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News • 22 May 2023
Warm your Head and Heart!
Our friends at Mark Hughes Foundation have just released this year’s beanie designs! When you buy a beanie, all of the proceeds will support crucial brain cancer research and treatment.
News • 30 Mar 2023
United nations day honour for national stem challenge
A flagship science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) outreach program has been awarded a prestigious 2022 United Nations Day Honour.
News • 30 Mar 2023
New scholarship explores politics of biodiversity
A new Politics of Biodiversity Scholarship is funding PhD research aimed at finding better ways to support biodiversity conservation and preserve the Earth we share.
News • 30 Mar 2023
Collaboration delivers world-first for radiation oncology
The newly opened Global Centre for Research and Training in Radiation Oncology at the University of Newcastle is elevating the standard of cancer care around the world with support from our valued partners and collaborators.
News • 30 Mar 2023
Mission possible: industry gets behind NU Teams
NU Teams’ non-profit student initiative has joined forces with new industry partners to inspire, support and empower our rising stars in key fields of engineering technology.
News • 20 Oct 2022
Powerful artworks add punch to collections
Cultural gifts through the University represent a unique opportunity to showcase significant Australian artists and preserve our cultural heritage for future generations.
News • 20 Oct 2022
World-first pain-free diabetes test
Painful tests may soon be a thing of the past with University of Newcastle researchers developing a world-first, pain-free diabetes test, set to change the lives of more than 460 million people living with diabetes globally.
News • 20 Oct 2022
Forging the future: new sustainability scholarship
With the winds of change sweeping through Australia’s energy industry, a new philanthropic scholarship generously funded by Oceanex Energy is set to bolster University of Newcastle research into renewable energy options.
News • 20 Oct 2022
Empowering teachers to empower each other
The pandemic highlighted the value of teachers like no other time in recent history. University of Newcastle education researchers and the Paul Ramsay Foundation have supported them every step of the way.
News • 20 Oct 2022
A new generation bringing history to life
What began as a passion for history is fuelling the careers of future historians through the Vera Deacon Regional History Fund.
News • 20 Oct 2022
New $25 million Mark Hughes Foundation Centre for Brain Cancer Research
Great minds unite: The Mark Hughes Foundation and the University of Newcastle partner in new centre for brain cancer research.
News • 20 Sep 2021
Teaming up to tackle brain cancer
The Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF) has committed $7.5 million to fund a dedicated brain cancer team to drive critical research, education and health care improvements for brain cancer patients and their families.
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