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Eye-opening insights from the latest event in UOW's Luminaries webinar series.
Beyond the shoreline
How three women are making waves in ocean law and policy
Wheelchair racing legend Louise Sauvage receives Honorary Doctorate
Australia’s most revered Para-athlete recognised for outstanding contributions to sport and disability advocacy
The importance of the arts
Renowned actor, artist and musician, Geoff Morrell awarded Honorary Doctorate
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Arts and Culture
The rise of reboots, remakes and retelling true stories
Between Mean Girls, Wonka and Oppenheimer, you would be forgiven for asking the question: when was the last time a movie was completely new and original?
Podcasting pioneers
A desire to share the day to day reality of social workers has seen a podcasting production collective flourish.
Community, Health and Medicine
How coincidence and connections helped a shark attack survivor heal and tell his story
In 2014, exercise science student James Forsyth was completing his Honours project at the University of Wollongong (UOW) when then 21-year-old Brett volunteered for his study.
Arts and Culture
What are the ethics of creating fictionalised true crime?
As actor Evan Peters accepted his Golden Globe for his portrayal of the title character in Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Dahmer), real-life victims were still healing.
Elon Musk is taking over Twitter – now what?
The deal has caused huge worldwide discussion, soliciting comments from US President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump (the latter who was famously banned from the platform following the January 6 Riots). But does it really matter who owns Twitter?
Sick of seeing news about COVID-19? There’s a reason for that.
Case numbers are rising, and we are finally seeing the end of daily press conferences. Eighteen months into the pandemic, you might be suffering from news fatigue.