Pearls have become the personal signature of burns specialist Fiona Wood.

Now, the substance that forms the luminous gems may be used by Winthrop Professor Wood in her quest for functional skin regeneration after injury.

“This is my bookstore … this is my lecture theatre … these are my pets…”

The ducks and the peacocks became the pets of international student Tammy Key in This is My UWA, the video she and Ed Cryer made to promote the University to prospective international students.

Stem cell research will be a focus of Australia's first international translational dental science research program, based at UWA.

How does ‘race' have an impact on our lives? What is a ‘racial autobiography'? And what are the hidden obstacles that Indigenous students have to overcome as they undertake their studies?

These are just some of the questions that challenged the staff members from UWA Albany and the Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management who recently took part in a pilot program aimed at increasing cultural awareness on campus.