2013

By Emma Beckett and Zoe Yates, University of NewcastleSuperfoods is a buzzword now part of mainstream food and health language, often touted as miracle foods that cure all ills, stave off ageing and disease, or aid weight loss.

The Global Consortium for International Family Studies (GCIFS) held it's annual meeting in Shangai in May.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery congratulates Laurie Bickhoff who recently received a number of accolades at the school's award ceremony.

The University of Newcastle has appointed Nat McGregor as its new Chief Operating Officer, from 30 May 2013.

By Surinder Baines, University of NewcastleThe "new" weight-loss strategy known as the 5:2 diet has been receiving much attention in the media since the book The Fast Diet: The Secret of Intermittent Fasting – Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, Live Longer was launched late last year.

University of Newcastle research doctorate student, Namira Williams, has won the prestigious Australian College of Midwives 2013 NSW Midwife of the Year.

The University of Newcastle has climbed seven places to be ranked 26 in the 'Top 50 Under 50' announced today, 11 June 2013.

By Roger Smith, Director of the Mothers and Babies Research Centre, University of Newcastle and Kirsty Pringle, University of NewcastleThe recent death of the lead singer of Yothu Yindi, is a high-profile example of an event all too common in Aboriginal Australia.

Our proposed Professor of Family Studies position will fulfill a longer term strategy to develop critical mass in our fields of research.  To this end we will soon be recruiting for this new Professor who will work with the University's New Directions strategic plan.

The workshop was consisted of 4 sessions – Chinese Language, Chinese Food, Chinese Paper Folding, and Chinese Folk Song and Dance

Organised and led by the Confucius Institute at the University of Newcastle the tour visited Shanghai, Suzhou, Kunming, Dali and Lijiang.

By John Germov and Julie McIntyre, University of NewcastleThink of alcohol in Australian life and you probably think of beer: a "hard-earned thirst" and all that.