June 2017

When he’s not teaching in a classroom or working on the land, Ryan O’Neill gets lost in his imagination, creating the lives of Rand Washington, a racist science fiction author, or Rachel Deverall, his own fictitious, late wife.

As UON campuses prepare to go completely smoke-free on 1 July 2017, Cancer Institute NSW Early Career Fellow and behavioural scientist Dr Flora Tzelepis is conducting a new study to determine the effectiveness of video consultations in supporting smokers to quit.

Super changes on the way

Horseback riding and rhythm-and-music therapies may improve stroke survivors’ perception of recovery, gait, balance, grip strength and cognition years after their stroke, according to new research in the prestigious American Heart Association’s journal Stroke.

A strong voice for students at UON

University of Newcastle (UON) scientists have decoded a 24,000-year-old riddle and discovered a surprising role Antarctic volcanoes play in global climate, published in Nature Communications.

Women who experience intimate partner violence have significant, long-term physical and mental health problems according to researchers from the University of Newcastle who tracked three generations of women for 16 years.

University of Newcastle (UON) alumni, academics and affiliates have been recognised for their outstanding work in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours.

In a commitment to furthering research into the global-threat of contamination, the University of Newcastle (UON) has today unveiled a $15 million world-leading lab facility dedicated to finding better ways to assess, manage, clean up and prevent environmental contamination.

New research from the University of Newcastle (UON) has shown a groundbreaking link between stress and functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID), a vital piece of the puzzle for undiagnosed sufferers.

The University of Newcastle is funding five new scholarships in a 50/50 partnership with NSW Health.

The University of Newcastle (UON) has been ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide, announced today by the prestigious QS World University Rankings.