2016

UON Alumna Catherine Richards has been awarded a prestigious General Sir John Monash scholarship to Cambridge University in the UK.

University of Newcastle (UON) engineering graduate, Catherine Richards, will continue her ambition of securing a sustainable future for the world after receiving a prestigious John Monash Scholarship valued at $200,000 to carry out postgraduate study at Cambridge University, UK.

Tomorrow (November 19) is World Toilet Day. Despite spending approximately 92 days on the throne over the course of our lives, many of us still don’t know if the Simpson’s were right…does water spin in different directions in opposing hemispheres, or is that just loo-dicrous?

Almost two hundred business-minded secondary students have been competing to see who can create the best business model to enhance the health and wellbeing of the Central Coast this week.

Fertility researcher Dr Kate Redgrove has been recognised for her outstanding work on one of the major molecular mechanisms in the male reproductive system.

Professor Peter Davis, Chair, Construction Management at UON will lead a team who aim to challenge existing waste management strategies in construction.

Thought leaders from across the globe met in Newcastle this week for the 2016 Univer-Cities Conference, hosted by the University of Newcastle (UON), to explore how universities with strong medical origins are different to others and the opportunities this presents for the cities and regions they call home.

University of Newcastle (UON) researchers from the Centre for Resources Health and Safety (CRHS) have been successful in receiving a grant from the Defence Health Foundation to the value of $123,068 over two years.

At UON, we want to make your university experience the best it can possibly be. Student Feedback on Courses (SFC) provides you with the opportunity to tell us about your experiences in the courses you are undertaking this term, what you love and what we can improve on.

Population health trailblazer Professor John Wiggers has been named the Hunter’s top researcher for 2016 at the annual HMRI Awards Night, capping a highly successful evening in which $3.6 million in philanthropic support was announced or acknowledged.

A world-first discovery from the University of Newcastle (UON) has shown the continent of Australia tilts and shifts in a coherent gyrating motion as a result of seasonal weather patterns across the globe.

New research has brought to light the unique danger of drought in Australia, exposing the shortfalls we face if we rely solely on the patterns observed in the instrumental record to inform our future response.