March 2015

Associate Professor Murray Cairns has been awarded the 2015 NARSAD Independent Investigator Grant.

In a recent article Dr Ami Eidels tests whether our ability to cope with increasing amounts of information changes over the life span.How do older people process information from multiple sources?

Thousands of students are set to benefit from a range of new and established programs as the AIM HIGH Program kicks off again for 2015.

Researchers at the University of Newcastle have developed a saliva-based glucose test using a 2D printer, which could spell the end of needles and blood tests for diabetics.

On 5 March 2015, University of Newcastle (UON) Sociologist Professor Lisa Adkins gave the opening keynote address to the annual conference of the Westermarck Society, the Finnish Sociological Association, held at the University of Helsinki before a record seven hundred delegates.

A free app has been developed to help students improve their assignment and study skills at university.

Newcastle Business School awarded at the 2015 IMT Global Partners' Conclave

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Managing Director of Lifestyle Solutions David Hogg recently presented a guest lecture to Newcastle Business School postgraduate students.

One of Europe's premier international prizes for emerging respiratory researchers has been awarded to Dr Malcolm Starkey from the University of Newcastle and HMRI's VIVA (Viruses, Infections/Immunity, Vaccines and Asthma) Program.

Record numbers of recent Newcastle Law School graduates have been admitted as a Lawyer of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Professor Penny Jane Burke, Co-Director of the Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education asks 'Is gender equity still an issue for higher education?'