August 2016

UON reproductive science researchers have been highly recognised with a host of awards at the Society For Reproductive Biology (SRB) Conference.

A new push to encourage Indigenous researchers and academics to engage with the media will be launched by the Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC), the University of Newcastle's (UON) Wollotuka Institute and National Indigenous Television (NITV, a division of SBS) in Sydney this week.

For men aiming to start a family, a new research finding from the University of Newcastle and HMRI confirms that a healthy lifestyle can influence sperm performance at the time of fertilisation and ultimately the health of their offspring and multiple generations to follow.

Meet UON’s Council members as we share their thoughts on education and being part of the Council.

Call for Notification of Intent for 2017 applications to ARC and NHMRC (for funding in 2018).

Early career sociologist and new member of staff in the Faculty of Education and Arts, Akane Kanai has been selected for the 2016 Australian Feminist Studies mentoring program for new academic writers.

Congratulations to PhD (Environmental Remediation) candidate, Chamila Samarasinghe, PhD (Biological Sciences) candidate, Sally Hall, and Research Assistant in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Natalie Trigg, who were recently announced winners of the 2016 HMRI Thru The Lens Photography Prize.

University of Newcastle engineering researcher, Dr Kim van Netten, has won the inaugural Australian Falling Walls Lab competition that recognises innovative ideas and research projects.

Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) Director, Professor Penny Jane Burke, and Associate Director, Belinda Munn, have just returned from two weeks in South Africa.

A team of local primary students involved in the Children’s University Newcastle program won first place in the Solar Sprint Race Category at the Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Festival held earlier this month.

Dr Gillian Arrighi from the School of Creative Arts has been awarded a prestigious 2017 National Library of Australian Fellowship to undertake research for her project Pinafores, Prodigies and Precocities: the Entertaining Child in the Age of Empire.

A research team drawn from three Faculties and four Schools and led by FEDUA’s Centre for Social Research and Regional Futures (CSRRF) successfully tendered for a position on the Australian Government Department of Employment’s panel for research and evaluation services.