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23 April 13 |
The World Council of Optometry has awarded eye care innovator Professor Brien Holden with its highest honour, the Distinguished Service Medal.
23 April 13 |
The long-established notion that peacekeepers should not initiate military offensives is now being blurred by a UN force deployed in the Congo, writes Jeni Whalan.
23 April 13 |
Tony Abbott's use of the word "illegal" to describe asylum seekers shines a spotlight on the Opposition's feeble grasp of international law, writes Jane McAdam.
23 April 13 |
Science is expensive but cutting spending will be more costly in the long run, warns Professor Merlin Crossley.
23 April 13 |
The real and direct impact of ocean-going plastic is not where it ends up, but the route it takes from our beaches to the great ocean garbage patches, writes Erik Van Sebille.
22 April 13 |
People with disabilities face extraordinary barriers to justice, experts have warned at an Australian Human Rights Commission meeting held at UNSW.
22 April 13 |
The first continental-scale reconstruction of temperatures over the past 2000 years highlights the unusual nature of the 20th century warming.
22 April 13 |
Tax reform being called for by the Business Council of Australia can only happen if politics and vested interests are put aside, writes Dale Boccabella.
22 April 13 |
Instead of opposing torture, Australia supported Guantanamo Bay and what occurred there, letting inaction and acquiescence speak on our behalf, writes George Williams.
19 April 13 |
A system that connects food vendors with charities has won its student developers a spot in the Microsoft Imagine Cup finals in Russia.
19 April 13 |
A simple self-test increases the accuracy of bipolar disorder diagnosis and improves quality of life, researchers at the Black Dog Institute have found.
19 April 13 |
The DSM-5 is not above criticism, but is probably the best manual of mental disorders we are likely to get, writes Perminder Sachdev.
18 April 13 |
In a world-first result, engineers from UNSW have demonstrated a quantum bit based on the nucleus of a single atom in silicon.
18 April 13 |
Scientia Professor Ross Buckley has been appointed to a new Chair in International Finance and Regulation to drive research into responses to global financial insecurity.
18 April 13 |
How quickly the aspiration of having 10 Australian universities in the world’s top 100 can be sacrificed on the altar of political expediency, writes Professor Iain Martin.
17 April 13 |
John Kaldor’s ambitious public art project, 13 Rooms, is providing fertile ground for UNSW research and creativity.
17 April 13 |
People given large servings of food eat more than those given smaller servings, even after they have been taught about the impact, UNSW research shows
17 April 13 |
In terms of economic legacy, did Thatcherism work? Or did Bob Hawke's strategy to "bring Australia together" achieve better outcomes, asks Tim Harcourt.
17 April 13 |
It's impolite to draw attention to a comb-over, but the time has to come to speak about the cleverly disguised shortages affecting research funding, writes Merlin Crossley.
16 April 13 |
Debating how to overcome the health challenges of the developing world has won Andrew Shim a prestigious Diplomacy Award at a high profile model United nations Conference.
16 April 13 |
Dream, believe, create, succeed – rap artist, documentary maker and COFA alumnus Macario De Souza’s advice to UNSW’s latest group of ASPIRE students.
16 April 13 |
Contrary to conventional wisdom, short-term hearing loss after exposure to loud noise does not reflect damage to our hearing but the body’s way of coping.
16 April 13 |
An historical account of double-entry bookkeeping and a novel exploring human-animal relationships have won two PhD students places on the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards shortlist.
16 April 13 |
The logic of trying to improve the quality of school education - a laudable goal - by harming university education would escape most people, writes UNSW Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Hilmer.
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