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Friday 16 January 2026
Researchers and UOW alumni to take centre stage at TEDxWollongong
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280,000-year-old fossils rewrite rock wallaby history, epic journeys shaped survival
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The seven messages of highly effective reading teachers
By Brian Cambourne, University of Wollongong
98 years of historic Illawarra paper now online
Wollongong City Council Libraries in conjunction with the University of Wollongong have now made 98 years of the Illawarra Mercury available online.
New smartphone app promises to keep the doctor away longer
Innovative minds have an opportunity to turn their ideas into reality and share in $40,000 worth of prizes.
Academics get a taste of extreme poverty
Associate Professor Karen Charlton from the School of Medicine will survive on just $2 a day as she takes on the five day Live Below the Line challenge to raise awareness about the 1.2 billion people who live in extreme poverty.
Environment and Energy
WA shark cull season ends, and ocean users don’t want it to return
Research by Dr Leah Gibbs suggests Western Australians don't want the shark culling to continue.
UOW Vice-Chancellor to deliver HEPI Annual Lecture
The United Kingdom’s Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) has announced that University of Wollongong Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Wellings, CBE, will deliver HEPI’s next Annual Lecture in London in November this year.