Archive of news for December 2009
December 2009
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National honours for leading physicist
Renowned physicist Professor John O'Connor has received two national honours for his passionate commitment to promoting science in schools and communities across Australia.
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Visiting expert in safety science
The WorkCover NSW Research Centre of Excellence (WRCE) will host a visiting expert in safety science at the University of Newcastle's Central Coast campus this week.
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$1.3 million delivers state-of-the-art technology to Newcastle
A state-of-the-art system that uses lasers as tweezers to dissect cells will soon be in place at the University of Newcastle.
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Year 9 girls arrive for maths + science summer school
Year 9 students from across New South Wales will spend next week hearing about the wonders of space science, gaining hands-on experience in forensic DNA fingerprinting and taking a closer look at artificial intelligence.
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Innovation on display at industrial design exhibition
A ski lift for mountain bikes and a sandwich press that can be washed in the dishwasher are among more than 40 major projects by industrial design students on display this week.
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The Newcastle Earthquake - 20 years on
The failure of the Newcastle Workers Club building in the 1989 Newcastle earthquake is the topic of a keynote presentation to be given this week by the University of Newcastle's Professor Rob Melchers.
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| 7th |
Revealing bushrangers' motivation
A new book by the University of Newcastle's Dr Susan West reveals the most notorious bushrangers in NSW were not simply violent criminals, but bandits protesting against the state of society.
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Students argue the point at annual Debate Cup
Local high school students will go head to head in the annual Debate Cup at the University of Newcastle Central Coast campus.
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Live, learn and grow in Australia
A Canadian exchange student who studied at the University of Newcastle has taken out first prize in a video competition designed to showcase Australia to prospective international students.
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Indigenous advocate profiled in international magazine
Annie Vanderwyk - an advocate for creating educational and economic opportunities for Indigenous women in Australia - has been profiled in the latest edition of the international Global Woman magazine.
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$500,000 to revolutionise solar energy research
Researchers at the University of Newcastle have been awarded more than half a million dollars to create a new device that converts solar energy directly into electricity.
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Combating 'I'm bored' as the school holidays kick off
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Expert comment - Newcastle earthquake anniversary
Leading Australian structural engineer Professor Rob Melchers from the University of Newcastle is available to discuss the collapse of the Newcastle Workers Club building in the 1989 Newcastle earthquake.
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| 29th |
Researchers clean out the clutter
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