The University IT network will be upgraded between 7am and 9am on Saturday 22 and 29 September.

During the upgrade you will not be able to connect to a number of online services. Please visit the ICT website for more information on the services affected.

We will display any changes to this schedule on the ICT service status webpage. If you have any concerns about this outage, please contact the ICT helpdesk.

View plans for our new Business School building and state-of-the-art learning facilities at an information stall at Eveleigh Markets in Darlington on Saturday 22 September between 8am and 1pm.

Project information is also on display in the foyer of the Services Building (G12) between 8.30am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday.

Visit the Abercrombie Precinct website.

Applications are now open for the 2013 Australia India Youth Dialogue (AIYD).

AIYD 2013 brings together delegates (aged 18 to 35 years) from Australia and India to foster and enhance partnership between the two countries. Australian and Indian leaders in government, private industries and the NGO sector will also be attending the dialogue to lead discussions and interact with the delegates.

Applications to be a delegate close at 11.30am, Friday 28 September.

For full details, visit the AIYD website.

We want to hear from you! Help make the USU the best student union it can be by joining our online community – USU Hub.

The hub will encourage open discussion about the way we do things and what you would like us to do more of. We aim to deliver the best student experience in Australia so don’t hold back: every opinion matters.
 
You don’t need to be an Access member to join. Register before 30 September and go into the draw to win the latest iPad.

Visit the Nicholson Museum for a talk about Persian equestrianism.

The ancient Persian education system focused on 'riding, shooting and telling the truth', and many historians now believe that equestrian skill contributed to the rapidity with which Cyrus the Great conquered the known world in the mid 6th century BC.

Margaret Miller (Professor of Classical Archaeology) will give this talk, preceded by champagne and the famous Nicholson pies!

Event details
When: 6 to 8pm, Thursday 20 September
Where: Nicholson Museum, The Quadrangle, Camperdown Campus
Cost: $40, Friends of the Nicholson Museum $25
Bookings: 9351 2812 or nicholson.museum@sydney.edu.au

For more information, visit the Events website.

Australia has 10 times the melanoma incidence of any other country, with a disproportionate impact on young Australians.

Professor Rick Kefford’s early clinical trials of new melanoma drugs that target cell abnormalities represent a leap forward in management of this disease, and could lead to improved quality of life and longer lives for patients. Does this matter to you?

Email or post your questions in the comments section of Rick’s What Matters webpage, where he’ll answer them during the forum. 

Event details
When: 3pm, Wednesday 26 September

Curing cancer: are we (nearly) there yet?

A cure for cancer remains elusive, and an estimated 121,500 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in Australia this year.

This conference will open with a free public lecture by Professor Roger Reddel, who will outline some of the advances in understanding and treating cancer, and what still needs to be done.

Event details
When: 6pm, Wednesday 26 September
Where: New Law Building, Camperdown Campus

Book online at the SCC2012 website.

We’ll be screening the TinTin adventure movie ‘Cigars of the Pharaoh’ at the Nicholson Museum.

There's no need to book. Families are welcome, and remember to bring a cushion to sit on.

Event details
When: 4 to 6pm, Thursday 27 September
Where: Nicholson Museum, the Quadrangle, Camperdown Campus
Cost: Entry by gold coin donation

For more information, visit the Events website.

Know any kids aged between 5 and 10 who are keen to discover the natural world?

Visitors can look through microscopes and create microscopic creatures, and hear mini-talks on endangered animals to mark World Endangered Species Day.

Event details
When: 10am to 4pm, Friday 28 September
Where: Macleay Museum, Gosper Lane (off Science Road), Camperdown Campus
Cost: Entry by gold coin donation

For more information, visit the Events website.

Associate Professor David G Brooks from the Department of English will speak on the tangled web of literary hoaxes and some fascinating discoveries he has made about the poet Ern Malley.

Event details
When: 6 to 7pm, Tuesday 2 October
Where: Fisher Library, Camperdown Campus

For more information, visit the Events website.

Is our medical system helping patients?

This symposium will ask:

• What kind of ethics do doctors actually espouse?
• How should we ration scarce resources?
• How well does current education and training work?
• If knowledge is the key to medical reform, what kinds of knowledge are required?
• What kinds of evidence should underpin medical practice?

The Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine (VELiM) has been engaged in a program of research to address these questions and challenge many of the critiques of medicine.

Event details
When: 9am to 5pm, Thursday 4 October
Where: The Refectory, Holme Building, Camperdown Campus
Cost: $120, limited student places $50

For more information, visit the VELiM website.