Dr Suzanne Benn (September 2005)
Business
HR Monthly
According to Dr Suzanne Benn the idea of corporate social responsibility has been around a long time, but its definition has moved away from philanthropy or paternalism. It is now about sustainable development. Students would prefer to work for a socially responsible company rather than a financially successful company.

Anna Wheatley (1 September 2005)
Science
Vogue Girl
A recent study has found that nearly a third of year 12 students report distress prior to exams. Adolescents suffer stress because of the expectations of both the school and their parents, says Anna Wheatley, a clinical psychologist a the Health Psychology Unit at UTS.

Jennifer Burn (2 September 2005)
Law
Australian Financial Review
The federal government is rewriting the Citizenship Act and may double the length of time migrants must live in Australia before becoming citizens. A raft of new anti-terrorist legislation is being prepared ahead of a counter-terrorism meeting next month of state and federal leaders. Jennifer Burn, a senior lecturer in law at UTS is concerned the original citizenship reform proposals, which included making it easier for spouses of Australians to become citizens, will be dumped in favour of anti-terrorism rules.

Professor Caroline Homer (2 September 2005)
Nursing, Midwifery & Health
ABC Radio 702 Sydney
The NSW Government has postponed a midwife project at Mona Vale and Manly hospitals following a debate between the AMA's Dr Andrew Pesky and the midwives, leaving up to 200 women scrambling to find places at other hospitals. Professor Caroline Homer, Director of the Centre of Midwifery & Family Health at UTS, discusses the issue, asserting that everyone wants to do the best for women and babies and that we all have to work together.

Dr Alex Byrne (3 September 2005)
Executive and Admin
Australian Financial Review
UTS librarian Alex Byrne has been elected president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, the peak global body for the library and information profession. IFLA represents the interests of libraries, librarians and library users in more than 150 countries, representing 2.5 billion library users.

Associate Professor Angelo Karantonis (6 September 2005)
Design, Architecture and Building
Inner Western Suburbs Courier
The head of the Construction Property and Project Management School at UTS, Associate Professor Angelo Karantonis, says the numbers stack up for environmentally sustainable building. The Bond building is the first office building in Australia with a five-star energy rating. It does not require air-conditioning and makes the most of natural light to reduce the need for artificial lighting, creating 30 per cent less carbon dioxide emissions than an ordinary office building. There will be huge savings over the life of the building.

Anne Bartlett-Bragg (6 September 2005)
Education
ABC - News in Science, Hindustan Times
Blogging is helping students to think and write more critically, says an Australian researcher Anne Bartlett-Bragg, a lecturer at UTS who has been using web logs in her own teaching since 2001. "It can help draw out people who would otherwise not engage in debate," she said. "The students are thinking more critically, they are learning to be responsible and they are communicating outside the boundaries of the classroom and the institution, and they like that."

Rebekka Sommer (7 September 2005)
Science
North Shore Times
Young people are under increasing pressure in all aspects of their lives. Psychologist Rebekka Sommer from UTS suggests that many young people are struck by the tyranny of the "shoulds" - an inner battle over everything parents, teachers, friends, bosses, partners and authorities tell us we should do. People are made to believe that they should have a high-status job, great harmonious relationship, be slim, sexy and have a high libido.

Professor Michael Adams (9 September 2005)
Law
Channel 2
Professor Michael Adams of the Centre of Corporate Governance at UTS comments on the Federal Government's displeasure with Telstra management after revelations that could undermine the share price as the Government moves to sell the public stake in the company. "This is about market reputation. This is about Telstra, whether it has released the information appropriately at the right time to keep the market informed or whether it's been driven by some other agenda and whether they have distorted the market at all."

Dr John Dale (10 September 2005)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Weekend Australian
Article on the life of Abe Saffron by John Dale from UTS. Jim Anderson, a Scottish hard man who Safron installed as his licensee at the notorious Venus Room was interviewed shortly before his death by a UTS researcher. "People got killed for what they might know," he said.

Dr Tanja Dreher (11 September 2005)
Humanities and Social Sciences
ABC Radio 702 Sydney, ABC 774 Melbourne, Radio Adelaide - The Wire, ABC Online
A report released today suggests that Muslim, Arab and Sikh communities were unfairly blamed in the wake of the September 2001 terrorist attacks. UTS researchers have analysed complaints from a hotline set up after September 11 to deal with complaints of attacks on ethnic and religious minorities in Australia. Dr Tanja Dreher says that impacts, like increased racism, are ongoing.

David McKnight (13 September 2005)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Radio Adelaide - The Wire, Curtin FM (Perth)
In his book "Beyond Left and Right" Dr David McKnight of UTS argues that the right has undergone an ideological revolution, placing it in control of new ideas. In contrast, parties like Labor are based on old ideas and remain locked out of the political process.

Dr Ursula Munro (13 September 2005)
Science
Life Sciences Weekly
Article about birds who use the Earth's magnetic field to select a direction of movement. Researchers from various universities, including Ursula Munro from UTS, have demonstrated for the first time that birds can be trained to respond to a magnetic direction.

Michelle Zeibots (16 September 2005)
Institute for Sustainable Futures
Daily Telegraph
After three weeks in business the Cross City Tunnel is attracting less than a third of its targeted traffic volume. Traffic expert Michelle Zeibots said that even if the $3.53 toll was removed, the east-west tunnel would only handle a maximum 80,000 cars a day.

Michael Wallach (16 September 2005)
Science
Rural News
The inappropriate use of antibiotics in rearing livestock is contributing to the rise of the superbug, an infectious diseases expert says. Professor Michael Wallach, Director of the UTS Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, has called for research into new disease controls in livestock, such as vaccination.

Professor Shirley Alexander (17 September 2005)
Institute for Interactive Media and Learning, Education
Daily Telegraph
Interview with Associate Professor Shirley Alexander, Director of the Institute for Interactive Media and Learning and newly appointed Dean of Education at UTS. She is the first woman to hold this academic post. The article looks at her life and career.

Francine Garlin (17 September 2005)
Business
Sydney Morning Herald
Article on gender bias in industry, especially the car industry. Francine Garlin, a marketing lecturer at UTS who is an expert on consumer behaviour, says the traditional gender roles still exist. "The woman is often the information gatherer in the household, whilst it could be perceived that the male role is to provide."

Dr Michael Hill (19 September 2005)
Information Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Design, Architecture and Building
Australian Financial Review
At UTS three faculties have teamed up to deliver one new postgraduate degree. A cursory glance suggests little in common between the faculties of IT, Design, Architecture and Building and Humanities and Social Sciences. But the new master of animation shows "quite a bit of thinking across the boundaries" according to course director Michael Hill.

Professor John Debenham (20 September 2005)
Information Technology
Sydney Morning Herald, The Age
E-markets improve on the traditional trading process, as the internet provides speed, simplicity and access to a lot more information to make decisions, says Paul Bogg, a researcher at UTS who presented his team's work on e-markets at the ninth annual Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering conference in Melbourne last week. Professor John Debenham, one of the leaders in the research group, said that sites such as eBay, are a shadow of future e-markets.

Rob Jarman and Dr Paul Bryce (20 September 2005)
Engineering, Institute for Sustainable Futures
International Water Power and Dam Construction
Rob Jarman and Paul Bryce from UTS explain the the way rural hydroelectric schemes have been developed in the Solomon Islands with the support of the local community.

Associate Professor Sally Tracy (20 September 2005)
Nursing, Midwifery & Health
Channel 2 - 7.30 Report
Midwives and obstetricians differ over the risks of birth centres away from hospitals. Advocates of the stand-alone, midwife-led model of birth units, segregated from hospitals, claimed this proved the model worked well. "The midwife has been able to recognise when there were problems or when the labour looked as if it was going to deviate from the normal," Sally Tracy, Associate Professor of midwifery practice development at UTS said.

Associate Professor Gillian Leahy (22 September 2005)
Humanities and Social Sciences
The Age
Film cameras are rapidly giving way to digital cameras and cinematographers are shooting in digital format rather than the more expensive 16 or 35mm film. Film-maker and associate professor Gillian Leahy heads film production at UTS. She teaches students film-making on 16mm film and believes the analog system still has a lot to teach students.

Associate Professor Graham Nicholson (22 September 2005)
Science
Sydney Morning Herald
Snake farms are vital. The snakes are milked for their poison, which is sold for medical research and to make antivenom. One customer is Associate Professor Graham Nicholson from the Department of Health Sciences at UTS. He buys scorpion venom from Mirtschin, but milks his own spiders. Venom has huge potential - he is using it to develop a bio-pesticide that targets insects without harming other animals.

Dr Peter Watterson (22 September 2005)
Engineering
Sydney Morning Herald
"On the Job" interview with Peter Watterson, electrical engineer. "I work for both UTS and CSIRO Industrial Physics," he said. "I think of all the motors I devise as being like a zoo of different creatures, be they for air-conditioning, or a solar powered catamaran, or the heart pump VentrAssist."

Maureen Henninger (23 September 2005)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Australian Doctor
Article on Doctors using a computer during consultations. Ms Maureen Henninger, senior lecturer in knowledge and information at UTS, stresses that, "GPs must be competent when using technology in their surgery." 'If not, watching them fumble with the computer will frustrate the patient - because they can probably use the technology better - and they may conclude the doctor is not only lacking in computer skills, but in clinical skills."

Peter Manning (24 September 2005)
Humanities and Social Sciences
ABC Radio News x 2, ABC 891 Adelaide, ABC Online
A Sydney journalism academic Peter Manning from UTS has told a journalism seminar that the media and Federal and State governments have been demonising Arabs since September 11. University academics are urging the Federal Government to dump proposed new anti-terrorism laws arguing they unfairly target the nation's Muslim community.

Steve Hatzellis (25 September 2005)
Design, Architecture and Building
Sun Herald
A postgraduate course in digital architecture has been launched in Sydney, training local and international students alike in the high-tech world of computer-generated design. Architect Steve Hatzellis is course coordinator at UTS. "The course looks at digital design using software and hardware in an advanced way to help take design past what it is when you do it by hand, Mr Hatzellis said.

Associate Professor Andrew Cashin (26 September 2005)
Nursing, Midwifery & Health
Australian Financial Review and Campus Review
New Associate Professor of Nursing in Justice Health at UTS, Andrew Cashin, will work with the NSW statutory corporation, Justice Health, to improve learning and research opportunities for those working to bolster health outcomes in the NSW criminal justice system. Professor Cashin says health provision in the criminal justice arena is often overlooked and the position will allow him to increase awareness of the area as a career path for nurses.

Eva Cox (28 September 2005)
Humanities and Social Sciences
The Australian
Macquarie University banned Professor Andrew Fraser from teaching and did not want to publish his article after he made claims about race, the criminal risk posed by black immigrants and the rise of an Asian managerial class. Ms Eva Cox, a senior lecturer at UTS said, "Professor Fraser's views were offensive and his arguments flawed but his silencing set a dangerous precedent."

Kevin Kellehear (28 September 2005)
Nursing, Midwifery & Health
Wentworth Courier
About 80 per cent of the homeless have mental health problems. Kevin Kellehear, a lecturer in nursing and health at UTS has put forward a "continuum model" of mental health, spanning from wellness to mental illness. Kellehear said more funding of early-intervention services was needed to stop rising numbers of people from crossing the 'breakdown line".

Associate Professor David Wilson (28 September 2005)
Information Technology
Computerworld
What's new on the IT study smorgasbord for 2006. Associate Dean for the UTS Faculty of IT, David Wilson, says UTS has several new offerings, but there are no dramatic changes in trends for IT postgraduate study. "There are no major shifts in technology being predicted at the moment, just more mobile, more networked and more focus on value to the business," Wilson said.

Associate Professor Patrick Keyzer (29 September 2005)
Law
ABC Central West NSW (Cumnock)
Professor Patrick Keyzer from UTS says the Government does not need to hold a referendum to sell Telstra. People do expect that the constitution will deal with important national issues and allow citizens a say in important national policy questions. The only way a referendum comes about is if Parliament itself puts a question to the people. This Parliament wants to sell Telstra and for that reason they will not put a referendum to the people about the sale.

Sean Walsh (29 September 2005)
Science
Sydney Morning Herald
Acupuncture is called a "natural therapy" but Sean Walsh admits there is nothing natural about having needles inserted into your body. The curious nature of the ancient practice - touted for centuries as a treatment for a range of physical, psychological and emotional conditions - explains Walsh's scientific interest. Walsh, a lecturer in acupuncture/Traditional Chinese medicine at UTS, was part of a team that recently discovered acupuncture may assist the recovery of athletes after intense physical exertion.