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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · 10h

We’re now ranked 2nd in Australia, climbing 8 places globally, and remain 1st in NSW 🎉

The @timeshighered.bsky.social rankings assess teaching and research performance, as well as industry collaboration and international outlook.

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#USYD #Rankings

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · 13d

@anatomykat.bsky.social joined as an educator through the Sydney Horizon Educators scheme, a program that seeks to improve student experience and advance teaching practice.

Passionate about teaching? Sydney Horizon Educators is now open for final recruitment.

Learn more: go.sydney.edu.au/BZgv9Q

Portrait of Associate Professor Kat Sanders with a quote about vulnerability in healthcare. Sanders smiles, wearing a dark blazer. Text reads: "There has been this idea that vulnerability is weakness. But that's changing."

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · 15d

Congratulations to Professor @kouroshkalantar.bsky.social and Professor Michael Kassiou on being named as 2025 Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 👏

Read more: go.sydney.edu.au/EFCffD
#USYD #ATSEFellows

Sydney researchers receive Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) honours. Features portraits of Professor Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh, a cutting-edge engineer, and Professor Michael Kassiou, a leading-edge chemist.

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Sep 8

It's natural that as we get older, our body and mind decline. How might we all live well, for longer, at any stage of life?

Join @sydney.edu.au experts for fresh insights and evidence unlocking our understanding of healthy brain ageing.

Wednesday 24 September, 6:30pm. Register free!

Slow ageing

Join University of Sydney experts for fresh insights and evidence unlocking our understanding of healthy brain ageing. How might we all live – and stay – well, for longer, at any stage of life?

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Sep 4

Congratulations Professor @anitaho-baillie.bsky.social bsky.social and Professor Thomas Maschmeyer who were awarded prestigious Australian Museum
@eurekaprizes.bsky.social for Science last night 👏

Read more: go.sydney.edu.au/XfWdLI

University of Sydney academics win prestigious Eureka Prizes

Professor Anita Ho-Baillie and Professor Thomas Maschmeyer have been recognised for their pioneering work in solar technology and sustainability research at the Eureka Prizes, one of the highest honou...

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Sep 2

PhD candidate @allysontodd.bsky.social and Associate Professor @stephaniepart.bsky.social first connected when Allyson was an undergrad, and have collaborated ever since.

Read about their shared passion in youth health and mentorship story: go.sydney.edu.au/4rsp3r

Allyson Todd receives the 2024 Rising Star in Youth Health Award at an Australian Association for Adolescent Health event.

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Aug 19

Congratulations to our three @sydney.edu.au researchers named 2025 NSW Young Tall Poppy award winners 🎉

Dr Ros Gloag, Dr @brookenickel.bsky.social and Dr @loubirrell.bsky.social have been recognised for their contribution to science and health care.

Read more: go.sydney.edu.au/sORvSm

Collage of three smiling people above text "Sydney researchers named NSW Young Tall Poppy winners".

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Aug 18

Commerce and Engineering student Oscar Mower created an AI tool that can detect the call of the North Pacific minke whale.

The model can detect the presence of minke whales by analysing audio from existing underwater microphones known as hydrophones.

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#USYD #USYDResearch

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Aug 15

We’re ranked 1st in NSW and now 72nd in the world in the ShanghaiRanking Academic Ranking of World Universities. This is a testament to our world-class research, staff and alumni. go.sydney.edu.au/DOT8xs

#USYD #UniRankings #ARWU

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Aug 12

PhD student @sydney.edu.au Marliana Tri Widyastuti has led the developement of a world-first AI-powered soil moisture mapping tool that could transform irrigation, fuel reduction burning, and pasture management across Tasmania and beyond.

How a graduate student delivered a real-time soil moisture map for Tasmania

A University of Sydney PhD student has developed a world-first AI-powered tool to deliver real-time soil moisture information for farmer, industry and government planners.

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Aug 11

“Whether we’re celebrating or grieving, music is something we can turn to."

A new study led by @steffenherff.bsky.social from @sydney.edu.au's Sydney Conservatorium of Music has shown for the first time empirically that music can keep you company by facilitating imagined social interactions.

Music is good company: new study shows music induces social imagination

Music keeps you company: a new study led by Dr Steffen A. Herff, cognitive neuroscientist at Sydney, Music, Mind and Body Lab at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, has shown for the first time empirically that music can indeed keep you company by facilitating imagined social interactions.

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CSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social · Aug 4

A study by researchers from @sydney.edu.au & @unswbees.bsky.social suggests there is potential for the native Australian water rat, rakali, to play a positive role in biotic resistance against invasive black rats.

www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25009

#AusMammalogy @sydneyrats.bsky.social

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A rakali perched at the water's edge, its fur looking golden with dark tips in the sunlight. A caption tells us: "a study in Australian Mammalogy suggests there is potential for the native Australian water rat, rakali, to play a positive role in biotic resistance against invasive black rats." The photo is by patrickkavanagh, Flickr.

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Jul 31

Congratulations to the nine researchers and teams placed among the finalists in the 2025 @eurekaprizes.bsky.social 👏

The Prize is among the top science awards in Australia, honouring the calibre of research and innovation, celebrating leaders in their field.

Read more: go.sydney.edu.au/2l5jnZ

Collage of the nine researchers placed among the finalists for the 2025 Eureka Prizes.

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Jul 29

This research, posted in @natcomms.nature.com, helps us understand how new variations arise, including the very few that do find their way to humans via a bridging animal.

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Jul 29

Coronaviruses in bats are almost never harmful to humans.

New study led by Dr Alison Peel @alibat.bsky.social looks at co-infections in young bats - and how they might shape how viruses evolve in nature. go.sydney.edu.au/CneWYt

📷 Photo credits to Kathleen Flynn, Pat Jones, Remy Brooks.

A collage of three bat-related scenes: researchers handle bats in the dark, bats hang and fly among forest branches, and a bat is examined on a table by a person in protective gear. Photo credits to Kathleen Flynn, Pat Jones, Remy Brooks.

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Jul 29

Congratulations Melody 🎉

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Jul 25

Dr Jasmine Fardouly was among the first researchers to examine how platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter affect body image.

As a Sydney Horizon Fellow, she’s advanced her research and was named in Clarivate’s 2024 Highly Cited Researchers list.

Learn more: go.sydney.edu.au/rYKcz6

The Sydney researcher making social media better for body image

Sydney Horizon Fellow Dr Jasmine Fardouly is on a mission to make social media better for our body image. Read more

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Sydney Ideas @sydneyideas.bsky.social · Jul 2

Is Australia still the lucky country? Join respected social researcher Rebecca Huntley and experts to explore how the key issues of climate change, gender equality and AI, are reshaping trust, identity and belonging in Australia.

Register: bit.ly/4lsd2Dq

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Jul 23

The study is led by Cancer Council NSW in partnership with the Daffodil Centre.

Key findings:
-Vaping rates among 14 to 17 year olds have fallen from 18% to 15% since 2023.
-Among the 18 to 24-years-olds, the rate has dropped from 20% in 2023 to 18% in 2025.

go.sydney.edu.au/PyR4eq

A hand holds a yellow vape pen on the right. On the left, smoke forms the shape of lungs. Text reads: “Young people vaping less – Generation Vape study finds.

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Jul 17

This breakthrough became the world's first technology set to revolutionise skin treatments and regenerative medicines. In 2018, Elastagen was sold to a US pharmaceutical heavyweight, Allergan, for A$406 million.

Learn more about Elastagen's impact: go.sydney.edu.au/2iNAAe

University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Jul 17

Repairing damaged skin is now quicker, easier and more effective.

Over the past 30 years, Anthony Weiss, his team at USYD, and research partners, including @ox.ac.uk and MIT, have unlocked the potential of elastin tissue and developed a way to produce it synthetically.

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Australian Science Media Centre @aussmc.bsky.social · Jul 4

⚡ Scientists from @sydney.edu.au have developed lightning-produced ammonia in gas form – a new, more efficient method that brings us closer to sustainable production of ammonia and transition to a hydrogen-based economy

Using lightning to make ammonia out of thin air

Using lightning to make ammonia out of thin air Scientists have developed lightning-produced ammonia in gas form – a new, more efficient method that brings us closer to sustainable production of…

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Snow Medical Research Foundation @snowmedical.bsky.social · Jul 1

🎉 The Snow Vision Accelerator officially opens today @sydney.edu.au. This bold initiative will reshape glaucoma research, powered by world-class talent & visionary support. The journey begins—excited for what’s ahead! 👁️

www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-hea...

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Jun 27

Pardalote - the @sydney.edu.au built rocket that soared 10,342 feet, has been crowned world champion at the 2025 Spaceport America Cup 🚀
Read more: go.sydney.edu.au/MpC0HY

USYD Rocketry Team holding rocket in Quadrangle.

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University of Sydney (USYD) @sydney.edu.au · Jun 27

Register for free today: go.sydney.edu.au/hD5f8