Archive of news for May 2010

May 2010

10th

Writing talent shortlisted for prestigious awards

Dr Karen Hitchcock and her first book Little White Slips are in the running for two prestigious literary awards.

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10th

Mystery manuscript leads to biography

Four years after unravelling the mystery surrounding an unusual antique hand-written manuscript, Emeritus Professor Ken Dutton has written a biography on one of the authors - prominent pioneer settler and Queensland parliamentary official Lieutenant Colonel Charles Gray.

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20th

New Graduate Certificate in Business Administration program launched

The Faculty of Business and Law, the Wollotuka Institute, GraduateSchool.com Pty Ltd, and the NSW Aboriginal Land Council launched a Graduate Certificate in Business Administration program at a dinner held on Wednesday 19 May 2010 in Birabahn on the Callaghan campus.

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24th

Major milestone for Science and Engineering Challenge

There will be celebrations across three Australian states this week to mark the participation of 100,000 students in the University of Newcastle's highly successful Science and Engineering Challenge.

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25th

Celebrating excellence - awarding achievement on the Central Coast

Business and community support for academic excellence will be celebrated at the University of Newcastle Central Coast campus tonight with the annual Scholarships and Awards night.

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27th

New agreement with Chinese university

The University of Newcastle and East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai (ECUST) are joining forces once again in the areas of chemical and environmental engineering.

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27th

Conservation biologist named finalist in national environment awards

Conservation biologist and frog enthusiast, Associate Professor Michael Mahony from the Faculty of Science and IT, has been named a finalist in the United Nations Association of Australia's World Environment Day Awards 2010.

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