August 2014

Was your RHD supervisor an outstanding mentor and role model? Then nominate them for the Supervision Excellence Awards!

Nominations are being sought for the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Research Excellence. These awards recognise the significant contribution and excellence in research made by early career researchers of The University of Newcastle.

In light of the recent trial of Gerard Baden-Clay, Associate Professor John Anderson addressed how media coverage impacts trial proceedings and outcomes in a radio interview by Matthew Dryden in late July.

A national study investigating the use of antibiotics as a potential therapy for chronic asthma attacks is entering its final recruitment phase, five years after it commenced.

Academic excellence and local innovation was recognised and celebrated at the annual (UON) Central Coast campus and Hunter TAFE scholarship and awards night on Wednesday 6 August.

The University of Newcastle now boasts greater bike storage and end-of-trip facilities, following the construction of two bike hubs at its Callaghan campus.

The academic excellence of students from the University of Newcastle's Central Coast campus and Hunter TAFE will be recognised tonight, Wednesday 6 August, during the annual scholarship and awards presentation night.

By Lyndall Ryan, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of NewcastleNicholas Clements, The Black War: Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania (2014, University of Queensland Press).

On Friday 25 July the Friends of the University of Newcastle awarded the 2014 Acquisitive Art Prizes.

More than 200 young school children have gained profound fitness benefits from a year-long physical activity and movement skills intervention run by University of Newcastle researchers.

By Kit Messham-Muir, School of Creative Arts, University of NewcastleShaun Gladwell and Ben Quilty – two of Australia's leading artists – display very different approaches to war at parallel exhibitions opening at Perth's John Curtin Gallery on Saturday.