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Thursday 26 February 2026
Pancreatic cancer treatment innovation wins national People’s Choice award
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Leading human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson to speak at UOW
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Get out of your chair alive by standing up for back health
A NSW-based father-son entrepreneurial team is on a mission to help hunched-over office workers beat back pain with a portable standing desk.
Health and Medicine
Australian first study uses sport to reduce depression and suicide rates in young men
UOW has teamed up with Movember on a multi-million dollar first-of-its-kind project, involving six of Australia’s major sporting organisations, which aims to address mental health issues among adolescent male athletes.
University Mental Health and Wellbeing Day
The first annual Australian and New Zealand University Mental Health and Wellbeing Day on Wednesday 8 October will aim to equip students and staff in higher education with five simple but effective ways to better their mental health.
Illawarra students celebrate International Literacy Day
Undergraduate students from UOW will visit local Illawarra primary schools and early childhood centres next week in celebration of International Literacy Day on Monday 8 September.
Sun, sand and study - Indigenous students get a taste of university life at UOW summer camp
Indigenous students from regional high schools will get a taste of life at a beachside University and a career in health through a summer camp aimed at increasing the number of Indigenous students going on to higher education.
High school students get a taste of life as a scientist at National Science Week celebrations
UOW will welcome more than 700 high school students from Bulli to Kiama on campus this month as part of 2014 National Science Week celebrations.