News - April 2005

1 April 2005
Baby Bonding for Dads
A new program for expectant fathers will tackle the skills needed for dads to bond effectively with their babies from day one.

1 April 2005
Official Opening of the University of Newcastle's Education Centre
The University of Newcastle's new Multi-disciplinary Education Centre will be formally opened by The Hon Tony Abbott, Minister for Health and Ageing, this Sunday.

2 April 2005
Bite Club
Researchers have discovered that the marsupial lion Thylacoleo carnifex, which roamed Australia during the ice age, had the strongest bite force for its size of any large carnivorous mammal.

3 April 2005
Indigenous men must stand up for their children
Keynote speaker at the University of Newcastle's 4th Biennial Working with Boys Building Fine Men conference, Chris Sarra will challenge Indigenous men to understand the importance of standing up for their own children within their communities.

4 April 2005
Teaching men and boys to care
Society needs to teach boys and men that 'caring counts' says a speaker at the University of Newcastle's 4th Biennial Working with Boys Building Fine Men conference currently underway in Melbourne.

5 April 2005
Are we teaching boys as if they were girls?
A keynote speaker at the University of Newcastle's 4th Biennial Working with Boys Building Fine Men conference will argue that boys and girls do have significantly different behaviours linked to their brain development which has implications for how we teach them.

7 April 2005
Removing the distance for mental health
The University of Newcastle's Centre for Rural and Remote Health (CRRMH) will present the latest in a series of six lectures on mental health issues for rural communities, via video conference later this month.

13 April 2005
The Vietnam War - Thirty Years On
To mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, the University of Newcastle's Research Group for War, Society and Culture is hosting a conference to examine the legacies of that bitterly divisive war.

18 April 2005
Preparing dad for baby
"New research shows that all-male antenatal sessions benefit expectant fathers who want to be more included in the preparation for the birth of their baby," says Richard Fletcher, a researcher at the University of Newcastle.

19 April 2005
Helping families living with a disability get started
Families living with a disability will benefit from a new initiative from the Home-Start program at the University of Newcastle.

20 April 2005
A Funny thing about Sex and War
The Conservatorium School of Music and Drama presents Lysistrata by Aristophanes the ultimate comedy of sex and war.

27 April 2005
Deadly Weather Signs
"Being able to recognise and understand weather clues could enable people to predict the weather," says Martin Babakhan, leading meteorologist from the Faculty of Science and Information Technology at the University of Newcastle.

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