Scientia Professor Michelle Simmons has been named 2018 Australian of the Year.
18 Jul 2018
UNSW has the most subjects ranked first in Australia in the influential ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2018, with 38 subjects making it into the global top 100.
Toby Walsh, Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence at UNSW. Photo: Grant Turner/Mediakoo
18 Jul 2018
A who’s who of CEOs, engineers and scientists from the technology industry have signed a global pledge – co-organised by UNSW’s Toby Walsh – to oppose lethal autonomous weapons.
Professor Michelle Simmons was recognised for her contribution to quantum computing and her pioneering work in atomic electronics.
16 Jul 2018
Professor Michelle Simmons, the Australian of the Year, joins nine other Australians admitted to the Royal Society this year.
Tom Shakespeare, Professor of Disability Research at the University of East Anglia and UNSW’s Dr Eduardo Benitez Sandoval, Scientia Professor in the faculty of Art and Design. Photo: Jacquie Manning
13 Jul 2018
Experts spoke to an eager audience at UNSW Sydney on Thursday about the opportunities and threats of robotics in the disability and care sector.
Professor Michelle Haber AM, Executive Director, Children's Cancer Institute, Associate Professor Tracey O’Brien, Director of the Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the funding announcement in Melbourne yesterday. Photo: Children's Cancer Institute
17 Jul 2018
A world-leading personalised medicine program will be available to children with high risk brain cancer following new funding for the Zero Childhood Cancer program.
18 Jul 2018
Find out the role of acceleration and air resistance in answering this child's question.
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18 Jul 2018
About one in two cancer patients – millions of people each year – need radiotherapy, but access in small countries is low, writes Michael Barton.
Scholarship recipients, Caitlin Ramsey and Patrick Long.
13 Jul 2018
Students from Brisbane and Bathurst are the inaugural recipients of the new Origin Foundation Grant King Indigenous Scholarships for Indigenous undergraduates.
13 Jul 2018
UNSW Canberra is supporting the rehabilitation of service personnel and veterans through a partnership with Invictus Games Sydney 2018.
Issue 1 2018
11 Jul 2018
UNSW researchers Bram Hoex, Brett Hallam and Alison Ciesla have received an esteemed award that recognises young professionals who have made their mark in solar technology internationally.
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"We are on the fringes of this society. We’re the most incarcerated people on the planet, literally, and the situation is just getting worse": UNSW Law alumna Teela Reid.
10 Jul 2018
UNSW Law alumna Teela Reed used an appearance on Q&A to urge federal leaders to take the nation into a referendum on constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians.
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10 Jul 2018
A UNSW study has shown for the first time how HIV hijacks a host molecule to strengthen its protective shell and shield itself from attack. The findings have implications for potential new drug developments.
13 Jul 2018
A manifesto from 23 researchers challenges old models, and outlines the major new directions archaeology should follow to solve the puzzling origins of modern humans.
13 Jul 2018
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02 Jul 2018
The new centre is situated in one of China's fastest-growing innovation and technology hubs and will foster a vital international presence for UNSW Sydney.