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Five Bachelor of Communication students have been selected for an international media internship to film a documentary in France on the Festival 'Les Cultures du Monde'.

 Associate Professor Andrew Abbo has been appointed as the new Dean of Graduate Studies.

The Wollotuka Institute will play a leading role in celebrations across the Hunter Region this NAIDOC Week, 8-15 July.

The University has appointed Mark Pigot as its new Chief Information Officer. He began on Tuesday 25 June 2013.

Distinguished business leader appointed Chancellor

Mr Paul Jeans BE, FIE Aust, FAICD, a fourth-generation Novocastrian with a leadership career in business spanning more than four decades, has been appointed the University of Newcastle's seventh Chancellor.

A study concerning Creativity and Cultural Production in the Hunter Region was announced today as one of six University of Newcastle projects awarded highly prestigious Australian Research Council Linkage Project Grants worth a total of $1.8 million.

Using sophisticated computer modelling, a University of Newcastle researcher has helped find the missing piece to a 20-year cardiology puzzle – working out precisely how the heart regulates its beat.

 The University of Newcastle has moved up five places to be number 40 in the Times Higher Education independent ranking of the world's best universities under 50 years old, published today.