January 2014

The successful community weight loss program 'Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids'TM by Professor Philip Morgan is soon to be adopted by Dads world-wide.

Following an extensive international search, the University of Newcastle today announced the appointment of Professor Kevin Hall to the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation).

The University of Newcastle has tonight offered places to 6,724 prospective undergraduate students.  This follows nearly 1,500 offers made in early January to students with Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) scores above 90, under the University's new High ATAR Guarantee Scheme.

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A study of cigarette smoke exposure in multi-unit housing by HMRI Public Health researcher Associate Professor Billie Bonevski has been instrumental in achieving proposed NSW Strata by-law reforms banning smoking in common areas.

A new protein that mediates the survival and death of melanoma cells has been identified by University of Newcastle cancer researchers, bringing hope for a new treatment method for the disease.

Nominations open for 2013 Faculty of Business and Law Student External Engagement Awards

The University of Newcastle acknowledges with deep respect the passing of Emeritus Professor Donald George, our second Vice-Chancellor from 1975 until 1986.

A nutrition research program called 'Love your Food, Love Your Heart, Love Your Family', which helped improve the diets of families with a history of heart disease or stroke, is now set to focus on individuals with high cholesterol levels.

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Joanne McCarthy has won Australian journalism's most prestigious award, the Gold Walkley, for her coverage of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church.

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