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Thursday 18 June 2026
World-first global assessment maps PFAS pollution in whales and dolphins
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UOW maintains its place among the top 200 universities in the world
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A new study shows little kids who count on their fingers do better at maths
There is no need to discourage finger counting at any time. Children naturally stop using their fingers when they no longer need them.
Trailblazing researchers named 2025 Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
Professor David Adams and Professor Aidan Sims honoured for immense contributions to neurophysiology, mathematics
A new path forward to healing and truth telling
In the aftermath of the Voice to Parliament referendum, UOW is prioritising healing and truth telling on its journey to reconciliation
Robodebt not only broke the laws of the land – it also broke laws of mathematics
A mathematical law called Jensen’s inequality shows the Robodebt algorithm should have generated not only debts, but also credits
New UOW appointments to transform computational statistics and marine industries
Professor Sumeetpal Singh begins as the Tibra Foundation Chair in Mathematical Sciences and Associate Professor Michelle Voyer as the Keira Endowed Professor in Energy Futures
Esteemed mathematician named as inaugural Tibra Foundation Chair
Statistician Professor Sumeetpal Singh will join UOW in 2023