November 2013

A jail above Kotara Westfield, a lunar research facility located on the moon, and an urban farm that occupies the rail corridor in Newcastle are just a few of the architectural designs developed by University of Newcastle final year Master of Architecture students, on display at the Christ Church Cathedral in Newcastle and Pier 2/3 in Walsh Bay, Sydney later this month.

A collaborative research project that aims to give Central Coast businesses a better understanding of how to succeed, despite the region's unique challenges, has received a national education award.

Industrial design students inspired to design products that help to solve real-world problems and improve productivity.

University of Newcastle Surveying graduate Matthew Gibbs is this years' winner of an Australian Consulting Surveyors NSW Excellence Award.

A University of Newcastle scholar has collaborated with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to deliver a new book that draws on unpublished records from the National Archives of Australia to document the negotiation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty from an Australian perspective.

The University of Newcastle is hosting a free "Stop Bullying with UON" seminar on Saturday 16 November for Hunter and Central Coast parents interested in helping their school-age children cope with bullying.

Hunter Medical Research Institute neuroscientist Dr Rohan Walker was named the Newcastle Business Club's Young Business Person of the Year this afternoon, edging out fellow HMRI researcher Dr Luke Wolfenden and federal Liberal candidate Jaimie Abbott.

The University of Newcastle's Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson will be presenting at the NSW Asthma Foundation's AGM on Tuesday 26 November 2013.

Prof Dr Hans-Lukas Kieser have been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship 2013-2017, War, Violence, and Apocalyptic-Millenarianism in the Middle East: Talat Pasha and the Foundation of Modern Turkey, 1874-1921

Prof Lyndall Ryan and Dr Jonathan Richards have been awarded an ARC Discovery Project 2013-2016, $289,000.00. Violence on the Australian Colonial Frontier, 1788-1960

The Australian Research Council (ARC) has today awarded $8.8 million in Discovery Project research funding to the University of Newcastle. The funding will extend across 19 projects, an increase of 6 projects and $4.2 million since last year.

Respiratory researcher Professor Phil Hansbro won the prestigious 2013 Award for Research Excellence tonight as more than $1.4 million in grant funding was awarded and acknowledged in the Hunter Medical Research Institute's 2013 Awards Night.