51 newly promoted and recruited Professors are taking part in the 2018 Professorial Inaugural Lecture series at UNSW Sydney to mark their achievement and showcase their specialist knowledge.
Please join us for the first Inaugural Lecture for the 2018 series.
Join our researchers in optometry, quantum physics, marine biology, intelligent machines, sustainable materials, psychology, biotechnology, and more, for tours, talks and workshops across Sydney for Sydney Science Festival 2018 during National Science Week.
We are heading into a world where robots will be an increasingly important part of our lives. This won’t just have an impact on the future of work, but on the future of everything. What will it mean if robots are our toys, our pets, our friends and our partners? If robots can be everything from carers to warriors, what does this mean not just for human lives, but for the way we understand human intelligence, human values, and humanity itself?
“A quantum computer would be able to solve problems in minutes that would otherwise take thousands of years.” – Michelle Simmons.
Hear from one of Australia’s leading environmentalists and former politician, Bob Brown.
This is an opportunity for YOU to come along and participate in a UN consultation. Professor Joe Cannataci, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy will introduce the work he's doing and seek input into his final report to the General Assembly on Big Data - Open Data.
Do developing countries have anything to fear from international environmental law?
Historically, developing countries have often been wary of international environmental agreements, fearing that environmental regulation would limit their ability to grow economically.
Polish your dress shoes, refresh your resume and get ready for UNSW's July Careers Expo 2018!
Come along to the July Careers Expo to find internship and graduate opportunities, network, meet potential employers and research your industry.
This Expo is held in two different sections:
10am - 12pm: Engineering and Tech
1pm - 3pm: Business, all degrees
Please check the website for full details
Precision gene-editing is bringing us closer to the reality of designing select genetic traits into human embryos.
In a future where embryonic gene-editing could have a profound influence on athletic performance, what are the potential risks to individuals and communities? With considerable personal, political and economic advantages to be gained, how can we prepare for the arrival of a generation of gene-edited athletes?
In October 2017, the UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Privacy presented to the United Nations General Assembly an interim report on Big Data – Open Data, which considers the advent of modern data technologies, international standards, and regulation and their impact upon the human right to privacy.
“Ever since the US government has professed to see in international relations an opportunity for moral progress, not just an unending power struggle, it could never abandon the rhetoric of human rights, and the construction of the image that the US was the last best hope for the world and destined to lead the world to more human rights and democracy.
Join Professor Darryn Waugh from Johns Hopkins University and UNSW for an enlightening discussion around the enduring impact of the ozone hole on climate.
UNSW Sydney and the Australian Council of Social Service have entered a major new five-year partnership to reduce poverty and inequality in Australia. The partnership will monitor Australia’s progress in tackling poverty and inequality and support interdisciplinary research to highlight the health, housing and legal dimensions of these challenges.
Long term care is one of the most rapidly growing industries in the world, especially in Asia where the number of people aged 80 and above will quadruple to more than 250 million by 2050.
This conference will bring together academics, policy makers and industry leaders to explore new directions in long term care, focusing on the coordination between policy initiatives and industry and investment imperatives.
Drones provide us on the ground with a whole new view of the world from the sky. They enable us to perceive, record and represent our world in important new ways.
“I am disintegrated and dismembered, my decrepit past fragmented and scattered, no longer integral, unable to become whole once again. The total collection of scenes turned like pages of a short story, churned through with the speed of light. My god, prison is so horrific.”
Bask in the beautiful sounds of one of the country’s leading chamber ensembles, as the Australia Ensemble present a free lunch hour concert.
Gabriel FAURE | Dolly Suite
Karl Amadeus HARTMAN | Serenade
Matthew HINDSON | Celebration
Location: John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW (Building G19) Venue Map
Celebrate the marine habitat restoration currently taking place across Sydney and Port Stephens by the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
If we are going to reach 50% women in leadership roles by 2025 in the built environment industries we need to work together in new and innovative ways.
Continuing from the success of our 2016 initiative, please join us for an evening with built environment women, from industry and academia, who will have 2 - 3 minutes to present:
Would you like to see how colours of objects and lights are measured?
Is your eyewear changing your colour perception?
Did you know that just as some people can see fine detail better than others, some are also able to distinguish colours better than others? Poorer colour vision can make a person unsuited to professions that rely on colour coding. Measure your colour vision sensitivity and see if you can pass occupational colour vision tests!
The SoMS Research Information Night is essentially a ‘one-stop-shop’ for future research projects and will be a great opportunity to meet with researchers (potential supervisors and current students) to find out more about honours and research projects on offer through the School of Medical Sciences (SoMS), Prince of Wales Clinical School (POWCS), Children’s Cancer Institute (CCIA), Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Kirby Institute, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), and other schoo
The world’s first e-waste microfactory was launched in April 2018 at UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT). Led by Professor Veena Sahajwalla, materials scientist and Director of the SMaRT Centre, e-waste microfactories offer environmentally and economically sustainable recycling solutions to the growing waste burden.