Carmela Pain’s innate curiosity led her across the ocean. At UOW College, she found the environment she needed to unlock her true academic potential, find her purpose and chart her course toward a bright future.
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Project Type: Profile pieces
Longform journalism that gets to the heart of the subject, and speaks human-to-human.
Rising strong and changing lives | UOW College Australia
Embracing physical fitness transformed Jordan Bourke’s health and future. Now, the UOW College fitness graduate has made it his mission to make a healthier, stronger life accessible to all.
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Nesting Instinct: Alumni Innovation Protecting Native Species | Thrive Magazine, Charles Sturt University
Around 300 Australian native species rely on tree hollows for breeding or shelter. It takes an average of 100 years for hollows to form naturally, and with many older trees lost to land clearing and bushfire, timber nesting boxes have long been the go-to, though imperfect, solution.
Charles Sturt graduate Mick Callan knew there had to be a better way.
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From Top Journalist to a Life of Crime: Chris Hammer’s Next Chapter | Thrive Magazine, Charles Sturt University (COVER STORY)
Chris Hammer spent three decades as a leading political and foreign correspondent before bursting onto the global crime fiction scene with an instant bestseller in 2019. And it all began at Mitchell College.
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Burning for a better future | UOW OUTLOOK MAGAZINE
In our rapidly changing climate, last summer’s fires are unlikely to be a one-off event. The future health of people and the environment hinges on better understanding and managing the risks. That’s where the incredible minds behind the NSW Bushfire Risk Management Research Hub come in.
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Force of Gravity | UOW Outlook Magazine
Power generation is the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, placing it squarely at the heart of the global renewable energy transition. But there’s a new player on the scene, putting retired mineshafts to work for our green energy future.
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2024 Alumni Award Winners | Thrive Magazine, Charles Sturt University
Meet Charles Sturt University’s outstanding 2024 Alumni Award winners and discover the remarkable contributions they are making to their communities and professions, in our regions and around the world.
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Guardrails for AI | Thrive Magazine, Charles Sturt University
As one of Australia’s foremost digital transformation experts at the peak of a 30-year career in purpose-led digital innovation, Lynn Warneke is deeply committed to advancing technology as a force for good in the world.
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Revitalising First Nations Languages and Communities | Thrive Magazine, Charles Sturt University
A trailblazer in reviving and teaching First Nations languages, Aunty Elizabeth Wright is transforming communities through connection to culture. As TAFE NSW’s first teacher of Aboriginal Languages and Culture, her Wiradjuri studies at Charles Sturt have helped shape the vibrant legacy of language and culture she is creating.
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Transforming Lives Though Literacy in Northern Uganda | Thrive Magazine, Charles Sturt University
Jody Unterrheiner was working in London as a journalist when a visit to the Northern Ugandan city of Gulu irrevocably shifted her path – and with it, the futures of generations to come.
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Fuelling a cleaner future | MQ Incubator
Meet the synthetic biology startup on the frontlines of a deep tech revolution, producing sustainable and carbon-negative hydrogen fuel from renewable agricultural waste biomass.
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Being the Change | Thrive Magazine, Charles Sturt University
Annette Ruhotas AM has always been driven to mobilise humanity for the betterment of society. The respected social sustainability expert, board director, and Deputy President of the Australian Red Cross is a passionate and powerful catalyst for positive social change.
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Educating politics | UOW OUTLOOK MAGAZINE
The best intentions on entering politics often get swallowed up in the game. But for Jihad Dib MP – NSW Member for Lakemba and Shadow Minister for Emergency Services and Energy and Climate Change – his motivation is the same as it has always been: to change lives for the better.
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Beyond the breakers | UOW OUTLOOK MAGAZINE
With its stunning beaches and surf breaks, the Illawarra is renowned for producing talented professional surfers. But for every young athlete that makes it on the competition circuit, countless others don’t – so it’s crucial to prepare for alternate futures.
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The heart of social justice | UOW OUTLOOK MAGAZINE
On paper, Dr Romina Santos Reyftmann may look like your typical high achiever: years of study in medicine and law, helping establish a successful fertility clinic with one of Australia’s leading IVF teams, and extensive high-impact work in First Nations justice and human rights law. But you don’t have to dig deeply to see that every success has been hard-won.
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Nature and Nurture | UOW Outlook Magazine
For Amanda Essery, Founder and CEO of award-winning premium Australian lifestyle brand Lovekins, creating a business around loving care for people and the planet was like coming home.
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Acting Up | UOW Outlook Magazine
The creative arts can hold up a mirror to our society, drawing us to look deeper into who we are and what we believe. For actor, singer, dancer, and writer Sarah Furnari, it’s a potent avenue for shaping a better world.
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Hungry for a share in a booming startup? Bundlfresh delivers | MQ Incubator news
Quality local produce and artisan products have never been in higher demand, but in a world where online shopping and delivery are king, small independent businesses often struggle to compete with supermarket chains. In Sydney’s Northern Beaches, innovative startup Bundlfresh is changing the game – and right now, its founders are offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for everyday people to take a stake in its prodigious growth.
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