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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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Education
UOW launches new 2016-2020 strategic plan
The Strategic Plan will position UOW as a global leader in discovery and learning, transforming the world we live in.
Health and Medicine
National meals guidelines to support older Australians to live at home longer
Experts to develop the first national meals guidelines for the Australian Meals on Wheels Association.
Science and Technology
New way to control chemical reactions
Scientists have harnessed static electricity to control chemical reactions for the first time, in a breakthrough that could bring cleaner industry and cheaper nanotechnology.
Science and Technology
‘Magic’ radiation detector to improve cancer treatments
A UOW PhD student worked on developing a ‘magic plate’ radiation detector that will help improve the safety of cancer radiotherapy.
Law, Politics and Society
Vietnam War hard on conscripts ‘who drew the card’
A study of the long-term health effects on Australians conscripted to serve in the Vietnam War has debunked perceptions of widespread cancer and death rates among veterans.
Science and Technology
Great minds meet in Wollongong to turn ideas into action
Leading researchers visit Wollongong for University Global Partnership Network conference.