The University of Sydney

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  Devil Rock campaign launch

  Devil Rock, a fundraising campaign to save the Tasmanian devil, was launched today at the University by Federal Minister Peter Garrett, and veteran rocker Jon English.

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  US Studies appointments

  Six post-doctoral fellows, whose fields span the social sciences and humanities, have been selected from an international field of 176.

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  Climate crisis and philosophy

  At Sydney Ideas on Tuesday, Clive Hamilton will examine the philosophies of Isaac Newton and René Descartes et al in relation to consciousness and climate change.

Eyes provide clues
to a common cause of stroke

In a groundbreaking study researchers have concluded that evidence of the cause of 'lacunar stroke' can be found by looking at the back of a patient's eyes. The University of Sydney's Professor Richard Lindley led the international multi-centre study which assessed more than 1300 acute stroke patients and discovered that lacunar stroke patients were more likely to have retinal vessel signs than other types of strokes. More...

Compass program
a new path to higher education

A new University of Sydney program to encourage children from low socio-economic backgrounds to aspire to higher education from as early as primary school was launched by Federal Education Minister the Hon. Julia Gillard MP, and University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor Dr Michael Spence. More...

Collaborations
win project funding

University of Sydney academics can take their ideas to the world by applying for seed funding for projects that involve collaboration with overseas institutions. The 2010 International Program Development Fund (IPDF) is now open and academic staff are invited to send in their proposals. The IPDF has been running for more than 10 years. In that time over 200 international collaborative projects have been supported. More...

What’s on at Sydney?

• Successful Learning Conference 2009 6 - 7 July
• Poesia Visiva: A free Art Gallery tour 8 July
• SCA Mid-Year Postgraduate Degree Show 8 - 17 July
• Peter Singer: Ethics and World Poverty 13 July
• Griffith Taylor: Global Geographer (exhibition) 7 June - 18 September