2014

Students and staff at the University of Newcastle Callaghan and Central Coast campuses are encouraged to take precautions against mosquitoes, with a recent increase in the number of cases of the mosquito-borne virus, Ross River Fever in the Newcastle area.

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The Australian Academy of Science has today elected University of Newcastle mathematician Professor George Willis as a Fellow, the most senior honour a scientist can receive in Australia.

Dr Nicola Ross was a keynote speaker at the 2014 NSW Child Representation Conference organised by Legal Aid NSW.

Three Faculty of Education and Arts disciplines have climbed in the most recent QS World University Rankings by Subject list. Linguistics is the star performer, increasing its ranking by 21 places to break the top 100 and rank at 88 in the world.

New research from the University of Newcastle shows that a web-based self-assessment and feedback program for university students who drink hazardously produced little reduction in consumption.

Mental illness is ranked third in Australia’s burden of illness after cancer and cardiovascular disease, so it is no surprise it is a major issue for workplaces and industries.

The University of Newcastle today announced the appointment of Ms Dianne Allen as the University's new Deputy Chancellor.

Hunter Medical Research Institute researchers are examining whether a simple fruit-and-vegetable supplement, taken in capsule form, can reduce inflammation produced by fat cells and thereby lower the risk of heart disease, diabetes, asthma and cancers in overweight people.

A woman who created an Emmy-award winning television show from a farm in northern New South Wales, and who describes herself as 'a bit odd', will share with a Newcastle audience her passion and energy for doing things differently.

In recent days reports have emerged about organised sexual abuse of teenagers in residential care in Victoria. We have also witnessed the devastating stories of adult survivors of child sexual and other abuse by the authorities into whose care they were entrusted when they were vulnerable children.

Young men are the target of a new University of Newcastle study aiming to tailor a healthy lifestyle program that meets their specific needs.