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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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Equipping students with the skills needed to manage dementia
Pilot project to help the next generation of professionals tackle the growing issue of dementia in Australia. Â Â
Don’t hang up yet: the latest study linking mobile phones to cancer has big problems
There is still no firm evidence that mobile phones cause cancer, writes Professor Rodney Croft.
UOW gives community award to Mudgee for leadership in rural healthcare
The University of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ (UOW) has named the community of Mudgee as its 2016 UOW Community Fellowship Award recipient for its tireless efforts supporting UOW students studying medicine in the region.
Chemical derived from sea snails proving a potent cancer killer
New class of molecules proves promising in the fight against multi-drug resistant cancers.Â
Indigenous health takes over Twittersphere
UOW co-hosts the third annual Indigenous Health May Day on Thursday 12 May.
‘Living here will make you fat’ – do we need a public health warning?
Men and women living in areas of highest socioeconomic disadvantage have a 29% higher risk of being obese, write Karen Charlton and Abhijeet Ghosh.