2015

The Port Macquarie community will celebrate an important milestone today, Friday 20 February, when the University of Newcastle (UON) Port Macquarie campus graduates its first cohort of midwives.

Dr Hao Tan discusses the role that industrial policies play in driving China's energy transition

HMRI researcher Dr Michelle Rank explains how exercise therapy holds the best promise to recover movement after a serious spinal cord injury.

A school-based physical activity study called ATLAS (Active Teen Leaders Avoiding Screen-time) has achieved the double 'whammy' – a marked improvement in fitness among adolescent boys and a reduction in television and video game usage.

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.

Survival rates would be improved by making treatment regimens for metastatic melanoma more flexible, according to HMRI cancer researcher Dr Craig Gedye, a medical oncologist at the Calvary Mater Newcastle.

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.