The University of Sydney

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  Risking your
  neck

  A controversial study by the University of Sydney suggests neck manipulation does not result in better patient recovery than milder treatments.

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  Future of Australian drama

  Playwright Tommy Murphy will discuss the future of Australian drama in this lecture presented by Sydney Ideas and the Seymour Centre.

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  New super strong alloy

  Dr Peter Liddicoat and fellow researchers at the University of Sydney have discovered a new super-strength light metal alloy.

Climate change
research recognition

University of Sydney researcher Dr Deanna D'Alessandro has won recognition for her groundbreaking work into capturing carbon emissions, which has the potential to significantly impact climate change. More...

Learning to love maths

The University of Sydney's Institute for Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education (IISME), launched in February this year and commissioned by the Go8 universities, is developing a new study unit in a program designed to challenge primary school students' dislike of maths. More...

Fulbright scholar
begins health study

Aisha Harun, a student at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore and the winner of a Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship, has arrived in Sydney to study the interaction between multiculturalism and health outcomes in Australia. More...

What’s on at Sydney?

• E P Thompson's history from below (Key Thinkers) 8 September
• Trying to nail jelly to the wall: where in the brain is creativity? 9 September
• Sydney, Freetown and Cape Town (Sydney Ideas Open) 9 September
• 2010 Bookfest 11 - 15 September
• Maternal health: how should we handle harmful practices? 14 September
• Some like it hot (Exhibition) until 2 December