News - February 2006

6 February 2006
Music makes maths child's play
"Involvement in performing and fine arts helps students' engagement with school life and academic achievement," says Jennifer StGeorge, a PhD student from the University of Newcastle.

7 February 2006
University Welcomes Students
The University of Newcastle will welcome more than 160 commencing students to the academic year at the Port Macquarie campus this week.

10 February 2006
O Week at the University of Newcastle
Students commencing study in programs at the University of Newcastle will spend next week finding their way around the Callaghan and Ourimbah campuses as part of the annual Orientation Program.

13 February 2006
Rural Clinical School for Tamworth
The University of Newcastle will receive $1.5 million each year from the Australian Government's Department of Health and Ageing to establish a Rural Clinical School (RCS) in July 2006.

13 February 2006
University Centre Named in Honour of Staff Personality
A decision to name the refurbished Data Centre at the University of Newcastle after a popular former member of staff, has been greeted with great pleasure by the University community.

15 February 2006
Internationally Regarded Architect to Take up University Chair
An internationally regarded architect has been appointed to a newly created Chair of Architectural Design at the University of Newcastle. The Chair, which has been partly funded by acclaimed Newcastle architectural firm, Suters Architects, will be taken up by Professor Steffen Lehmann.

17 February 2006
Creative Student Has the Write Stuff
Five stories that follow the relationship of a married couple living in Laman Street after the 1989 Newcastle earthquake have earned acclaim for a student at the University of Newcastle. The stories by Patrick Cullen were submitted for his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Creative Writing at the University of Newcastle last year.

20 February 2006
University advice on offer
Following the release of the Main round of university offers, the University of Newcastle will hold Advisory Days at its three campuses tomorrow.

23 February 2006
Student has eye on research discovery
A PhD student from the University of Newcastle has found for the first time that nerve cells affected by Macular Degeneration actually cope with the eye disease by growing new cell connections.

24 February 2006
Are We All Becoming Patients - for Profit?
A Conference to be held in Newcastle during April will explore a phenomenon becoming more prevalent in recent times - 'Disease-Mongering' - the promotion of new disorders or the redefinition of existing disorders in order to generate or expand markets for medical products.

28 February 2006
Lead a Camel or Two - Do It for Australia
It might seem like an unusual ask, but for one of the University's students it was a huge honour to lead 10 camels along one of Newcastle’s beaches.

February 2006
University appoints new Director of Marketing and Public Relations
In an announcement today, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nick Saunders, said he was pleased to announce the appointment of Andrea Hammond as the University's new Director of Marketing and Public Relations.

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