UNSW Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Hilmer has earmarked sustainability as a priority for the University - in research, teaching and in the way the campus operates.
UNSW PhD student Maria Kordjamshidi has won the Australian Institute of Energy's national award for the best Alternative Energy Pathways Project.
A major new climate change research centre is to be established at UNSW, with a $6 million funding boost.
Teenage binge drinking among female students has been slashed following a school-based alcohol education campaign developed by UNSW researchers.
