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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
Alumni
True crime wave
Exploring the ethics and boundaries at play in true crime podcasting. 鈥淎 beautiful young girl has lost her life, and she鈥檚 just been treated like a piece of garbage.鈥�
Alumni
Breaking new ground
At 28, Sally Riley left her family home in country New South Wales and headed to the University of 天美传媒 with the idea of becoming an actor.
Alumni
Realising the power of journalism
On Alice Matthews鈥� very first reporting shift for radio current affairs on ABC, she learnt a valuable lesson as a journalist: the story you think you鈥檙e going to cover, may not be the story you file at the end of the day.
Alumni
The cutting edge of anatomy
As an outdoors country girl growing up in Wagga, Katie Gaskin鈥檚 limited television time would play a pivotal role in moulding her unusual career ambition.
Alumni
Larger than life
In just three short years, Claire Foxton has expanded her already impressive creative repertoire from artist, designer and print maker, to internationally accomplished muralist.
Alumni
Lisa Havilah: a creative powerhouse
In 2003, a controversial art exhibition in Western Sydney examined the life and death of Blacktown woman Anita Cobby. The exhibition 鈥楢nita and Beyond鈥�- the brainchild of the then Casula Powerhouse director, Kon Gouriotis - involved 12 artists and reams of social history material including personal memorabilia linked to the aftermath of a crime committed in 1986.