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How generative artificial intelligence is reshaping education, government and law enforcement will be explored at a free public lecture hosted by The University of Western Australia next week.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Digital"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Event to focus on how fatigue affects workers","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/tired-man-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/event-to-focus-on-how-fatigue-affects-workers","publisheddate":"2026-08-10","summary":"
An international conference examining the impact of fatigue on human performance will be hosted this week by the Western Australian Centre for Road Safety Research at The University of Western Australia.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"},{"title":"Health"}]},{"title":"Volunteering with children's charity perfect fit for UWA student","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/gisela-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/volunteering-with-childrens-charity-perfect-fit-for-uwa-student","publisheddate":"2026-08-06","summary":"
For first-year biomedical student Gisela Terisno, volunteering at Save the Children’s annual book sale to help raise funds for vulnerable children was a natural choice.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Current students"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Philanthropy"}]},{"title":"Dorothy Hewett Award winners announced","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/dh-2026-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/dorothy-hewett-award-winners-announced","publisheddate":"2026-08-05","summary":"
A tale of two sisters who experience a painful but often beautiful awakening and the story of an Australian artist in Florence who asks what remains when memory and language begin to fail have been named joint winners of the 2026 Dorothy Hewett Award. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"UWA Publishing"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"Project to value, manage and protect WA's surfing culture","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/surf-economy-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/project-to-value-manage-and-protect-was-surfing-culture","publisheddate":"2026-08-03","summary":"
A new project led by UWA’s Dr Ana Manero aims to understand the value of surfing resources in Western Australia and develop Australia’s first state-level surf management guidelines.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"Awards and achievements","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/britta-award-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/awards-and-achievements","publisheddate":"2026-08-03","summary":"
UWA has a continual roll call of awards, scholarships and prizes presented to staff and students.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"WA Centre for Rural Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Grants boost health and medical research critical to our future","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/investigator-scheme-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/grants-boost-health-and-medical-research-critical-to-our-future","publisheddate":"2026-07-30","summary":"
Research to improve health outcomes for First Nations people, tackle unmet needs in genetic disease and investigate the impact of pollution on children has been boosted by more than $4 million in Federal Government funding.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Lessons in longevity","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/max-machlin_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/uniview/winter/lessons-in-longevity","publisheddate":"2026-07-30","summary":"
As our population continues to age, it’s becoming more and more important to understand what it means to ‘age well’. 
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As I navigated Western Australia's health system with my teenage son following a serious burn injury, I found myself encountering the cumulative effect of decades of multidisciplinary research.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Why Indigenous cultural values must be visible in conservation","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/fitzroy-river-convo-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/why-indigenous-cultural-values-must-be-visible-in-conservation","publisheddate":"2026-07-23","summary":"
In the Kimberley, Martuwarra – also called the Fitzroy River – is far more than a waterway.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]}]}