{"results":[{"title":"Survey reveals marine biodiversity hotspot needs protection","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/exmouth-gulf_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/september/survey-reveals-marine-biodiversity-hotspot-needs-protection","publisheddate":"2026-09-01","summary":"
An environmental DNA study by a multi-institutional research collaboration has revealed distinct regions of extraordinary marine biodiversity that can help inform management of a proposed marine park in Western Australia’s Exmouth Gulf.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Geography and Planning"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Sanctions and bombs won't end the war in Iran - Trump is running out of options","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation-endless-iran-war_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/september/sanctions-and-bombs-wont-end-the-war-in-iran-trump-is-running-out-of-options","publisheddate":"2026-09-01","summary":"
President Donald Trump has entangled the United States in a war of choice with Iran that he cannot easily win or quit. The war was meant to be what Trump called “a little excursion” that would be over within a few weeks. But it is now into its seventh month, with no end in sight.","sxaTags":[{"title":"International"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Awards and achievements","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/awards-and-achievements_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/september/awards-and-achievements","publisheddate":"2026-09-01","summary":"
The University of Western Australia has a continual roll call of awards, scholarships and prizes presented to staff and students. To recognise these achievements, an article is published on the UWA news page on the website and in UWA Forward on the first week of every month.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Dental School"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"School of Allied Health"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Innovation"}]},{"title":"Richard Flanagan's essays have a ferocious moral force","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation_flanagan_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/september/richard-flanagans-essays-have-a-ferocious-moral-force","publisheddate":"2026-09-01","summary":"
Richard Flanagan’s latest book Heresies is a collection of 24 occasional pieces published between 2009 and 2025. They cover a range of topics dear to the author’s heart but also display the deep thinking and reading of one of Australia’s leading writers.","sxaTags":[{"title":"School of Humanities"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Would Michelangelo's David pass a looksmaxxing audit?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation_looksmaxxing_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/would-michelangelos-david-pass-a-looksmaxxing-audit","publisheddate":"2026-08-31","summary":"
If you’ve ever ventured into the fitness corners of social media, you may have come across influencers peddling the ideal of a “Greek god” physique.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"School of Humanities"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Funding for critical mother and baby health research","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/wirf-research-funding_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/funding-for-critical-mother-and-baby-health-research","publisheddate":"2026-08-31","summary":"
Seven researchers from The University of Western Australia will tackle critical health challenges affecting women and babies thanks to research funding from the Women and Infants Research Foundation (WIRF).","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Obstetrics and Gynaecology"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Six months into the US‑Iran war, will there be any accountability for potential war crimes?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/iranwar_card.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/six-months-into-the-us-iran-war","publisheddate":"2026-08-28","summary":"
The Trump administration has consistently viewed itself as being above international law.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Leading people who do not have to follow","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/simon-ellengsen-800x442.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/leading-people-who-do-not-have-to-follow","publisheddate":"2026-08-28","summary":"
In mid-2019, nine months before the pandemic, I was approached by my boss to ask if I would act in his role, as he was moving into a more senior position in the organisation.","sxaTags":[{"title":"ICRAR"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"How ancient Greeks and Romans tried to treat sick birds","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation-ancient-bird-flu_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/how-ancient-greeks-and-romans-tried-to-treat-sick-birds","publisheddate":"2026-08-27","summary":"
The science being used to tackle H5N1 bird flu is modern but some of the practical questions about dealing with sick birds are surprisingly old.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"School of Humanities"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"New study shines light on the real nature of little red dots in the universe","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation_red-dots_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/new-study-shines-light-on-the-real-nature-of-litte-red-dots-in-the-universe","publisheddate":"2026-08-25","summary":"
In 2023, the James Webb Space Telescope revealed something strange: the distant reaches of the universe are filled with “little red dots” that astronomers still can’t quite explain. A new paper published in Nature Astronomy might have found the key to understanding their nature.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"ICRAR"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Space"}]}]}