July 2017

Employees of The University of Newcastle have access to novated vehicle leasing with LeasePlan.

What do a Festival of Repair, shared childcare for international students and a guerrilla busking flash mob event have in common? They were just three of the human-centric business ideas that underwent an intensive two-day workshop to nurture ideas at the Humanities Start-Ups Workshop on 29-30 June.

University of Newcastle historians have published a new book that explores race, gender, culture, politics and Australian society during the First World War.

Documenting an endangered Oceanic language wasn’t exactly what Amy Dewar saw in her future whilst working as a funeral director, but it’s precisely where her extraordinary journey with the University of Newcastle (UON) has led her.

UN Secretary-General delivers speech on Climate Action at NYU Stern School of Business

More than 150 Aboriginal massacres that occurred during the spread of pastoral settlement in Australia are now documented in an online digital map, created by University of Newcastle researchers.

University of Newcastle researcher, Professor Marguerite Johnson has been invited to give a public lecture in Melbourne.

A team of student-athletes from the University of Newcastle (UON) won the 2017 Indigenous Unigames held last week at Deakin University in Geelong.

Congratulations to Bachelor of Mathematics/Bachelor of Science student, Hayden Robertson (pictured middle) and Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) students, Levena Gascoigne (pictured second from left), Anthony Katselas (pictured second from right) and Sophie-Wei Qi (pictured far right) who were recently selected as New Colombo Plan scholarship recipients which will enable them to attend the Future Chemist International Summer Camp hosted by the University of Science and Technology in China (USTC) from July 3rd to 16th.

Early modern women’s writing researcher, and author of I'm Buffy and You're History: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Contemporary Feminism, Dr Trisha Pender, recently spoke at the Supanova Comic Con and Gaming Expo at the Sydney Showground Olympic Park on June 17.

Using data to make universities more efficient, effective, innovative and competitive was the focus of the 2017 EduData Summit in London recently.

Staff, students and visitors to UON will breathe even fresher air from 1 July 2017 as the University adopts a 100% smoke-free policy. This supports the University’s strategic objective to be the safest and healthiest university in Australia for staff and students.