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UTS student hits the fast lane with taxi booking app

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:36:36 +1000

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A taxi booking app has given UTS student Zac Altman an early launch into IT entrepreneurship
Developed for a competition to design applications for Android smart phones, Taxi Pro has amassed thousands of downloads and several commercial offers

UTS Business School student travels to Abu Dhabi for "Festival of Thinkers"

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:42:36 +1000

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Sydney geek girl's Las Vegas jackpot

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:49:23 +1000

Yiying Lu

Most Australian tech entrepreneurs may be beating a path to Silicon Valley but M.Arch. students Joshua Harrex and Tommy Zhou selected for Gehry Partners Internships

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:38:45 +1000

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High endeavour for award-winning students

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:14:56 +1000

The Prime Minister's Awards go to top recipients of the Endeavour Aw...

BIT and UTS establish Joint Research Centre

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:39:59 +1000

While visiting UTS in early December 2011 as annual Key Technology Partne...

Sydney unis unite to open the way to higher-ed participation

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:17:15 +1000

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UTS is one of five Sydney universities sharing in more than $21 million for initiatives that expand opportunities for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to enter and succeed in higher education.
Vital funds will go to essential programs engaging ...

Researchers in Sydney Blaze ahead with world-leading microscope technology

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:10:42 +1000

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UTS has installed next-generation super-resolution imaging technology allowing scientists to record dynamic events inside living cells at near-video rates

The joint investment of $400,000 by UTS and NSW Trade & Investment will advance national...

Science PhD student wins the silver medal

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:29:04 +1000

Last month, UTS Science PhD student, Stephanie Fletcher received a silver medal for an oral presentation she gave at the International Scientific Conference 2011, held in Malaysia.
Currently in her third PhD year, Stephanie’s research looks at infectious gastrointestinal pathogens i...

Rushe appointed adjunct professor to UTS business school

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:19:57 +1000

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Investment banking leader Martin Rushe has been appointed as adjunct professor to the University of Technology Sydney's innovative business school.
In his career Professor Rushe has funded and operated technology and energy businesses in the UK, France, G...

Graduating journalism student takes out Walkley Award

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:18:21 +1000

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A recent UTS graduate has won a Walkley Award for her piece on the social issues faced by the Western Sydney suburb of Mt Druitt
The piece gives an insight into the problems the community faces with public housing, unemployment and children at risk of socia...

UTS Graduate honoured at Australia China Alumni Association Award Night

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:14:00 +1000

Master of Management graduate, Ian Lee is the winner of this year's Mallesons Stephen Jaques Australia China Alumni Award for Corporate Achievement. Ian is the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Omnicom Media Group (OMG) China and won the award for his outstanding achievements in this r...

Congo Appeal exemplifies the best kind of recycling

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:15:04 +1000

International pharmaceutical industry expert joins UTS

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:16:07 +1000

An education vocation

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:03:27 +1000

BUiLD –THINKing for the future: connecting, leading and giving

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:50:43 +1000

Johanan ...

New NMR device means power upgrade for UTS research

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:45:29 +1000

UTS institute adds momentum to medical research fund

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:09:28 +1000

It's a major event for winning education program

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:19:41 +1000

Small business, big picture

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:16:04 +1000

The Robocon Vietna...

Joint program to produce broadband masters of the world

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:18:32 +1000

Creativity and craft in Sydney's animation showcase

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:43:43 +1000

The Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) has appointed UTS Architecture's Anthony Burke and Gerard Reinmuth as Co-Creative Directors for the Australian...

UTS:IT Hosts Wise Technical Forum

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:03:38 +1000

WiseTechGlobal, an Australian based international technology development company, will present its Wise Technical Forum (WTF) at the University of Technology, Sydney on September 20. The forum is aimed at IT enthusiasts, both seasoned and students, with an interest in the latest and most innovati...

Photographs document Afghanistan's unsafe haven

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:42:18 +1000

International Lace Design Award Winners

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:35:34 +1000

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UTS opens the door wider for Open Day 2011

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:32:27 +1000

New eBook and audiobook service

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:09:57 +1000

UTS Library offers a new eBook and audiobook service called Overdrive. All books can be borrowed, downloaded and transferred to compatible devices (eBook readers, iPhones, Android phones, MP3 players, iPads and more) for 14 days.

Books expire automatically, so you don’t have to w...

Pharmacy school promises graduates who hit the ground running

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:50:34 +1000

Clearing up the cloud

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:41:21 +1000

Rob Livingstone
Photo by Katia Sanfilippo

With the soaring popularity and pervasive nature of websites and services such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, cloud computing...

All-round performer

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:25:04 +1000

Researcher boost

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:45:35 +1000

UTS students and graduates dominate journalism awards

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:11:10 +1000

Delia Falconer

UTS Senior lecturer in writing and author, Delia Falconer, has been shortlisted ...

UTS engages leaders on Sydney's vibrant future

Mon, 30 May 2011 14:09:49 +1000

Karachi Koalas (opens external site), will compete in the 3D Humanoid Simulation League for the first time in ...

Casual academic making quality case studies her trademark

Mon, 30 May 2011 14:13:59 +1000

First year design student workshop on Cockatoo Island

Mon, 16 May 2011 15:35:41 +1000

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Young writer signed by major international publisher

Mon, 16 May 2011 15:38:31 +1000

A young Irish writer based in Sydney has been signed by a major international publisher. John Connell, a 24-year-old journalist and graduate of UTS Bachelor of Arts in Communica...

Group learning strategies increase productivity

Mon, 16 May 2011 15:27:08 +1000

A breakthrough on paper that's stronger than steel

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:37:34 +1000

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A UTS research team has developed methods to improve the mechanical properties of graphene, a carbon-based material that can be made as thin as paper and ten times stronger than steel
The UTS work is a step forward in the development of a material tha...

Magic happens in UTS lab

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:38:20 +1000

IBM PhD Fellowships are hard to come by, as UTS PhD student Rony Novianto will attest. Rony is the sole Australian recipient of a 2011 award, thanks to his groundbreaking work on cognitive software architec...

UTS digs deep to create a landmark sports hub

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:39:17 +1000

Sport and leisure studies at UTS have a landmark new facility with the opening of the Multi-Purpose Sports Hall, the first project to be completed in the university's visionary City Campus Master Plan.

UTS Vice-Chancellor Professor Ross Milbourne said the completion of the Multi-Purpose Sp...

Building UTS's Gehry icon

Mon, 16 May 2011 15:31:19 +1000

UTS has appointed builder A W Edwards to provide pre-construction services for world-renowned architect Frank Gehry's first Australian building – the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building.

"We are inspired by Gehry’s vision," said UTS Vice-Chancellor Professor Ross Milbourne. &q...

The Conversation to broaden public access to research

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:53:26 +1000

UTS, along with other leading Australian universities and Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, has become a founding partner and supporter of a unique new opinion and news portal called The Conversation (opens an externa...

Beyond the bugs

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:50:16 +1000

More than 250 million people are affected by malaria each year, and in Africa a child dies from the disease every 45 seconds.

Facts like these are what drive urban entomologist Bryce Peters in his work to con...

Winning a career in space

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:40:26 +1000

A UTS honours student has won the opportunity to work with NASA in America and further her research into whether there once was an ocean on Mars.

Emily Bathgate has just been announced winner of the 2010 VSSEC-NASA Australian Space Prize. It will take her to the NASA Ames Research Centre i...

Diabetes breakthrough at UTS

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:12:46 +1000

UTS researchers have identified molecules secreted by a parasitic worm that prevent the development of Type 1 diabetes in mice. The finding, which has huge implications for the treatment of diabetes and other autoimmune diseases, came about by chance. Former Director of the Institute for the Biot...

Research Revolution at UTS

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:16:30 +1000

A new UTS initiative is leading a shift in PhD education in Australian universities. The UTS Framework for Doctoral Education will help develop well-rounded, workforce-ready researchers who have a range of research and professional skills.

The recently developed UTS Framework for Doctor...

UTS student one of five finalists in NSW International Student of the Year Awards

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:26:30 +1000

Prateek Agaarwal

UTS Student Prateek Agaarwal is one of only 25 students nominated for the prestigious NSW Premier’s International Student of the Year Award 2011. Prateek...

UTS receives CFA partnership for Masters of Business in Finance

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:41:53 +1000

CFA Institute, the global association for investment professionals, has recently awarded the CFA Program Partner status to the University of Technology, Sydney’s (UTS) Master of Business in Finance degree program.

CFA Institute collaborates with universities around the world to...

Students see microfinance at work in Mumbai

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:36:54 +1000

UTS students recently returned from the poorest slums in Mumbai, India where they learned firsthand how microfinance can break the cycle of poverty.

Eight business, humanities and law students spent three weeks learning how people living on less than $1 US a day use small group lending to ...

CAL boosts support for writing studies at UTS

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:48:14 +1000

A non-fiction writing residency and a chair in Australian poetry will flow from a boost for Creative Practices at UTS by the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL).

CAL, which manages copyright for creators and publishers, has made a three-year, $300,000 commitment to fund the new initiatives from...

UTS Multi-Purpose Sports Hall set to open

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:47:36 +1000

The University of Technology, Sydney’s Multi-Purpose Sports Hall will officially open on 14 April 2011, making it the first new facility completed as part of the university’s visionary City Campus Master Plan.

Located under Alumni Green at the heart of the campus, the Sports Ha...

New student accommodation opens at UTS

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:00:23 +1000

Providing on-campus accommodation for 720 students in studio, two and six bedroom shared apartments, UTS’s ne...

New postgrad scholarships reward excellence

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:13:51 +1000

UTS is pleased to announce two new scholarship programs for commencing international postgraduate coursework students.

Complementing the university’s existing suite of scholarships for international students, these awards will be made on the basis of academic merit. Each scholars...

UTS research rates highly in new report

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:51:27 +1000

All ten fingers for a magic touch to typing

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:39:46 +1000

A revolutionary new keyboard that makes it easier to type on touch screen devices has been invented by UTS information technology researchers.

The device called LiquidKeybo...

UTS awards MBA scholarships for outstanding international students

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:06:53 +1000

Darryl D’souza

Richard Wisniewes...

UTS graduate tweets success

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:15:09 +1000

Yiying Lu

Yiying Lu has certainly been busy since graduating from UTS as an international student. Lu, who joined UTS in 2004 from China, received first class hon...

UTS Professor chosen as NSW Australian of the Year

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:25:25 +1000

Larissa Behrendt

Director of UTS’s Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, Professor Larissa Behrendt, has been named NSW Australian of the Ye...

Professor Michael Fraser AM named new ACCAN Chairperson

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:53:03 +1000

Professor Michael Fraser AM, Director of the Communications Law Centre (CLC) at UTS, has been named as the new Chair of the Australian Comunications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) Board following a meeting held in ACCAN's Sydney office on 9 December.

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UTS Student Housing Tower tops out

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:46:07 +1000

Stunning views can be
seen from the rooftop of the
UTS Student Housing Tower

The UTS Student Housing Tower has reached a major milestone – the...

Young writer scores major book deal

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:11:58 +1000

Former UTS student and award winning journalist John Connell is writing his first book for Picador, making him the youngest writer on the international ...

UTS student rises to the Chartered Accountants Student Challenge

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:29:56 +1000

Natalie Fong and Arthur Wang with
Senior Lecturer in the UTS School
of Accounting Jonathan Tyler

UTS Bachelor of Bu...

Real-world engineering at its best

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:34:13 +1000

Andrew McMillan

Andrew McMillan, a business and civil and environmental engineering graduate, moved to India last January, to take up a placemen...

UTS lecturer uses prize money to make a difference

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:38:48 +1000

Sue O'Neill, by Katia Sanfilippo

UTS Sessional Lecturer in Education, Sue O’Neill, is a firm believer that “education...

Born to ride: UTS team wins international IT competition

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:22:04 +1000

Three UTS Master of Science in Internetworking students are the Asia Pacific champions of the Cisco NetRiders ...

International Award for Accessible Tourism Site

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:41:46 +1000

A team led by Associate Professor Simon Darcy, from the UTS Faculty of Business, has won the World Leisure Organisation Innovation prize for 2010 at the World Leisure Congress in South Korea.

The team rec...

Putting UTS on the map

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:02:02 +1000

Studying abroad is an exciting and rewarding experience. But that sinking feeling you get when you get lost in a foreign place can be one of the pitfalls of being an international student.

UTS is working to change all that with an interactive university map that positions UTS as a Highe...

Dean of Engineering and Information Technology creates Smart Wheelchair

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:23:08 +1000

Professor Hung Nguyen

As the new Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Technology, Sydney, Professor

Vice-Chancellor Professor
Ross Milbourne and Professor Jie Lu.
Photo by: Carmen Lee, Encapture

Leading UTS research in areas including tackling climate change, imp...

UTS student to take part in the Australia-China Youth Dialogue

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:55:47 +1000

Katrie Lowe, a final year combined degree student in Civil and Environmental Engineering and International Studies has been chosen...

BUiLDing strong links in Malaysia

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:18:59 +1000

Report by: Beyond UTS International Leadership Development progam participant, Caitlin Hill

In early August, I was fortunate to be one of 11 BUiLD participants representing UTS at the University Schola...

Ranking anoints UTS an economics research leader

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:06:18 +1000

After stalking the top spot for some time, UTS has taken the number one position among Australian universities in the ranking compiled by the international Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) project.

Hong Kong Polytechnic University – UTS : Key technology partnership agreement

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:19:15 +1000

Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU) and the University of Technology, Sydney, (UTS) are now "Key Technology Partners" following the signing of a Key Technology Partnership (...

Renewal of agreement to deliver UTS courses through Hong Kong management association

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:31:20 +1000

The Hong Kong Management Association (HKMA) and the University of Technology, Sydney, renewed their agree...

UTS International graduations

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:33:05 +1000

UTS graduates, accompanied by family and friends, acknowledged and celebrated their achievements at recent international graduation ceremonies hosted by UTS in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Kuala Lampur. The events well very well-attended, and signaled UTS pride in and commitment to its international ...

UTS International alumni events

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:34:29 +1000

Kuala Lumpur alumni event

During the course of the recent UTS international Graduations tour, a number of highly successful alumni reunions took place. On 2 July in Hong...

New collaboration in cardiovascular and chronic care research

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:43:30 +1000

UTS and Curtin University have announced they will combine research strengths in a newly configured Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care.

First established by Curtin University, the new and larger Centre will be located at the UTS Broadway campus within its 20th International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences in Sydney from 5 to 9 September.
The Thermal ...

Rising talent

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:36:50 +1000

The Waiting City is the first Australian film to be shot entirely in India.

Directed by UTS Visual Communication graduate, Claire McCarthy, it tells the story of an Australian couple (played by Joel Edgerton ...

(the heart that has no love/pain/generosity is not a heart)

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:34:02 +1000

In March 2001, the world was rocked by news of the destruction of central Afghanistan’s Buddhas of the Bamiyan Valley. The bombing was ordered by the Taliban, who considered the two 1600-year-old statues idolatrous and anti-Muslim.

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UTS Deputy Vice-Chancellor interviewed on Chinese television

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:23:11 +1000

UTS’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor International and Development, Professor William Purcell appeared in an interview broadcast on China’s two main news networks on Thursday 12 August.

Titled "Chinese students prefer Australia’s top universities", the news item cite...

Powerhouses of design

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:30:23 +1000

70 events. 16 days. One creative precinct. UTS is pushing the boundaries of technology and innovation with a strong line-up of lectures and exhibitions at the landmark Sydney Design festival.

“From the ancient tradition of Indigenous weaving – literally sittin...

Faces of change

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:54:32 +1000

Over the last 12 years, the UTS Human Rights Awards have recognised more than 30 staff and students who support social justice and human rights. As nominations for the biennial awards open this month, past recipient, Anjana Regmi and the event’s Project Manager, Dinah Cohen, talk to...

Partnership to grow next digital technology leaders

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:23:57 +1000

UTS and global telecommunications giant Alcatel-Lucent have partnered to equip a new generation of students with the cutting-edge knowledge to build, manage and exploit new networks in a broadband-enabled Australia

As part of the agreement, Alcatel-Lucent will establish a facility for lear...

Tiny marine microbes exert influence on global climate

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:45:06 +1000

Observations show that microorganisms display a behaviour characteristic of larger animals.

New research indicates that the interactions of microscopic organisms around a particular organic material may alter the chemical properties of the ocean and ultimately influence global clim...

UTS Dean awarded Australian Laureate Fellowship

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:25:46 +1000

Earlier this week, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, announced that UTS’s Dean of Engineering and Information Technology, Professor Mark Bradford had been awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship.