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Monday 28 September 2026
Nyssa Murray appointed as Vice-President, Indigenous Strategy and Engagement
Read more about Nyssa Murray appointed as Vice-President, Indigenous Strategy and EngagementThursday 24 September 2026
Global mining experts gather in Wollongong as sector faces safety and clean energy pressure
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Law, Politics and Society
UOW congratulates its Queen’s Birthday Award recipients
University of Wollongong (UOW) Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Wellings CBE, today congratulated four associates whose service was recognised in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours List in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Science and Technology
Remarkable new finds are clues to ‘hobbit’ ancestry
International team of researchers find 700,000-year-old hobbit remains.
Health and Medicine
UOW welcomes new Dean of Medicine
The University of Wollongong (UOW) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Nicholas Zwar as its new Dean of Medicine.
Education
Innovative children’s book boosts executive functioning
As an alternative to expensive and time consuming computerised ‘brain-training’ activities, UOW researchers have developed a children’s book that boosts early executive functions.
Health and Medicine
Equipping students with the skills needed to manage dementia
Pilot project to help the next generation of professionals tackle the growing issue of dementia in Australia.
Education
UOW announces smoke-free campus environments
The University of Wollongong (UOW) is going smoke-free next month in a move designed to improve the health and wellbeing of all campus users.