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Wednesday 15 April 2026
UOW appoints Professor Ana Deletic as Provost
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Environment and Energy
Coal was king of the Industrial Revolution, but not always the path to a modern economy
Coal powered the machinery and lit what English poet William Blake described as ‘dark satanic mills’, writes Professor Simon Ville.
Science and Technology
A 700,000-year-old fossil find shows the Hobbits’ ancestors were even smaller
New evidence shows hobbits were in Indonesia at least 700,000 years ago, writes Dr Gerrit (Gert) van den Bergh.
Science and Technology
Remarkable new finds are clues to ‘hobbit’ ancestry
International team of researchers find 700,000-year-old hobbit remains.
Environment and Energy
Engineering students map flood risk in megacity of Jakarta
A group of UOW engineering students have investigated the deepest depths of Jakarta in not unchallenging conditions – all in the name of research.
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.
Law, Politics and Society
Unclear about fairness, Australia’s major parties focus on expediency
Scott Morrison said the government’s changes to superannuation were done in the name of fairness, writes UOW's Associate Professor Gregory Melleuish.