The University of Sydney - Student News

Prime Minister launches $20 million Centre for Carbon, Water and Food

Australia’s first multidisciplinary research centre dedicated to tackling the region’s biggest food security and environmental challenges has been launched on our Camden Campus by Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Find out more

At the launch, the University also signed memoranda of understanding with two leading Chinese research institutions to tackle the mutual challenge of food security, a new milestone in Australian and Chinese collaboration. Find out more

Welcome to Semester One 2013! Watch the Vice-Chancellor and Principal Dr Michael Spence's welcome to students. Find out more about the opportunities and services mentioned in his video.

The University is open on Thursday 7 March The University will be open and most classes will go ahead this Thursday, 7 March. Staff taking industrial action have been asked to inform students in advance if their classes are cancelled. Check your student email account for more information.

New look Student News We’ve made some changes to the design of Student News to make it easier and faster for you to read, particularly on mobile devices. Let us know what you think!

NOTICES

Questions? Ask me! Look for staff and students wearing ‘Ask me’ badges over the next few weeks – they’ll happily answer any questions you may have about student life. And make sure you download the free Sydney Uni App, for access to interactive maps, the Library, Blackboard and more!

	Student notes and textbooks Most course notes and reading materials can be ordered online through the University and the Co-op Bookshop.

	Health and wellbeing workshops Get the most out of student life by taking part in one of these free workshops. Please arrive at the Counselling and Psychological Services (CAPS) office (Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building) 10 minutes before each workshop starts. For more information call 8627 8433. 8 March, 1–2pm \| Adjusting to study at university Getting used to a new study environment can be challenging, especially if you are living away from home. 11 March, 12–2pm \| Sidekicks This workshop aims to help you develop the skills to help out your friends when they are struggling, and alleviate your own stress when helping them. Registration required 12 March, 1–2pm \| Brain management Learn simple techniques to improve your brain functions. 13 March, 1–2pm \| Time management Understand time management and gain practical resources that you can put into use straight away.

	Smoke-free campus Did you know that the University is ‘smoke-free’ outside designated smoking areas? Find out more

	Scholarships now open Find out about the latest undergrad, postgrad coursework and postgrad research scholarships.

GET INVOLVED

Top tips for week one Looking for some insider adivce on settling in at uni? Read student blogger Victoria's week one survival tips for first-year students and get the most out of your time as a Sydney student.

Volunteer for research The research we do at Sydney makes a real difference to our understanding of today's world – and you can help make that research happen. Current volunteering opportunities include a diabetes study, a survey on sexual orientation, a study aimed at reducing liver fat, a study on chronic low-back pain, and a behavioural study for children with asthma.

	Win an iPad Mini from the Library Congratulations to iPad Mini winner, first-year business student Dean Salvaggio! One prize remains, enter the Library's quick online quiz now for your chance to win.

	Get fit with Sydney Uni Sport and Fitness Only pay for the time you’re on campus with the Uni gym pass! Got an hour to kill between lectures? Get a group of friends together and compete in lunchtime social sport.

CAREERS AND FURTHER STUDY

Making a difference in Vietnam Where can nursing and midwifery studies take you? Travis Brown joined a group of fellow students to spend part of their Christmas break working in hospitals in Vietnam. Read what he has to say about the experience.

	Investment banking and consultancy careers fair Meet with recruiters from some of the world's top investment banking and consulting organisations to find out about internship and graduate opportunities, this Thursday 7 March from 5pm. Register now for your chance to win one of two professional wardrobe $500 gift vouchers.

	Job of the week Do you want to be challenged with original problems every day and receive training in how to articulate your ideas concisely and powerfully? Apply for the role of business analyst at Port Jackson Partners.

STUDENT ORGANISATIONS

USU \| Lunchtime comedy Get Up! Stand Up! features the best comedians and up-and-comers from the University every Wednesday at 1pm in Manning Bar. This week Spicks and Specks regular Tommy Dean is headlining along with host, James Colley.

EVENTS

MAR | Sydney Ideas events – March

Sydney Ideas is the University's premier public lecture series program, bringing some of the world’s leading thinkers to the wider Sydney community.

Sydney Ideas is the University's premier public lecture series program, bringing some of the world’s leading thinkers to the wider Sydney community.

11 March | ‘Godzone’? Evidence and actions to reduce child poverty in New Zealand

Dr Airini from the University of Auckland will speak about evidence and actions to reduce child poverty in New Zealand. Find out more

12 March | Casts, Imprints and the Deathliness of Things

Professor Marcia Pointon from Norwich University College of the Art will speak about what death masks and casts from human subjects have signified culturally in modern European secular society. Co-presented with the Power Institute. Find out more

12 March | Working in no-man's-land: between sociology and Chinese studies

British sociologist Professor Norman Stockman explores why the study of Chinese society has not been more fruitfully incorporated into the 'mainstream' of sociology. Find out more

14 March | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
The screening of this confronting documentary will be followed by a panel discussion and with the filmmaker, an academic working in the area of refugee human rights, and a former ‘boat person’ who is now a refugee advocate. Find out more

MAR \| Songs for the Fallen Part vaudeville, part punk opera, and part MTV-does-baroque: Songs for the Fallen is the wild and unforgettable final birthday party that never was. Party like it's 1847! Find out more

12 MAR \| Establishing healthy eating in the early years of life The Charles Perkins Centre is pleased to host this seminar presented by Marion Hetherington, Professor of Biopsychology at the University of Leeds. Find out more

13 MAR \| Atelier Paris: The Power Studio Hear artist Barbara Campbell in conversation with Associate Professor Mary Roberts. Presented in conjunction with the University Art Gallery’s current exhibition, Atelier Paris: The Power Studio. Find out more