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Pull up a stool and savour a cool glass of science as some of The University of Western Australia’s brightest minds hit CBD bars for a series of free public talks on Tuesday 27 October.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Cyber security"},{"title":"Digital"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Geography and Planning"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Biomedical Sciences"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"UWA Public Policy Institute"},{"title":"VaxPol"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Yemen is spiralling into another civil war that could engulf the region","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation-yemen-conflict_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/october/yemen-is-spiralling-into-another-civil-war-that-could-swiftly-engulf-the-entire-region","publisheddate":"2026-10-07","summary":"
While the US-Iran war has grabbed the headlines this year, the rapidly escalating conflict between the Houthis and Yemen’s internationally recognised government and Saudi Arabia risks becoming just as consequential for the region.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Defence"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Martial arts champ and public policy advocate named Rhodes Scholar","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/rhodes-scholar_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/september/martial-arts-champ-and-public-policy-advocate-named-rhodes-scholar","publisheddate":"2026-09-14","summary":"
A community-minded leader and martial arts champion with a passion for public policy has been awarded Western Australia’s Rhodes Scholarship for 2027.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Study finds school leavers' vaccine mandate fast-tracked jab take-up","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/katieatwell800x442.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/september/study-finds-school-leavers-vaccine-mandate-fast-tracked-jab-take-up","publisheddate":"2026-09-11","summary":"
A new collaborative study has found that while a Covid vaccine mandate was successful in speeding up vaccine take-up by Year 12 students who wanted to attend 2021 Leavers celebrations in Dunsborough, it didn’t lead to any new vaccinations.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Diverse UWA projects share in $344 million for Australian research","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/arc-future-fellowships_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/september/diverse-uwa-projects-share-in-344-million-for-australian-research","publisheddate":"2026-09-10","summary":"
Seven researchers from The University of Western Australia have received prestigious fellowships to explore questions including how Indigenous peoples used fire over millennia, post-pandemic vaccination resistance, how the first black holes formed and grew, and the costs and benefits of ‘presenteeism’ in the workplace.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"ICRAR"},{"title":"Physics"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Software Engineering"},{"title":"VaxPol"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Space"}]},{"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":"Can you teach yourself to detect AI writing? Maybe","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation_detect-ai-writing_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/can-you-teach-yourself-to-detect-ai-writing","publisheddate":"2026-08-25","summary":"
AI is quietly reshaping writing. It’s not just that prose is changing — the very structure of written language is genuinely changing too.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"The Taliban has brought Afghanistan close to collapse, but resistance is growing","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation-taliban_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/the-taliban-has-brought-afghanistan-close-to-collapse-but-resistance-is-growing","publisheddate":"2026-08-18","summary":"
Five years after returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s rule remains as ultra-extremist as ever. Acting in the name of a self-centred version of Islam, the group has made no effort to modify its hardline ideological beliefs in favour of a more humane and inclusive approach to governing.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Defence"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"From silver dressings to healing spaces: a week that revealed the impact of university research","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/amanda-d-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/from-silver-dressings-to-healing-spaces-a-week-that-revealed-the-impact-of-university-research","publisheddate":"2026-07-29","summary":"
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":"US and Iran are back at war due to one main sticking point","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/strait-of-hormuz-details-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/us-and-iran-are-back-at-war-due-to-one-main-sticking-point","publisheddate":"2026-07-14","summary":"
Control over the Strait of Hormuz has become the main bone of contention between the US and Iran in their prolonged conflict.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]}]}