July 2014

Six mid-career researchers at the University of Newcastle (UON) have received funding under the Australian Research Council's (ARC) Future Fellowships scheme, just announced.

UON researchers have helped unearth more than 100 genetic variants associated with schizophrenia, after contributing to the largest genome-wide study of the disease ever conducted.

Dr Amy Maguire comments on Sri Lankan asylum seekers' case.

Last week's enterprise bargaining meetings were very productive with the parties achieving in-principle agreement across all outstanding issues.

Countless hours of research will be condensed into bite-sized portions as postgraduate students take part in the University of Newcastle final of the national/trans-Tasman Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on Wednesday 23 July.

University of Newcastle students, in training to become high school design and technology teachers, have received a lesson in how to transform tedious curriculum into a creative and satisfying Lego learning experience.

UON's capacity to accommodate students will soon almost double, with the construction of four student apartment blocks reaching an important milestone today.

Students from Lake Macquarie High School will be the first to experience a new program being launched at the University of Newcastle today.

Today the New South Wales Government announced an International Centre for Balanced Land Use to be based at the University of Newcastle's flagship research hub, the Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources (NIER).

The artworks are streaming in for the Friends of the University of Newcastle 2014 Acquisitive Art Prizes and Art Fair sale.

Virgin Australia is extending their 10% off Corporate Leisure offer for travel until 30 June 2015.

Researchers at the University of Newcastle have answered Tin Man's plea for a heart with the invention of technology aimed at enabling robots to feel emotion in a near human-like manner.