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Wednesday 19 March 2025
50 Voices of UOW: From the labs to the library to the lawns
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Health and Medicine
Award-winning autism program to be adapted for preschools
New preschool program to help foster compassion towards children with high-functioning autism.
Health and Medicine
Australian first camp to tackle mental illness
New initiative for people with a mental illness also trains next generation of Australian health professionals.
Law, Politics and Society
Michael Kirby public lecture on North Korea’s human rights breaches
Revelations on the many breaches of universal human rights by North Korea will be the focus of a public lecture to be delivered by former High Court Justice, Michael Kirby, AC CMG, in Wollongong on Monday 11 May.
Science and Technology
Chief Scientist opens revolutionary new sciences teaching space
A brand new $35 million state-of-art space that will revolutionise the way sciences are taught at UOW has been officially opened by Australia’s Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb AC.
Taking the challenge by eating on $2 a day
Associate Professor Karen Charlton has now embarked on living below the line – the extreme poverty line that is by eating on $2 a day for five days.
Education
Why are young Australian unis punching above their weight?
The latest Times Higher Education rankings of universities under 50 years old paints a positive picture for the Australian higher education sector.