Archive of news for November 2008
November 2008
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New horizons for students from Botswana
Five PhD students from Botswana are set to benefit from a new scholarship scheme launched today by the University of Newcastle and the Government of Botswana.
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Tsunami research off Australia's east coast
The University of Newcastle's Associate Professor Ron Boyd is leading a voyage investigating the potential for underwater landslides to generate tsunamis off the coast of NSW and Queensland.
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Creative talent on show at Central Coast campus
The emerging talent of creative arts students studying at the Central Coast campus will be on display this weekend with a new performance of their works.
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University farewells international students
The University of Newcastle will tomorrow say goodbye to more than 100 students from 24 countries, following the completion of their studies.
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| 4th |
Competitive edge on offer at postgraduate study expo
With the predicted tightening of the job market as a result of the global credit crunch, the University of Newcastle will host an expo to provide postgraduate study options to give people the competitive edge in the marketplace.
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HMRI to award a record $550,000 to Hunter research
The Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) will tonight award a record $550,000 from community and corporate donations to potentially life-changing health and medical research.
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The Hunter's top researcher will be announced tonight
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| 6th |
Showcasing technologies to deliver safe foods
The Central Coast community will receive an exclusive insight into technologies and processes designed to help the foodservice industry meet the challenge of continually ensuring product safety.
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| 6th |
Wind Orchestra presents Australian premiere of Planet Earth
The Australian premiere of the epic masterpiece Planet Earth will headline two concerts to be performed by the University of Newcastle's Wind Orchestra this week.
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| 7th |
The 21st Century Conservatorium
Tell us your ideas and help to shape new directions for the new century.
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| 10th |
Business leaders of the future compete
Australia's future business leaders will compete in the final of the 2008 University of Newcastle Kip McGrath Education Centres Year 11 Business Plan Competition this week.
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| 10th |
Leading disability advocate to address human rights lecture
Australian representative on the new United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Professor Ron McCallum AO, will today deliver the annual University of Newcastle Human Rights and Social Justice Lecture.
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| 10th |
More doorstep readers needed
The University of Newcastle is calling for volunteers to help with a highly successful reading program designed to increase young children's literacy.
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| 11th |
Anarchi - Visions from final-year students
An urban zoo for Dyke's Point on Newcastle's waterfront and a theatre complex for Newcastle's floating dock are among 26 major projects by final-year architecture students at the University of Newcastle, on display from tomorrow.
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| 12th |
National art prize for local student
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| 17th |
BMJ article calls for journalists to stop accepting drug company awards
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| 17th |
The University Gallery turns black and white
Black and white are the colours of choice in the latest exhibition on display in The University Gallery.
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| 19th |
World-class research technology on its way to Newcastle
The University of Newcastle will soon be home to a highly advanced facility that helps researchers study the structure and functions of proteins.
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| 19th |
Budding Film-Makers Get to Grips
Senior primary students across the Hunter and Central Coast are already demonstrating an aptitude for motion pictures, and a unique collaboration between schools and the University of Newcastle aims to encourage and foster their talent.
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| 20th |
HK Chief Judge to address University graduation
Chief Judge of the High Court, Geoffrey Ma Tao-Li, will deliver the occasional address at the graduation of more than 100 graduates of the University of Newcastle at a ceremony in Hong Kong on Friday.
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| 24th |
Major mental health study targets schizophrenia intervention
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| 24th |
Exposure
'Exposure' blends three one act plays penned by drama student Peter King. The plays explore the love between a man and a woman at three different stages of life.
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| 26th |
Governments 'out of touch' with public views on smoking
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| 26th |
Fourth annual High School Debating Day
Local high school students will converge on the University of Newcastle Central Coast campus at Ourimbah on Thursday 4 December for the annual High School Debating Day.
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| 27th |
Experts propose job creation needed to combat global financial crisis
Delegates and speakers from across the world will converge on the University Newcastle next week to discuss the far-reaching consequences of the current global financial crisis on employment.
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| 27th |
Comment invited on University Masterplan
The community is invited to comment on a new Strategic Masterplan for the University of Newcastle's Central Coast campus that provides a framework for coordinated future development over the coming years.
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| 28th |
Capacity not cash the key to thriving communities
The University of Newcastle's Family Action Centre (FAC) will host a major international conference next week looking at creative ways to help struggling communities help themselves.
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