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Wednesday 15 April 2026
UOW appoints Professor Ana Deletic as Provost
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New project develops smart surfboard fins to help reduce shark attack risk
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Education
A new funding model: will Challenge-led research transform the way we do research?
Challenge-led funding for research has people talking, writes Professor Chris Gibson, Director of UOW's Global Challenges Program.
New Colombo Plan Mobility Program success for UOW
Significant funding allows students to experience study opportunities in the Indo-Pacific region.
Education
Preschoolers encouraged to move more, sit less
Standing Preschools project investigates the positive health effects of moving more and sitting less.
Festival of bright ideas sparks thirst for knowledge
UOW's newest professors shared their potentially world-changing research at the second Big Ideas Festival.
Education
Shoalhaven Campus closed today and open night postponed
The University of Wollongong Shoalhaven Campus will be closed today in the interests of safety after torrential rains caused widespread flooding throughout the region.
Health and Medicine
New breed of Australian plum promising in fight against dementia
Researchers test Queen Garnet Plum juice on blood pressure and memory in one of the first human trials on the new ‘superfood.’