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Accelerator stars develop digital personal trainer

17 Apr 2017

UNSW student Afonso Firmo hopes his startup company can make a major splash in the Australian fitness industry by turning smartphones into “digital personal trainers”.

UNSW West Magpies win National Water Polo Finals

11 Apr 2017

UNSW West Magpies have taken the crown in the 2017 National Water Polo League Finals against traditional rivals Sydney Uni Lions in a nail-biting 6-5 decider.

UNSW celebrates a stellar year in sport

10 Apr 2017

'Possibly the best year ever for UNSW sport' was how MC Andrew Jones, CEO of Cricket NSW, described 2016 at the Blues and Sports Awards last week.

Divide the year and conquer the academic calendar

29 Mar 2017

Like Julius Caesar, UNSW is changing its calendar for the better, writes Merlin Crossley.

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UNSW student awarded NSW Premier’s Multicultural Community Youth Medal

27 Mar 2017

UNSW student Khushaal Vyas has won the 2017 NSW Premier’s Multicultural Community Youth Medal.

UNSW student awarded NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year

14 Mar 2017

AGSM MBA student Kristal Kinsela has been named Aboriginal Woman of the Year in the 2017 NSW Women of the Year awards.

Powering the electric car revolution

08 Mar 2017

Tesla battery engineer Sam Paterson is right where he wants to be –facilitating the clean energy shift.

3D printed "magic shoes" make life easier for kids with disabilities

03 Mar 2017

Entrepreneur Melissa Fuller from the UNSW Michael Crouch Innovation Centre is 3D-printing low-cost mobility braces for children with disabilities.

Humanitarian scholarship helps refugee pursue his dreams

02 Mar 2017

After settling into his UNSW accommodation last week, 20-year-old Afghan asylum seeker Mohammad Ali Vaezi finally has a room that belongs to just him.

Surf devices predict real-time wave action

24 Feb 2017

UNSW graduate and inventor Nathan Adler has founded Surf Sense, a startup that's developing systems for measuring and predicting wave activity, including a wearable wave-detection device.

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