News - August 2005

4 August 2005
University Community Engagement, How good is it?
"The problem of the city is the problem of the University, and the improvement of the community is one vehicle for making a truly great University," says Professor Ira Harkavy, Director of the Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania (USA).

8 August 2005
Funding to help detect dementia
Researchers at the University of Newcastle have been awarded $499,977 over three years from the National Health and Medical Research Council for research into the detection and management of dementia in general practice.

10 August 2005
Media Doctor website wins Eureka Prize
Congratulations to Professor David Henry, Head of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Newcastle, and Amanda Wilson, research officer at the Newcastle Institute of Public Health, on winning the 2005 Australian Skeptics Eureka Prize for Critical Thinking.

11 August 2005
Health Care, is it generous enough?
Professor Arthur Frank's account of his own experience with cancer, and those of others' illnesses, has generated important insights in the fields of health, sociology and ethics.

15 August 2005
Excellence in Teaching Awards
The Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence has been awarded to Dr Jill Gibbons. Dr Gibbons also received the Faculty of Education and Arts award.

17 August 2005
University Climbs in World Ranking
The University of Newcastle has gained 45 places in this year's Top 500 World University Rankings by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai.

18 August 2005
Alumni Honours High Court Judge
The University of Newcastle will honour retiring High Court Judge, The Hon Justice Michael McHugh AC, at the presentation of the Sydney Alumni Medal this Friday.

22 August 2005
Rare Beatles Scrapbooks at the University Book Fair
Three scrapbooks filled with newspaper clippings about the lives and triumphs of the Beatles are among the rare items to be auctioned at the Friends of the University of Newcastle Book Fair from 27 August to 3 September 2005 at the University's Great Hall.

23 August 2005
World expert on low birth weights delivers lecture
"Low birth weights in babies can lead to a number of diseases in adulthood, including coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension and diabetes," says Professor David Barker, from the University of Southampton in the UK.

24 August 2005
University Announces its Second Laureate Professor
One of the world's leading experts in the area of infertility, Professor John Aitken has become the University of Newcastle's second Laureate Professor.

25 August 2005
Keeping kids cool under pressure
A group program will be launched by the University of Newcastle's Psychology Clinic for primary school aged children with anxiety.

29 August 2005
Date set for John Turner Memorial History Lecture
The 2005 John Turner Memorial History Lecture will be held on Thursday 15 September 2005.

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