International

A donation from a generous graduate has established a new scholarship for high-achieving undergraduate students to study engineering at the University of Newcastle.

The University of Newcastle's Community Engagement team has won a prestigious national tertiary education award for the 2012 campaign that launched the online portal Engage Newcastle.

The University of Newcastle has become a Platinum Sponsor and Official Innovation Partner of the inaugural 2013 Design, Interactive Technology & Greentech (DiG) Festival, to be held in Newcastle from 2-5 October 2013.

Confucius Institute hosts Newcastle's first China Festival

University of Newcastle Senior Lecturer in American History Dr Michael L. Ondaatje, has been selected by the US Ambassador in Australia and the US State Department to participate in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP).

Up and coming artist Skye Jacobson, from Balcolyn, has been named the 2013 winner of the Jennie Thomas Travelling Art Scholarship, one of the most hotly contested scholarships at the University of Newcastle.

University of Newcastle Laureate Professor Graham Goodwin has been named the 2013 recipient of the Rufus Oldenburger Medal by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), in recognition of his fundamental contributions to automatic control theory and practice.

University of Newcastle researchers are lining up eleven of the world's most innovative running shoe designs to compete in a world-first project testing safety and performance.