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Newsroom FeedMedia Releases
United States media fellowship awarded to journalist from The Australian
5 April 2012
The United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney has awarded its 2012 media fellowship, in partnership with the World Press Institute, to David King from The Australian newspaper. Read more
Head of NASA to speak at the University of Sydney
2 April 2012
The head of NASA, Charles F. Bolden Jr. will speak at a public event at the University of Sydney this Wednesday 4 April. Read more
New CEO for the United States Studies Centre
27 March 2012
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, Mr Malcolm Binks today announced the appointment of Dr Bates Gill as its new Chief Executive Officer to succeed Professor Geoffrey Garrett. Read more
US Ethical Manufacturing Leader to Speak at University of Sydney
26 March 2012
One of America’s most successful ethical manufacturing leaders, Joe Bozich, will speak at a public event at the University of Sydney’s Great Hall tomorrow afternoon Tuesday 27 March.
Mr Bozich, the founder of the biggest supplier of licensed college apparel in the US, Knights Apparel, will share how his Alta Gracia brand is employing a new model of ethical business through its factory in the Dominican Republic. Read more
Super Tuesday - Wednesday March 7
5 March 2012
The multi-state Super Tuesday primaries (Wednesday 7 March Australian time) is the biggest event in the US elections to date and will be pivotal in determining the Republican candidate to challenge President Obama in November. On Super Tuesday, more delegates will be awarded than in the first two months of the Republican presidential race combined, with 10 states going to the polls to award more than 400 delegates. Read Online
US Election Watch 2012 Website & Experts
22 February 2012
The United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney has launched a new website packed with news, background detail and expert commentary for those wanting to decipher the primaries, polls and policies that make up the highly anticipated 2012 US presidential campaign. With the pivotal Michigan and Arizona Republican primaries next week, Wednesday 29 February Australian time, US Election Watch 2012 can get you up to speed before this crucial contest and the multi-state Super Tuesday primaries on Wednesday 7 March our time. Read more
Australia Matters for America/America Matters for Australia
5 December 2011
Australia Matters for America/America Matters for Australia is a brochure and website providing up to date information, news and analysis on Australia-US connections. The project launched in Canberra today is a collaboration between the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and the East-West Center headquartered in Honolulu. Read more
Experts to give briefing on Obama visit
2 November 2011
The United States Studies Centre will provide a briefing to media representatives on the forthcoming visit to Australia by US President Barack Obama and other aspects of US-Australian relations. Geoffrey Garrett chief executive of the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, a distinguished political scientist and one of Australia’s leading commentators on the US will lead the briefing. Read more
September 11: Tenth Anniversary
31 August 2011
In the lead-up to the tenth anniversary of the tragic events of September 11 2001, the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney has the following experts available to provide commentary regarding the attacks, the subsequent decade and future ramifications: Read more
Immigration policy summit
19 July 2011
Immigration policy is the focus of a high level international conference this week being co-hosted by the University of Sydney's United States Studies Centre and Sydney Law School in association with Harvard University.
The summit will bring together leading scholars and policy makers from the US, Australia and Europe who will be examining the politics of asylum and detention, the process of immigration selection and to manage anti-immigration sentiment. Read more
VIDEOS & INTERVIEWS
Dr David Smith analyses how Obama's public support of same sex marriage may affect his re-election chances.
Edward Blakely discusses his new book 'My Storm' and the lessons that Australians can learn from Hurricane Katrina.
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