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50 Voices
This year, as part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations, we have launched 50 Voices - a content series that celebrates the people who have made UOW what it is today. From labs to libraries, lawns to lecture theatres, hear unique stories from students, staff, alumni, donors, and community members who have had a lasting impact.
Articles
Science and Technology
Stefania’s journey to outer space
Could it also take the Three-Minute Thesis winner into space one day as well?
Environment and Energy, Community, Study areas, Science and Technology
The rise of eco-anxiety
As the world continues to grapple with the tangible impacts of climate change, eco-anxiety has become a very real problem.
Science and Technology
The race to save the corroboree frog
As bushfires raced through Kosciuszko National Park in January, researchers from the ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵapp of ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵapp watched in horror. Only weeks before, they had dropped more than 100 precious corroboree frogs into the area as part of their species recovery program.
Education, Environment and Energy, Health and Medicine, International, Study areas, Science and Technology
A blueprint to change the world
The ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵapp of ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵapp is working to effect change on a global level, with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals providing a roadmap for creating a better world for all.
Science and Technology
How augmented reality brought Desert Rose to life
The ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵapp of ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵapp’s Desert Rose took out second place in 2018’s Solar Decathlon competition in the Middle East. But without the use of augmented reality, the project might never have made it off the ground.
Science and Technology
Mobile phone exposure and child development
Since mobile phones were introduced to markets in 1983, mobile phone use has increased dramatically, with over 5 billion user subscriptions in 2019. Almost half of Australian children aged 6 to 13 now own, or have regular access to, the devices.