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Wednesday 17 June 2026
UOW partners with Illawarra Disability Alliance to enhance local services
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UOW celebrates the life of former Vice-Chancellor Ken McKinnon AO
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Environment and Energy
New thinking needed to win the war on weeds
Fenner Conference on the Environment seeks to transform weed management in Australia.
Community
Children’s Commissioner hosts public discussion on Bellambi community initiative
It’s Our Place aims to break the cycle of disadvantage and create happier, healthier, more sustainable communities
Science and Technology
Stone tools reveal epic trek of nomadic Neanderthals
Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) fossils were first discovered in western Europe in the mid nineteenth century. That was just the first in a long line of surprises thrown up by our closest evolutionary cousins.
Science and Technology
Siberian Neanderthals were intrepid nomads
Stone tools reveal Neanderthals in southern Siberia began epic journey in eastern Europe.
Health and Medicine
Australia Day honours for Professor Justin Yerbury
Outstanding scientist receives Order of Australia for contribution to MND research and advocacy
Arts and Culture
Friday essay: this grandmother tree connects me to Country. I cried when I saw her burned
Indigenous kinship networks link each plant to the next and connect us to Country. Honouring this way of being and engaging in fair collaboration might give power to our heartbreak.