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20 November 09 |
Researchers from the Australian School of Business will be at the forefront of designing the auction system for Australia's carbon pollution permits.
20 November 09 |
Australia's next generation of artists and designers will reveal their final projects at the 2009 COFA Annual exhibition.
20 November 09 |
A new approach to harnessing small-scale solar power could deliver higher levels of efficiency in portable power sources.
17 November 09 |
Radically redesigned train stations and mobile art galleries are among ideas for Sydney explored by young architects in a new exhibition.
16 November 09 |
Israeli human rights advocate and litigator Professor Frances Raday will deliver the Australian Human Rights Centre annual lecture at the University of New South Wales on Tuesday 17 November.
13 November 09 |
Psychologist Mona Taouk is developing a world-first questionnaire to identify young people at risk of depression and suicide.
13 November 09 |
When it comes to making a difference, death is no obstacle. In the November/December issue of Uniken, we hear about those who generously donate their bodies to science.
12 November 09 |
UNSW Chancellor David Gonski's "extraordinary leadership" in philanthropy has been recognised with a major award from the Business/Higher Education Round Table.
11 November 09 |
It is with immense shock and distress that the UNSW community heard news of the death of Nick Waterlow, Director of the Ivan Dougherty Gallery at COFA and a much loved and respected member of staff.
10 November 09 |
Sydney's native bush rats were victims of a campaign to exterminate foreign black rats during a plague in 1900, according to scientists who plan to reintroduce the native rodents.
10 November 09 |
One of Australia's leading experts in early childhood education, Professor Deborah Brennan, has been elected to the Academy of Social Sciences.
6 November 09 |
The Role of Education in the Road to Reconciliation will be discussed by a panel of experts, lead by Professor Pat Dodson, at the University of New South Wales next week.
6 November 09 |
Australian scientists led by UNSW remote sensing expert Associate Professor LinLin Ge will have access to high resolution images from Chinese satellites, boosting our capacity to respond to natural disasters.
6 November 09 |
Don't throw out your analogue radio just yet. UNSW industrial designer Miles Park shows how smart design can extend the lifespan of products rendered obsolete, reducing the growth of e-waste.
6 November 09 |
A new state-of-the-art eye testing centre has opened at UNSW, offering free services to the public - thanks to the generosity of Guide Dogs NSW/ACT.
3 November 09 |
With only 40 percent of senior maths teachers university-qualified, there has been a dramatic decline in Australia's international educational standing in the subject, says Professor Anthony Dooley.
3 November 09 |
Studies into the effectiveness of home visits for families of Aboriginal infants and the impacts on children of parents using alcohol and tobacco have received major backing.
3 November 09 |
Treasury Secretary Dr Ken Henry said Australia's quick response to the global financial crisis was a big contributor to avoiding the scale of the recession experienced in the US.
3 November 09 |
Professor Andrew Schultz has been awarded one of Australia's richest prizes for music composition for his recent work To the evening star.
30 October 09 |
Discovering ways to prevent dementia has helped Dr Michael Valenzuela win a major science gong. He's one of seven UNSW researchers to be awarded Young Tall Poppy prizes - a record haul for any university.
30 October 09 |
UNSW's solar racing team is celebrating its victory in the Global Green Challenge from Darwin to Adelaide. Sunswift IV was the first Australian car to cross the finish line.
29 October 09 |
Sufferers of overactive bladder have been given hope of a more effective treatment following a breakthrough by UNSW medical researchers.
28 October 09 |
Futurist and innovator Chris Luebkeman outlines four plausible futures in a public lecture at UNSW. His multimedia presentation is based on the premise that "the future is over sold and under imagined".
27 October 09 |
New College students at UNSW have raised almost $15,000 to help a fellow resident receive much needed medical rehabilitation.
27 October 09 |
A snapshot of Australia's young people shows high rates of obesity and mental illness and vulnerability to drug and alcohol abuse.
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