Media Releases: News & Media @ UOW

UOW to test Australia's next sports stars

Bernie Goldie — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:33:00 UTC +1000

How Australia performs at the 2012 Olympic Games in London may well depend on a search now under way for the next generation of Australian sports stars. Read more...

A helping hand for HSC economics students

Bernie Goldie — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:57:00 UTC +1000

Local HSC students will have an opportunity tomorrow (Friday 4 September) to gain valuable tips from Australian leading economic commentator, Ross Gittens, at the University of Wollongong HSC Economics Studies Day. Read more...

Films outside Hollywood: Workshop looks at East Asian film industries

Kate McIlwain — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:26:00 UTC +1000

A workshop being held at UOW tomorrow (Friday 4 September) invites staff and students to explore film industries outside mainstream Hollywood and Europe and look at new international collaborations in East Asian film industries. The workshop is titled “Intersecting Culture, Policy and Pr... Read more...

Award presentation ceremony to acknowledge 'Australia's best kept secret'

Bernie Goldie — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:12:00 UTC +1000

One in six Australian children start school speaking two languages -- English and their home language but by the time they reach Year 12 most will have lost their home language and switched to English only. Read more...

UOW campus becomes a 'Global Highway'

Bernie Goldie — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:03:00 UTC +1000

‘Global Highway’ will be held tomorrow (Thursday 27 August) as part of International Week which is being held at UOW from Monday 24 August to Friday 28 August. Read more...

Scientist to probe when humans first arrived in Australia

Bernie Goldie — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:05:00 UTC +1000

A Senior Research Fellow from UOW’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dr Zenobia Jacobs, was last night awarded the prestigious L’Oréal Australia ‘For Women in Science’ Fellowship for 2009. The awards were announced at a ceremony held at. L’Oré... Read more...

First joint UOW/CSIRO workshop on superconductors

Bernie Goldie — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:31:00 UTC +1000

The first joint University of Wollongong/CSIRO workshop on superconducting materials and devices will be held tomorrow at the Innovation Campus in Wollongong (Wednesday August 26). Read more...

How potato and Elvis festivals reap economic benefits

Bernie Goldie — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:25:00 UTC +1000

'Serious fun -- festivals and the revitalisation of rural Australia' will be the topic for the next Uni in the Brewery presentation to be held tomorrow (Wednesday 26 August) at the Five Islands Brewery. Read more...

International cancer workshop at Wollongong Hospital

Bernie Goldie — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:18:00 UTC +1000

Wollongong Hospital will play host tomorrow (Wednesday 26 August) to a scientific workshop looking at the latest international developments in the area of radiation treatments for cancer. Read more...

Sydney Business School research on display

Kate McIlwain — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:33:00 UTC +1000

UOW’s Sydney Business School is hosting the 2009 SBS Higher Degree Research Student Conference next week from Monday 24 - Wednesday 26 August at the Innovation Campus Function Centre. Read more...

International Week ready to swing into action

Bernie Goldie — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:32:00 UTC +1000

The University of Wollongong is all set to celebrate its multicultural diversity during International Week which runs from August 24-28. Read more...

Federal Government announces UOW as headquarters for energy pipeline research

Bernie Goldie — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:32:00 UTC +1000

The Australian community is facing a substantial challenge because of increasing financial and carbon constraints that place a clear focus on future energy supplies. Energy pipelines are critical to this future. Read more...

UOW and Dragons form strategic alliance

Nick Hartgerink — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:45:00 UTC +1000

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Wollongong scores two research entries in national business plan competition finals

Bernie Goldie — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:38:00 UTC +1000

Two University of Wollongong (UOW) business ideas entries are among seven finalists in the annual University of Queensland (UQ) Business School's annual Enterprize competition designed to assist start-up companies with seed capital, business plans and to foster effective networking with ve... Read more...

Wollongong to host national forum on ICT & Creative Industries

Kate McIlwain — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:40:00 UTC +1000

Wollongong’s high tech facilities and great minds will be the centre of attention at a national forum on technology and creative industries next week, with virtual attendees logging in to participate from all around Australia. Read more...

National Science Week at UOW

Kate McIlwain — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:41:00 UTC +1000

This week (15-23 August) is National Science Week, and the University of Wollongong is hosting a number of events to promote science education and make the exceptional research happening at the university accessible to the public. Read more...

Underwater archaeology -- photographic exhibition of seas, lakes and rivers of Italy

Bernie Goldie — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:01:00 UTC +1000

An exhibition of photos of underwater archaeology is on view in the University of Wollongong Library Panizzi Room. Read more...

US Consul General to visit Wollongong

Bernie Goldie — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:22:00 UTC +1000

The US Consul General, Ms Judith Fergin, will make a goodwill visit to the University of Wollongong on Monday 17 August. Read more...

Decade of five-star successes for UOW

Bernie Goldie — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:58:00 UTC +1000

The stars keep on shining for the University of Wollongong (UOW) as far as the 2010 Good Universities Guide is concerned – with UOW now reaching a continuous decade of five-star successes in the key categories of “Getting a Job”, “Positive Graduate Outcomes”... Read more...

Welcome for newly-enrolled Indian students

Bernie Goldie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:59:00 UTC +1000

About 50 Indian students are expected to attend a special student welcome to Wollongong today aimed at educating them about studying and living in Australia. Read more...

Topo Rodriguez to host mental health forum at UOW

Kate McIlwain — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:27:00 UTC +1000

Former rugby star Enrique “Topo” Rodriguez will be speaking at a Mental Health Education Forum held at the University of Wollongong on Monday 31 August. Read more...

Social responsibility and the global financial crisis

Bernie Goldie — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:06:00 UTC +1000

SInet (or Social Innovation Network) will tomorrow (Thursday 6 August) conduct a seminar focused on ‘Social responsibility and global financial crisis: The missing link’. Read more...

Coming of age -- UOW holds 21st Annual Accounting and Finance Doctoral Consortium

Bernie Goldie — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:04:00 UTC +1000

The School of Accounting and Finance will hold its 21st Annual Doctoral Consortium at the University of Wollongong tomorrow (Friday 31 July) with three guest speakers discussing carbon credits; accounting and the global financial crisis; and qualitative research. Read more...

Healthy lifestyles are important for preschoolers too

Kate McIlwain — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:18:00 UTC +1000

Researchers from the University of Wollongong have developed a healthy lifestyles program – called the Time2bHealthy Program – for parents of pre-school children. It is an online program that is completed in the home and is the first of its kind in Australia. Read more...

Looking for free breakfast cereals?

Bernie Goldie — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:23:00 UTC +1000

The Smart Foods Centre at the University of Wollongong is conducting the final stage of a cholesterol study and will supply six weeks’ worth of breakfast cereals to volunteers able to participate. Read more...