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Illawarra innovation takes centre stage at Parliament House
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Footage of Royal visit to Wollongong published
UOW Library has digitised and published rare footage of the 1954 Royal visit to Wollongong.
One-punch laws risk injustice UOW legal expert warns
The stark ramifications of the one-punch law came into play in the District Court in Wollongong this week with a UOW legal academic again in the media spotlight stressing the difficulties facing judges having to deal with the new law.
UOW congratulates next Governor of NSW
University of Wollongong Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings today warmly congratulated the Chief of the Australian Defence Force, General David Hurley, on being named the next NSW Governor.
Finding the right words to deliver a vital cancer message to Serbian and Macedonian communities
A campaign to breakdown the stigma of cancer and bowel screening among Serbian and Macedonian communities in the Illawarra was launched this week.
Health and Medicine
UOW researchers win Gates Foundation grant to make next generation condoms
A team of researchers from UOW has received Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funding to help develop a Next Generation Condom that “significantly preserves or enhances pleasure, in order to improve uptake and regular use”.
Study to measure the health and wellbeing of Illawarra families
A unique study to track the health and wellbeing of Illawarra families over time has commenced with a feasibility study at the Wollongong Hospital with pregnant women.