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Success on the road to a career in oral health
By University of Sydney Apr 22, 2012
Jacinda Matthews (right) receiving her testamur from University of Sydney Chancellor Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir. As a mature-age student with no Higher School Certificate (HSC), Jacinda Matthews had been concerned before starting her uni studies in oral health about whether she would be able to keep up with other students who had come straight
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Art Unlimited goes on show
By University of Sydney Apr 21, 2012
A work by Adrian Segon. Six artists who work from studios in a former gaol in the Victoria town of Geelong are featured in an exhibition opening this week at the Sydney College of the Arts’ Callan Park Gallery. The Old Geelong Gaol studios form part of Art Unlimited – a program that supports artists
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Breakthrough in solar cell efficiency
By University of Sydney Apr 20, 2012
Low cost solar cells suitable for rooftop panels could reach a record-breaking 40 percent efficiency following an early stage breakthrough by a University of Sydney researcher and his German partners. With Australian Solar Institute support, Associate Professor Tim Schmidt from the University’s School of Chemistry, together with the Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy,
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Get online and discuss What Matters to you
By University of Sydney Apr 19, 2012
Ben Quilty spoke candidly in the online chat about what matters to him. Celebrated artist and University of Sydney alumnus Ben Quilty shared his insights into why support for the arts is a critical issue in an online chat as part of the ‘What Matters’ campaign. In discussion with members of the public, Quilty discussed
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The looming chocolate crisis?
By University of Sydney Apr 18, 2012
A chocolate supply crisis may be looming says Professor David Guest, from the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment at the University of Sydney. “We’re in a situation where chocolate manufacturers are anxious about meeting demand, as there’s rapidly increasing chocolate consumption in developing economies, paired with instability in cacao growing areas,” said Professor Guest. He
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Public forum to scrutinise Finkelstein recommendations
By University of Sydney Apr 17, 2012A public forum at the University of Sydney on the recent Finkelstein Inquiry into the news media will examine the outcome of the inquiry, scrutinising the politics of recommendations and whether they are likely to be successfully implemented. The inquiry proposed a new statutory regulator to cover news across all media, expanding the range of
