Archive of news for July 2012
July 2012
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Art and medicine combine for improved health outcomes
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Researchers begin moving into new HMRI Building
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East coast lows crucial to keeping the Hunter hydrated
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Coal & Allied support community-minded students
Hunter Valley coal producer Coal & Allied has partnered again with the University of Newcastle to support Hunter students pursue their passion by providing $60,000 in scholarships.
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Young people with diabetes worse off in rural areas
In National Diabetes Week, Newcastle researchers are leading the charge to improve services for young people living with diabetes in rural areas to bring them up to par with their city cousins.
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Newcastle model leads equity and excellence in Indigenous education
On the back of figures released by the Australian Government indicating a national increase in access and participation by Indigenous students in higher education, the University of Newcastle is championing an equity and excellence model that is delivering strong results.
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Who is taking care of your retirement savings?
In an Australian first, new research will assess the performance of the nation’s superannuation funds and formulate optimum investment strategies based on in-depth academic analysis.
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Artists show their virtual reality
The University Gallery is partnering with Sydney’s King Street Gallery to showcase the works of eight of Australia’s leading contemporary landscape artists. Each artist approaches the landscape from their private world depicting their own virtual reality.
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Can Australia make the UN Security Council work better?
The president of the UN Security Council at the time of the Rwandan genocide in 1994 will deliver a public lecture at the University of Newcastle on Tuesday 17 July.
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| 17th |
Project logs onto smart technology to share Indigenous knowledge
A University of Newcastle research team will explore the potential of smart technology to share the thousands of years of Indigenous knowledge and understanding of Australia’s landscape, plants and animals.
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Asthma research discovers key to treatment resistance
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Choir’s silver haul in Cincinnati
The University of Newcastle Chamber Choir has been named among the best of the best following a stellar result at the World Choir Games in Cincinnatti.
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EXPERT COMMENTATORS LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES
The following University of Newcastle experts are available for comment during the London Olympics Games.
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SHED-IT motivates blokes to battle beer-bulge
A world-first weight loss program by researchers at the University of Newcastle has motivated 85 Hunter men to ‘shed’ a total of 438kgs – equal to about 40 cartons of beer.
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Another award for top Newcastle cancer researcher
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$3.7 million secured for five Newcastle researchers
Five mid-career researchers at the University of Newcastle have received prestigious Future Fellowships from the Australian Research Council.
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| 26th |
Governor of NSW to install new Chancellor
The University of Newcastle is preparing to celebrate the important and historical installation of its sixth Chancellor, Dr Ken Moss AM.
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Free oral health checks at Mingara throughout August
The University of Newcastle’s free community mobile oral health service is gearing up for its next Central Coast clinic.
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Challenge to spark young bright minds
More than 1,500 of the Hunter’s brightest young minds will be put to the test this week during the 2012 Ausgrid Newcastle Science and Engineering Challenge.
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