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Thursday 18 July 2024

Professor Lorna Moxham honoured for work on groundbreaking Recovery Camp

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Thursday 18 July 2024

University of Wollongong launches Local Community Partner Program

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Articles

Hockey looks to ‘armies’ in Intergenerational Report: experts react

By UOW's Martin O'Brien, with John Buchanan, University of Sydney; Alan Pears AM, RMIT University; Hal Kendig, Australian National University; Ian Lowe, Griffith University; University of Wollongong; Richard Norman, Curtin University; Rosalie Viney, University of Technology, Sydney, and Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute

Free public lecture traces the roots and evolution of surfing

From regional cottage industry to billion-dollar global empire, surfing is ingrained in Australia’s national psyche, a far cry from its humble origins in the islands of the Pacific. At the heart of it all is the surfer’s only tool – the surfboard.

New program to help get children back on track

A new program that helps primary-school aged children learn how to live with strong emotions is being launched at the University of Wollongong (UOW).

A job with lots of listening and detective work

An open and transparent complaints process will enhance learning for all, according to UOW’s new Student Ombudsman.

Summer pest or national treasure: documentary reveals the great Australian fly

A new one-hour TV documentary featuring a UOW biologist will reveal how the much-maligned spoiler of the Australian summer, the fly, is in fact a crime solver, healer, pollinator and street sweeper.

Excavating ancient knowledge through archaeology partnership

Prehistoric shell artefacts excavated from ancient graves in Thailand have been under the microscope at UOW thorough a joint project with a renowned Thai archaeologist.