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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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Starvation in the midst of plenty... Illawarra leading the way in addressing malnutrition in the elderly
Researchers from UOW and the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District have teamed up to develop novel ways to address malnutrition in senior citizens, with figures showing that a third of patients aged 65 and older who are admitted to hospital in the Illawarra are overtly malnourished, while a further 50 per cent are at high nutritional risk.
Local schools take up science and engineering challenge
Five hundred students from 15 local high schools will put their minds to the test when they compete in this year’s Illawarra and South East Region Science and Engineering Challenge, held over two days from tomorrow (Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 July) at the University of Wollongong (UOW).
Caps off: UOW celebrates another 1200 graduates
From riding 1000km for Indigenous literacy to developing a medical implant for epilepsy, UOW grads fly high.
Engineering a future for rural and Indigenous students
An interactive roadshow will visit regional schools across NSW to inspire rural students to study science.
From cool physics to chemistry creations: Teenagers get hands-on with science at school holiday experience
High school students from around New South Wales will gather at UOW for a fun three days of school holiday science from 9-11 July.
Intake doubles for primary school gifted and talented program
The gifted and talented program called UOW ‘Learning Labs’ for local community primary school students has been so successful that its numbers have doubled this year for its 2 and 3 July intake.