August 2014

UON will this weekend host a community information session, where Hunter residents can view plans for the proposed NeW Space higher education facility.

The University of Newcastle (UON) has maintained its impressive five-star ratings for socioeconomic equity and equipping students with generic skills, according to the 2015 Good Universities Guide.

Details of a revolutionary 'artificial pancreas' being jointly developed by University of Newcastle engineers and HMRI diabetes researchers were revealed today with the launch of a new website – www.artificialpancreas.com.au.

A new therapy developed by Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) and UK-based respiratory researchers has recorded a marked reduction in acute asthma exacerbations triggered by the common cold.

Australians are shifting from beer to wine, and now a University of Newcastle project is set to provide critical insight into what role the Hunter Valley has played in influencing the nation's drinkers to change.

Bachelor of Communications student Emily Burley reflects on her Work-Integrated Learning trip to Nepal to work as a journalist in Kathmandu.

Future University of Newcastle (UON) students will have the opportunity to explore their degree and career options at this Saturday's Open Day at Callaghan campus.

The University of Newcastle (UON) has formally lodged the State Significant Development (SSD) Application for the NeW Space project to deliver world-class higher education in the Civic precinct.

A UON project will explore how industrial tribunals in the Hunter region are leading Australia in the proactive promotion of workplace co-operation.

University of Newcastle researchers are leaders of a trials group that has discovered a powerful new prostate cancer treatment regime that can reduce the spread of aggressive but apparently localised tumours by more than 40 per cent.

The atmosphere in Newcastle is buzzing ahead of this weekend's Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Festival, hosted by UON's Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment.

Scientists at the forefront of sperm cell biology and fertilisation research throughout the world have gathered in Newcastle for the 12th International Symposium on Spermatology.