June 2016

University of Newcastle welcomes new investment in building Australia’s STEM economy

A new three-year scholarship to better predict metallurgical coke quality from coal properties has been secured by a chemical engineer.

A trio of animation students from the University of Newcastle (UON) have been hand-selected to feature at the Melbourne International Animation Festival.

A United Nations flag will be raised in Civic Park* today to confirm Newcastle as a ‘United Nations City’ and host of the first United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) for Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction in Australia and the Pacific region.

Many staff will be aware that UON’s head contractor for maintenance, Broadspectrum, is in the process of being acquired by Ferrovial.

University of Newcastle researchers, academics and alumni have been recognised in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

The University of Newcastle 2015 Annual Report was released to the NSW Parliament on 2 June 2016. It is a comprehensive record of our many achievements over the year, and a snapshot of the significant milestone that was our 50th anniversary year.

In a brain cancer breakthrough, an international phase III clinical trial TROG 08.02 (GBM in elderly patients), which included Australian and New Zealand researchers and patients, has found that adding temozolomide chemotherapy during short-course radiation therapy, followed by monthly maintenance doses of temozolomide, significantly improved survival of elderly patients with glioblastoma (GBM), reducing the risk of death by 33%.