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Thursday 11 June 2026
UOW celebrates the life of former Vice-Chancellor Ken McKinnon AO
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Children need protection from harmful junk food marketing: report
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Environment and Energy
A heatwave in Antarctica totally blew the minds of scientists. They set out to decipher it – and here are the results
Education
Santa Claus is coming to town! How to help kids manage the big build-up to Christmas
School is out and Santa is on his way, but there’s still a bit of a wait before he wriggles down that chimney
Health and Medicine
Is it OK if my child eats lots of fruit but no vegetables?
Here are some tips if your kids don’t want to eat their veggies
Alumni
UOW graduate Nicholas Prince honoured with prestigious Florence Nightingale Medal
Award recognises Nicholas’ 30 years of exceptional service to community as a nurse
Here’s how we can bring back rail – and cut emissions
Australia’s freight used to go by train, not truck. Could a return to rail help us meet our emissions cutting goals?
Health and Medicine
UOW academic receives distinguished award for outstanding contributions to surgery
Associate Professor Laurencia Villalba awarded Graham Coupland Medal from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons