February 2015

UON Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics Clare Collins is leading a national campaign to encourage more Australians to cook at home and win the battle of the bulge.

Inspired by the ethical and socially responsible use of technology, University of Newcastle alumnus Professor Wanbil Lee and his wife are generously supporting UON students who demonstrate a commitment to corporate social responsibility.

The University of Newcastle will fly the flag for social psychology in April as host of the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists.

Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Centre for Multiphase Processes has been elected to the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

Dr Richard Fletcher, a team leader within the Faculty of Health and Medicine's Family Action Centre, has received a grant of $300,000 over two years from Beyond Blue.

A report on the outcomes of a family inclusion practice forum held in mid 2014.

The NSW Minister for Planning, the Honourable Pru Goward MP, announced in Newcastle today that planning approval for the University of Newcastle's (UON) landmark urban facility, NeW Space, has been granted.

Please join artist Pablo Tapia for the opening of his exhibition Luz Corporea at the University Gallery from 5:30pm on Wednesday 11 February.

Please join artist Nicole Chaffey for the opening of her exhibition north: remembering country at the University Gallery from 5:30pm on Wednesday 11 February.

UON is proud to partner with Hunter TAFE and RDA Hunter in StudyHunter a partner project with the NSW Government's StudyNSW Program designed to increase the number of international students studying in NSW.

The Hunter Region NSW will become the international testing ground for a new microwave-imaging headpiece that helps ambulance and emergency teams rapidly diagnose stroke and other traumatic brain injuries.

The world-first physical activity research program 'Dads And Daughters Exercising and Empowered' (DADEE) kicks off at the University of Newcastle today with around 100 Hunter fathers taking part.