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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
Community, Health and Medicine
What is toxic positivity?
As NSW continues its second and strictest COVID lockdown, there has been plenty of focus on maintaining a positive outlook.
Environment and Energy, Health and Medicine
How to choose milk for yourself and the environment
The acceptance of alternative milk in Australia is booming, with plant-based products equating seven per cent of milk consumed and the industry worth around $230 million in 2020.
Environment and Energy
Plastic is no longer just a marine problem
鈥淢ore and more, we are finding that microplastics are in the atmosphere, in the mountains, in the ice caps, in the human environment.鈥�
Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
SDG seven is working towards 鈥榚nsuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all鈥�. Universities play an integral role in this, through research, teaching, community and industry engagement, knowledge exchange, advocacy and of course, campus operations.
Arts and Culture
Beauty within a 10km radius
The word euphoric is mentioned, along with sparkling and alive. Could ocean pool swimming be an unlikely remedy to COVID-19 lockdown blues?
Arts and Culture
How the Women's Weekly changed our food culture
The Australian Women's Weekly changed the way we eat, the recipes we cook, and the food we love.