Join us for the 2018 Tim Olsen Award exhibition opening and announcement. 

Tim Olsen has been encouraging and supporting young artists to pursue and build careers as professional practicing artists since 2001. One of the ways Tim has supported young and emerging artists is through the annual Tim Olsen Award at UNSW Art & Design.

Candidates are selected by a panel of lecturers for inclusion in the exhibition and for consideration for the Award.

Join Sir Fraser Stoddart, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Chemistry for his lecture on molecular recognition and self-assembly for the synthesis of functionalised and mechanised molecules.

Location: New South Global Theatre, Ground Floor, Webster Building (G14)* View Map

Hear from Hae Won Park, research scientist from the Personal Robots Group at MIT Media Lab (USA), and learn about her work with social robots.

The Personal Robots Group designs machines that learn and personalise to their users' needs and goals over long-term interaction. They have designed award-winning robots that fit engagingly into peer-to-peer teamwork and family life.

Practically Virtual is an exhibition of Virtual Reality experiences used in research, and teaching across STEM disciplines.  With contributions from UNSW and Design, EPICentre, Garvan, Red Cross Blood Service, the Museum of Human Disease, UNSW Lite Room.

We are heading into a world where robots will be an increasingly important part of our lives. This won’t just have an impact on the future of work, but on the future of everything. What will it mean if robots are our toys, our pets, our friends and our partners?  If robots can be everything from carers to warriors, what does this mean not just for human lives, but for the way we understand human intelligence, human values, and humanity itself?

A musical legacy in and of itself, this concert pays homage to the nature of artistic inheritance and influence that left many composers overlooked in favour of former colleagues. 

Matthew HINDSON | Septet (2009)
Anton REICHA | Wind Quintet in E flat Op.88 no. 2 (1818)
Wolfgang MOZART | Piano trio in C K548 (1788)
Johannes BRAHMS | Clarinet Quintet Op. 115 (1891)

The world’s first e-waste microfactory was launched in April 2018 at UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT). Led by Professor Veena Sahajwalla, materials scientist and Director of the SMaRT Centre, e-waste microfactories offer environmentally and economically sustainable recycling solutions to the growing waste burden.

The SoMS Research Information Night is essentially a ‘one-stop-shop’ for future research projects and will be a great opportunity to meet with researchers (potential supervisors and current students) to find out more about honours and research projects on offer through the School of Medical Sciences (SoMS), Prince of Wales Clinical School (POWCS), Children’s Cancer Institute (CCIA), Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Kirby Institute, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), and other

Would you like to see how colours of objects and lights are measured?

Is your eyewear changing your colour perception?

Did you know that just as some people can see fine detail better than others, some are also able to distinguish colours better than others? Poorer colour vision can make a person unsuited to professions that rely on colour coding. Measure your colour vision sensitivity and see if you can pass occupational colour vision tests!

If we are going to reach 50% women in leadership roles by 2025 in the built environment industries we need to work together in new and innovative ways.

Continuing from the success of our 2016 initiative, please join us for an evening with built environment women, from industry and academia, who will have 2 - 3 minutes to present:

A bunch of anxious performers 'audition' for a variety show. They all have a special talent that may get them in the door. What makes them extra special is that these hopefuls characters are crafted out of cardboard, fabric, wire and plasticine.

This one-off animation screening is a celebration of work by last semester’s MDIA2000 Animating Media students and features stop-motion animations in different styles and mediums used to bring these handmade characters to life.

Celebrate the marine habitat restoration currently taking place across Sydney and Port Stephens by the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW).