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Future leaders make top awards list
Graduating students from UOW are strongly represented on a ‘Top 100 Future Leaders Awards’ list just released through The Australian Financial Review.
Arts and Culture
UOW Executive Dean judges Blake Prize winner
Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts, Professor Amanda Lawson, was an invited member of this year’s judging committee for the well-known Blake Prize for Religious Art.
Science and Technology
What keeps physicists awake at night: ripples in space and keeping students out of black holes
Physics researchers the world over are in raptures after Albert Einstein’s 99-year-old prediction was recently confirmed.
Health and Medicine
Pioneering a new field of biomedical research to better understand neurodegenerative diseases
Scientists at UOW are using novel tools derived from Earth sciences to better understand the role of metals in the development of neurodegenerative diseases including MND and Alzheimer’s.
Health and Medicine
Putting a lid on child obesity with Australian-first online program
Online lifestyle program promoting healthy weight in preschoolers to be trialled in the Illawarra.
Education
McKinnon Walker Trust a gift to water the seeds of innovation
Former University of Wollongong Vice-Chancellor Emeritus Professor Ken McKinnon AO and Suzanne Walker, a UOW alumna, have gifted more than $1 million to UOW for a fund that fosters innovation and supports excellence.