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2 May 13 |
International human rights lawyer Megan Davis has been elected in a landslide to a second term on the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
2 May 13 |
A UNSW-led team of researchers has achieved a breakthrough that brings a network of ultra-powerful quantum computers – connected via a quantum internet – closer to reality.
2 May 13 |
There is no excuse for the pattern of black holes in the financial records of Australian companies, including online betting companies, writes Jeffrey Knapp.
1 May 13 |
The mystery of why some people get fat eating high-fat foods while others can stay skinny on a diet of burgers and chips is closer to being solved.
1 May 13 |
The designers of an award-winning Sydney skyscraper have donated the prize money to fund a UNSW student prize that recognises excellence in sustainable high-rise architecture.
1 May 13 |
Consumers who benefit from the clothing industry's addiction to cheap labour must take some responsibility for the Bangladesh factory deaths, writes Alecia Simmonds.
30 April 13 |
UNSW deplores all forms of racism and discrimination and condemns in the strongest possible terms the virulent anti-Semitic comments made on social media in relation to the opening of a Max Brenner shop on campus.
30 April 13 |
Dozens of new drugs and poisons will be approved for use in Australia this year and medical toxicologist Nick Buckley is worried some could be deadly.
30 April 13 |
Rather than uniting Australians, a plebiscite on gay marriage is likely to deepen divisions and further polarise the community, writes George Williams.
30 April 13 |
Measuring and monitoring Australia’s fresh water is increasingly important, and we need to invest in satellite technology to meet this challenge, argues Gordon Roesler.
29 April 13 |
As the Australian War Memorial’s inaugural artist-in-residence, PhD candidate Baden Pailthorpe will develop new work exploring the impact of war on society.
26 April 13 |
Although the ground-dwelling Mountain Pygmy-possum is highly vulnerable to extinction, it can be saved, write Hayley Bates and Haijing Shi.
26 April 13 |
With the conflict in Syria continuing with no end in sight, is it time for true foreign intervention to solve the crisis, asks Anthony Billingsley.
26 April 13 |
UNSW scientist and national sailing champion, Dr Federico Lauro, is leading a scientific expedition to sample the waters of the Indian Ocean.
26 April 13 |
The way we commemorate wartime sacrifice and its influence on our national identity must be kept in balance and context, writes Alan Stephens.
26 April 13 |
Care must be taken to ensure that mandatory pro bono imposed on law students, who by definition are not admitted as lawyers, does not do more harm than good, write Michael Legg and John Corker.
26 April 13 |
Love is a vital element in almost everything that is important to economists and social science, write Gigi Foster and Peter Frijters.
26 April 13 |
A low-cost wastewater treatment system built with recycled materials will help transfer Australian expertise to classrooms in Tunisia.
26 April 13 |
It's time universities put more money and effort into socialising international students who daily face situations in which they embarrass themselves, offend people, or are misunderstood, writes Gigi Foster.
24 April 13 |
The Gonski school funding reforms are not a silver bullet for closing the education gap between our lowest and highest-achieving students, argues Leila Morsy.
24 April 13 |
Our centenary observances tend to be monumental wastes of time and money and we are about to do it all again with the Great War, argues Jeffrey Grey.
24 April 13 |
Qualified science and maths teachers in schools should get a salary boost, and new money from the Gonski review could help pay for it, writes Merlin Crossley.
24 April 13 |
UNSW Scientia Professor Mark Bradford has been elected a distinguished member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
24 April 13 |
Julia Gillard's yuan conversion offer and framework for bilateral relations with China puts Australia in the right place at the right time, writes Tim Harcourt.
23 April 13 |
The Governor-General has hosted a high-level reception in New York for UNSW law professor and UN representative Megan Davis.
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