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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
Health and Medicine
Digital fatigue is real
A few tips on how to combat emotional exhaustion while in lockdown
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.
Community
Take a walk on the wild side to avoid COVID blues
Bob Dylan sang 鈥淭he times are a changin鈥�,鈥� but I don鈥檛 think Bob had COVID in mind.
Community
How ‘beer and banter’ is helping men to open up
When Lachlan Stevens bought His Boy Elroy two years ago, he had a vision to build a brand based on three principles: loyalty, authenticity, and community. Now his grassroots initiative Barstool Brothers is growing.
Alumni
Traversing career stereotypes
Throughout history, women and men have chosen careers that were either expected, inherited or simply all that were available to them. Choices were limited, particularly for women who were often guided into caring and nurturing roles such as nursing or teaching, while men were steered towards more physically taxing or technical endeavours.
Alumni
Mothers of our inventions
Until recently, the research of women鈥檚 diseases has often been pushed to the sideline. As a result, many female-specific conditions have been misdiagnosed or ignored.