November 2014

The state-of-the-art Medical Sciences Building West at the University of Newcastle has been awarded at the Master Builders Awards, NSW.

The winners have been announced and celebrated at the the 2014 Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Student and Staff Awards Ceremony.

UON Bachelor of Music 1st year student Christopher Pantelidis has been touted one of Australia's rising young musical talents. He recently received his 2nd prestigious accolade for the year - the 2014 Willoughby Symphony/Fine Music 102.5 Young Composer Award.

Internationally-renowned cancer care and health behaviour researcher, Laureate Professor Robert Sanson-Fisher AO, has won the inaugural Research Australia NSW Government Health Services Research Award.

On an evening when more than 70 donor-funded grants worth $3.5 million were awarded or acknowledged, mental health trailblazer Professor Brian Kelly has been heralded as the HMRI Researcher of the Year for 2014.

The University of Newcastle (UON) was today awarded almost $11 million in competitive research funding by the Australian Research Council (ARC) in its 2015 Major Grants announcement.

The University of Newcastle's world-class, $19.5 million Tamworth Education Centre will open its doors to the public this Wednesday for the Tamworth Community Open Day.

UON's Dr Jenny May has been named Telstra RDAA Rural Doctor of the Year in recognition of her contribution to rural health on a local, regional and national scale.