Scientia Professor David Cooper AO, Director of the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, was a leading HIV and infectious disease researcher and clinician who passed away on 18 March 2018.

A talk by Dr Soheil Ashrafi, from Raffles College. Dr Ashrafi argues that design is morally obliged to partake in social justice discourse and social justice is ontologically bound up with design. Considering design as a mode of being rooted in the ontological essence of human, it can be characterised as forming an integral part of social justice theory.

Scientia Professor David Cooper AO, Director of the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, was a leading HIV and infectious disease researcher and clinician who passed away on 18 March 2018.

The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, St Vincent’s Hospital and community partners join the Cooper family in hosting a public memorial service to honour the life and work of David Cooper.

Dr Francisco Mojica discovered the unusual repeated DNA sequences at the core of today’s gene-editing revolution. This pioneer who named CRISPR will be in conversation with Merlin Crossley, Professor of Molecular Biology and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at UNSW Sydney.

Grand Challenge Meetup: Reforming Australia’s refugee policy: Where do we begin?

Please join us for this Grand Challenge meetup, with guest speaker Paul Power, CEO of the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA).

In the first program of 2018, the Collegium Musicum Choir will be tackling some great masterpieces of the choral repertory, with a focus on the war-torn works of Haydn and Jenkins. So often throughout history the heartfelt cry of the masses is overshadowed by the conflict of rival nations. This program pays homage to the victims of war both past and present.

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Sonic explorers dig up machines and media from the past and situate them in range of genres (from experimental and ambient to synthwave and future bass). We’ve raided the music department's vinyl stash and sampled every out-of-tune harpsichord and pump organ we could find. Resurrected machines include a living Gameboy, Alpha Juno, modular synth, Fairlight CMI, and prepared piano, all played lived live with reactive visuals.

We welcome you to look. We may ask you to be looked at. We may take your looking and reflect it, shift it, turn it outwards.

One of the most controversial aspects of the rise of intelligent machines is the development of what are known as ‘lethal autonomous systems’ and what they will mean for the way wars are fought. Initial discussions in the UN in recent years have focused on the need to retain some form of human control, as well as considering the potential risks and benefits.