UNSW School of the Arts & Media

drone flying on the beach at sunset

The ocean meets the sky as drones take conservation efforts to new heights.

drone flying over city at dusk

Recreational and commercial drone usage has taken off, but the dangers could be going over our head.

Three military drone silhouettes in the sky

With drone technology, surveillance software and threat-predicting algorithms, future conflicts could computerise life and death.

Laurencia brongniartii herbarium specimen

In a program of major artworks, film and an innovative living book, researchers will interpret and increase public engagement with 1.4 million herbarium specimens.

Andrew Schultz and Jennifer Biddle

The incumbents will bring a focus to creative arts practice in Australia.

Professor Claire Annesley

Claire Annesley plans to build on the Faculty’s international reputation continuing to attract students and academics to take on society’s most pressing problems.

Dr Sandy Evans has been inducted into the Australian Jazz Bell Awards Hall of Fame

Dr Sandy Evans has been recognised for her outstanding artistic achievement and contribution to Australian jazz.

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Mish Grigor is the UNSW School of the Arts and Media’s new alumni resident artist – but first she has to finish performances of her show chronicling family conversations about sex.

words

Sonya Voumard’s book marking the 20th anniversary of the Port Arthur massacre is a story about stories: Who writes them, who owns them and what happens when the two get muddled, writes Christopher Kremmer.