We showcase the impact of UOW students, teaching, research, and graduates on the world. Our mission is to share inspiring stories that educate and motivate, highlighting the transformative power of education in addressing global challenges.
50 Voices
This year, as part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations, we have launched 50 Voices - a content series that celebrates the people who have made UOW what it is today. From labs to libraries, lawns to lecture theatres, hear unique stories from students, staff, alumni, donors, and community members who have had a lasting impact.
Articles
Environment and Energy, Research
How mangrove restoration can safeguard the Solomon Islands
In the quiet morning light of Langalanga Lagoon in the Solomon Islands’ Malaita Province, the tide drains the last of the crystal-clear water through a tangled maze of mangrove roots.
Health and Medicine, Research
Differences in male and female brains could change how we treat depression
Almost half of all people will develop a mental health disorder in their lifetime. The wide range of causes and experiences of these conditions highlights the need for deeper understandings of the biology and how it should be treated.
Research, Students
Finding your graduate research topic
Whether higher degree research is a lifelong dream or something you never knew was an option, inspiration for a topic of study can come from many sources.
Community, Research
Shaping the future of coastal fisheries in the Solomons
At 4.00 AM, under a third quarter moon in the fishing village of Oibola, Joachim Wale’oi readies his handmade dugout canoe.
Alumni, Research
How mining engineering students will power Australia’s clean energy future
Australia’s push towards net zero cannot happen without mining. From the copper and rare earths needed for wind turbines to the lithium that powers electric vehicles, every step of the renewable energy transition relies on resources beneath the ground.
Community, Research
A decade of play
We all have a favourite toy from childhood. A beloved object we remember with fondness and nostalgia. A special place where we liked to play with family and friends. For many families across the Illawarra, those memories live on at the Early Start Discovery Space.
Health and Medicine, Research, Science and Technology
Why fibre matters
In the world of nutrition, few topics have sparked as much recent interest - and as much concern - as the role of dietary fibre.
Health and Medicine, Research
A legacy of hope
When Professor Justin Yerbury AM passed away in 2023, of the very disease to which he devoted his life’s work, he left an indelible imprint on every aspect of research into the devastating condition.
Alumni, Research, Science and Technology
Women supporting women in STEM
For Distinguished Professor Sharon Robinson, Professor Martina Sanderson-Smith and Dr Tamantha Stutchbury, the University of Wollongong (UOW) is more than just a campus or a workplace.
Health and Medicine, Research, Science and Technology
Renowned physicist reflects on three decades of discovery
Distinguished Professor Anatoly Rozenfeld distinctly remembers the day he arrived at the University of Wollongong (UOW) in the hopes of securing a job. It was 1993 and he had recently emigrated, along with his wife, from Ukraine.
Community, Health and Medicine, Research
Changing the reality of healthcare
UOW is leading the charge in streamlining better health outcomes for communities through a groundbreaking patient-centred approach.
Education, Health and Medicine, Research
New research to look at the best treatment for cancer survivors
A cancer diagnosis and ongoing treatment is one of the hardest things a person can go through, but survival comes with its own challenges.
Health and Medicine, Research
Feeding the future
If you were struggling to feed your family, would you know how to access support?
Research
Comic books bring complexity of climate science to life
In a world where science often remains locked behind layers of complexity and indecipherable language, one researcher is on a mission to bring the wonders of her research to the world.
Research
Expert advice to get ahead of the hackers
In 2023, Australians lost $2.7 billion to scams, and more than 600,000 scams were reported, according to an ACCC report. Older people suffered the greatest losses.
Research
Turning plastic waste into homewares
In Australia, just 12 per cent of recyclable plastic produced each year is being recycled, and 88 per cent of all possible recyclable plastics ends up in landfill.
Research
Home truths on housing affordability
Delving into the shifting landscape of home ownership and living arrangements, UOW's latest Luminaries webinar showcased the socio-economic forces reshaping our understanding of 'home'.
Environment and Energy, Research
Diving into marine life mysteries with UOW’s MAVE Lab
With humpback whales migrating along Illawarra shorelines, we get daily reminders of the amazing marine life that exists right on our doorstep.
Business and Economy, Research
Transforming microfinance for women's empowerment
Many initiatives aimed at improving women’s rights tend to emphasise women’s empowerment through a narrow, individualistic lens. What we need is systemic change.
Research
Boss battles: Can you handle a tough manager?
Navigating the complexities of today’s workplace can be difficult, regardless of your chosen industry. But throw a challenging supervisor into the mix and the struggle becomes very real.
Health and Medicine, Research
Hidden hunger: unmasking the reality of food insecurity
Despite living in one of the world’s richest countries, up to one in four Australians go hungry.
Research
Five key insights into the treatment of Hepatitis C
‘Hepatitis C - A Public Health Success Story’ was the latest event in the University of Wollongong’s (UOW) Luminaries webinar series.
Research
Are we facing an online identity crisis?
In today’s hyperconnected world, the never-ending cycle of selfies, filtering, posting, and checking for likes and comments is almost second nature. But what’s the cost to our sense of identity, self-worth and mental health?
Research, Science and Technology
Using big-data and genetic analysis to improve plant breeding around the world
In farming, it’s crucial to evaluate the best varieties of any given crop to plant each year based on how well different genetic lines perform in varied environments.
Alumni, Research
Securing the financial future of women
Meet the UOW graduate and researcher who are each leading the way for women in finance.
Alumni, Research
Meet the UOW academics leading research across the country
Seven researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW) have been named as leading researchers across 10 scientific fields by The Australian’s Research Magazine 2024.
Education, Research
In safe hands
Meet Higher Degree Research scholars from UOW's Early Start and discover the 'why' behind their research
Environment and Energy, Research, Science and Technology
Understanding Australia’s ancient landscape
“I’m not a very spiritual person, but it’s such a spiritual place out there. It’s otherworldly, and I just sort of fell in love with the place and the community.”
Research, Science and Technology
The guardian of the e-world
For 30 years, Professor Willy Susilo has been at the forefront of cryptographic and cybersecurity breakthroughs, forging the path to Australian cybersecurity and teaching others to do the same.
International, Research
Can peace and democracy co-exist?
Former UN peacekeeper Dr Izabela Pereira Watts shares her academic expertise and firsthand experiences from the field
Education, Research
Will artificial intelligence revolutionise the higher education sector for good?
When a plumber turned up to do some work at Thomas King’s home last year, he told the IT expert that he’d recently contested a parking ticket using the artificial intelligence (AI) software program ChatGPT.
Environment and Energy, Research
Walking in the footsteps of scientists at Low Isles
Environmental researcher Associate Professor Sarah Hamylton retells her latest expedition
Health and Medicine, Research
UOW medical students leading the way with research projects
Changing medical practice and procedure is usually based on the advice of practitioners with years of experience.
Research
Embedding sustainability is serious business
Jacki Johnson has spent the past 25 years working in the insurance sector in a variety of executive and leadership roles and is a director of a mutual bank. Now her passion for sustainability has brought her to UOW.