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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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Like Pokemon, UOW's innovation is everywhere
Pokemon Go's $9.9 billion boost to the share value of Nintendo is the same as the total research income evaluated by the ARC, writes UOW Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings.
‘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.
Global mobility partner institutions attend UOW’s inaugural ‘Partner Day’
UOW is strengthening its international ties conducting its inaugural global mobility  ‘Partner Day’ on 25 February – timed to suit staff from UOW’s global student mobility partners attending the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE) to be  held in Melbourne from 29 February to 3 March.
What keeps physicists awake at night: ripples in space and keeping students out of black holes
Physics researchers the world over are in raptures after Albert Einstein’s 99-year-old prediction was recently confirmed.Â
Gifted youngsters challenged with fun school holiday learning
More than 900 academically high-achieving primary and high school students descend on UOW.Â
European Space Agency engineer to inspire Australia’s next crop of innovators
More than 900 primary and high school students will converge on UOW on Wednesday 4 November for Australia’s largest science fair.