fitness   View Summary
12 March 2004
A new map guide to bicycle-friendly back streets shows staff and students the safest ways to cycle to the University and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
Food for thought in child health study   View Summary
12 March 2004
With heart disease developing among children from the age of 10 through poor diet and low activity, young Australians are part of what the World Health Organisation has already termed an "international epidemic of childhood obesity".
Collaborate, commercialise and conquer   View Summary
12 March 2004
To help translate bright ideas into valuable commercial opportunities, the University's Business Liaison Office, BLO, is running a series of free seminars on research, intellectual property and commercialisation.
Streamlining human ethics research approval process   View Summary
12 March 2004
The University is calling for nominations for membership of two new human research ethics committees following widespread consultation with researchers.
In the galleries - visual art on campus   View Summary
12 March 2004
The University's several galleries are a rich source of stimulation and education for visual art lovers year-round, and this month is no exception.
Hands up for gripping research   View Summary
12 March 2004
Most of us take for granted the myriad of movements allowed by the complex network of muscles, tendons and nerves in our hands and arms. Not so the victims of spinal injury, particularly quadriplegics, who lose movement in all their limbs.
Obituary: John Young AO, FAA FRACP 1936-2004   View Summary
12 March 2004
The death of Emeritus Professor John Young on 10 February ended a life that had served this university for over 40 years as an outstanding scientist, consummate administrator, practitioner in the humanities and generous mentor, patron and friend, writes Professor of History Ros Pesman.
Dollars and tributes flow for Messel and physics   View Summary
12 March 2004
At the recent 50th anniversary celebrations for the Science Foundation for Physics in the Great Hall some 350 guests witnessed the donation of $1 million to the foundation by alumnus Ming Tee Lee, a mechanical engineering graduate of 1963, and his wife, Pearl.
Law Extension Committee Team wins Australian Negotiating Competition   View Summary
11 March 2004
Two students of the University of Sydney's Law Extension Committee (LEC) have beaten off stiff competition to come first in the 2004 Australian Negotiation Competition.
February 2004
Chancellor's eulogy for the late Emeritus Professor John Young   View Summary
27 February 2004
Tributes have flowed for the late Emeritus Professor John Young, a former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the College of Health Sciences, who passed away in February after a long illness. In his eulogy, the Chancellor, Justice Kim Santow, described Professor Young as a "radical conservative".
News from the Senate   View Summary
27 February 2004
By Andrew Potter.
Students weave web trail from school to Uni   View Summary
27 February 2004
School careers advisors have given gold stars to "A Year in the Life", a website which follows the trials and tribulations of five First Year students, created by Sydney University's Marketing Unit.
Sex, policies and good books   View Summary
27 February 2004
When the UN Commission on the Status of Women considers the role of men and boys in achieving gender equality in New York in March, Professor R W "Bob" Connell of the University's School of Policy and Practice will argue that "we need to get specific and make policies". Anna North interviewed Professor Connell on the eve of his departure.
Looking for Eugene   View Summary
27 February 2004
Will the show be axed? was the gist of the media hype leading up to the Sydney Festival premiere of act one of Music Department PhD candidate Drew Crawford's opera Eugene Roie, about musical tall poppy Sir Eugene Goossens' relationship with visual artist Rosaleen Norton, so-called 'Witch of Kings Cross'.
Top students choose Sydney   View Summary
26 February 2004
The University will welcome some 6,500 new undergraduates from March 8, among them the largest share of the most academically able students to begin tertiary education this year.
V-C to confer awards for outstanding teaching   View Summary
26 February 2004
The Vice-Chancellor will make up to five awards this year to individual members of staff and/or to groups to recognise and reward outstanding teaching at the University of Sydney. The criteria for the awards are modelled on those used for the national awards of the Australian Universities Teaching Committee, with modifications to incorporate the University's emphasis on teaching informed by scholarship and research.
January 2004
Reporting Conflict: responsibilities of the media   View Summary
21 January 2004
The 'culture of spin' which has pervaded media discussion about the Iraq War and the War on Terrorism will be among the topics discussed at a seminar on Reporting Conflict at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney next Thursday evening, January 22.
Solving problem drinking by correspondence   View Summary
8 January 2004
The Controlled Drinking by Correspondence Program is a free, confidential service, that has been set up to support Australia's 'problem drinkers' through four fortnightly mail outs containing tips and ideas about controlling their alcohol consumption.
More of the brightest and best choose Sydney   View Summary
5 January 2004
As thousands of prospective students attend the University of Sydney’s Information Day today, the Vice Chancellor Professor Gavin Brown comments on this year’s undergraduate applications