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Wednesday 12 August 2026
Research and innovation in the spotlight at UOW National Science Week events
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PRF’s $1.5M boost to fast-track Parkinson’s research at UOW
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Education
A new study shows little kids who count on their fingers do better at maths
There is no need to discourage finger counting at any time. Children naturally stop using their fingers when they no longer need them.
Health and Medicine, Science and Technology
Trailblazing researchers named 2025 Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
Professor David Adams and Professor Aidan Sims honoured for immense contributions to neurophysiology, mathematics
Community
A new path forward to healing and truth telling
In the aftermath of the Voice to Parliament referendum, UOW is prioritising healing and truth telling on its journey to reconciliation
Business and Economy
Robodebt not only broke the laws of the land – it also broke laws of mathematics
A mathematical law called Jensen’s inequality shows the Robodebt algorithm should have generated not only debts, but also credits
New UOW appointments to transform computational statistics and marine industries
Professor Sumeetpal Singh begins as the Tibra Foundation Chair in Mathematical Sciences and Associate Professor Michelle Voyer as the Keira Endowed Professor in Energy Futures
Esteemed mathematician named as inaugural Tibra Foundation Chair
Statistician Professor Sumeetpal Singh will join UOW in 2023