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Wednesday 15 April 2026
UOW appoints Professor Ana Deletic as Provost
Read more about UOW appoints Professor Ana Deletic as ProvostTuesday 14 April 2026
New project develops smart surfboard fins to help reduce shark attack risk
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UOW early career researchers awarded $1.3 million in funding
Dr Elyse Stanes, Dr Anna Farmery and Dr Yannan Li to advance their research over next three years
Cracking the code for Parkinson’s, one cell at a time
UOW researchers receive $1.3M funding from The Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Shake It Up Australia to further understanding of Parkinson’s disease
UOW experts available for comment this week (27 September - 1 October)
UOW academics provide expert commentary, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories
Backcountry visitors are leaving poo piles in the Australian Alps – and it’s a problem
When you think of backcountry snow adventures, you think of pristine wilderness. But there’s a problem: what to do with your poo.
We helped fill a major climate change knowledge gap, thanks to 130,000-year-old sediment in Sydney lakes
Our new research investigated how erosion transports carbon to the bottom of lakes, where it’ll never be released into the atmosphere.
Pedalling for change
For bikes to get more gravity in the Australian transport network, we need to reposition the car as a well-behaved co-host of the road rather than its rightful owner