2016

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.

Undergraduate students from the University of Newcastle’s (UON) business program have donated $10,000 worth of much-needed textbooks to business students at the National University of Samoa (NUS).

By harnessing the unique relationship between fathers and daughters, the world-first DADEE (Dads And Daughters Exercising and Empowered) program run by University of Newcastle researchers has successfully improved girls’ self-esteem, resilience, sport skills and physical activity levels.

The University of Newcastle (UON) is delighted to announce Professor Steve Larkin, a member of Kungarakan and Yanyula Nations and one of Australia’s foremost Indigenous academic leaders, will join the University as the first Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Education and Research.

The Newcastle International Animation Festival, which last year produced Daniel Johns’ official music video for his single Going on 16, is back with a new challenge to create a GIF of a Newcastle icon.

PhD (Physics) graduate, Samuel Legge, has recently accepted a postdoctoral position at the Australian National University, where he will be involved in developing lasers for quantum mechanics experiments.

The University of Newcastle Community is deeply saddened by the passing of former Chancellor Conjoint Professor Trevor Waring AM.

Leading speech pathology researcher Associate Professor Bronwyn Hemsley has been internationally recognised for her 25-year contribution to the field of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).

Bliss Cavanagh is a PhD Candidate in the School of Health Sciences who’s just been selected as a Young Social Pioneer by the Foundation of Young Australians. This incubator for young social innovators and changemakers is an important step for Bliss who’s been selected in the category of Youth Mental Health.

The University of Newcastle (UON), along with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), will co-present the China Road International Conference this weekend (August 13-15), the first time the international event will be staged in the Southern Hemisphere.

The University of Newcastle’s Business School (NBS) has received international acclaim for its programs through accreditation from USA-based Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

Future students and their families will have a chance to learn about the wide range of degrees and courses offered at the joint University of Newcastle and Hunter TAFE Central Coast campus this Saturday 13 August.