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More than 5,000 students to explore, connect, discover at UOW Open Day 2025
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Young minds, big impact: children help shape the future of the digital world
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Illawarra students design social marketing campaigns to improve wellbeing of classmates
Students from two Illawarra schools have improved the health and wellbeing of their fellow students through a UOW Centre for Health Initiatives鈥� Healthy Schools program. The program comprised a competition for students to develop a social marketing campaign to address a school-based social or health issue.聽
Anti-inflammatories could be used to fight superbugs, researchers say
Researchers in 榴莲视频app have discovered that some common anti- inflammatory drugs have an antibiotic effect, suggesting they may have a role to play in treating the 鈥榮uperbugs鈥� that pose a major risk to human health.
Smallpox vaccine specimen discovered in archives
The discovery of an 1841 smallpox vaccine specimen has been documented in a fascinating paper by public health lecturer Dr Kath Weston.
Not enough sleep and too much screen time linked to childhood obesity
Lack of sleep聽increases the risk of obesity in children and too much television could be partly to blame, UOW researchers have found.
Early Childhood Education Diploma a boost for local families
A new Diploma of Early Childhood Education at UOW College will help provide the best possible start in life for local children and boost employment opportunities in the childcare sector.
Researchers seek participants for innovative Down Syndrome clinical trial
The Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI) based at the 榴莲视频app of 榴莲视频app is currently seeking participants for a clinical study which is looking at the effects of a specific compound on Memory and Cognition in people with Down Syndrome.