October 2015

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Following a successful pilot study, the University of Newcastle (UON) Family Action Centre will launch a national innovative SMS4dads project – a smartphone coaching and support application designed to help men adjust to becoming new fathers.

The University of Newcastle (UON) has attracted more than $8 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to support innovative research projects including a study aimed at optimising global anti-terror security measures.

The Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition's (PAN) Professor David Lubans and Professor Philip Morgan have both been recognised with 'Best Paper' awards at the 2015 Asics Sports Medicine Australia Conference.

Faculty of Education and Arts scholars Professor Jenny Gore and Professor Maxwell Smith have been named co-editors of the prestigious Teaching and Teacher Education journal.

After securing both the men's and women's gold medals at the recent Australian University Games, the University of Newcastle (UON) water polo club is now ranked first against all other Australian universities.

From 14 October to 15 November Deb Mansfield will exhibit Avoiding and Courting Collision at Galerie Pompom, Sydney.

University of Newcastle teaching excellence is again in the spotlight with Communication Senior Lecturer, Dr Melanie James, named Australia's "PR Educator of the Year" at the Public Relations Institute of Australia's (PRIA) National Golden Target Awards held last night in Hobart.

University of Newcastle Fine Art PhD candidate Ruth Liou has been invited to show her PhD SculptureThe Bell at this year's Sculpture by the Sea exhibition at Bondi, NSW.

A University of Newcastle (UON) Masters alumnus is off to explore the world's most prestigious higher education institutions under the Aurora Project Indigenous Scholarship project.

For Jarrod Wilton, a passion for music comes naturally.

Prominent Australian Geoscientist, Professor Richard Bush has become the first Global Innovation Chair to the International Centre for Balanced Land Use.