2017

Participants in a new HMRI nutrition and physical activity study at the University of Newcastle will gain a week’s worth of fruit and vegetables for free, along with $100 towards their grocery bill, while potentially losing weight.

Research from the University of Newcastle (UON) has revealed a more targeted way of treating T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL), an aggressive type of cancer typically prevalent in children and adolescents.

As a recipient of a 2017 International Development Scholarship for UON professional staff, NIER Research Development Coordinator Justine Ulph spent two weeks in the Pacific Islands to work with counterparts at The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) - an organisation responsible for the Pacific region’s environmental protection and sustainable development.

Nominations are now open for the election of academic staff to the Faculty Boards.

On Wednesday 13 September, retiring Director, Infrastructure and Facilities Services Alan Tracey was farewelled by colleagues from across UON.

UON excellence has been recognised at the recent ATEM (Association for Tertiary Education Management) awards.

Congratulations to Mr Shaun McCarthy, Director of UON’s Legal Centre, who has been awarded a 2017 Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning by the Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT).

It has been a busy couple of weeks across UON in the design of student-facing professional services. Six concurrent work streams are looking at how we currently interact with students and what happens behind the scenes to support this work.

A potential business idea pitched at the recent Humanities Startup Workshop held by the Centre for 21st Century Humanities has been launched as mobile puppet theatre. Frank’s Fantastic Fairytale Theatre is the brainchild of a group of ten people from Maitland who range in age from 19-74.

The biennial book fair organised by the Friends of the University of Newcastle will help shape lives.

A University of Newcastle (UON) academic has been recognised for his quality teaching practice and outstanding contributions to student learning, specifically for his leadership of the successful clinical program at the Newcastle Law School.

Hunter Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship (HunterWiSE), a new STEM outreach program based on mentorship, was launched on Monday 31 July 2017.