2017
News • 11 Aug 2017
Globally recognised Hunter health group seeks pledges
A globally recognised public health initiative founded at the University of Newcastle (UON) and since adopted internationally is embracing the world of crowdfunding and crowdsourcing to re-establish itself in Australia.
News • 10 Aug 2017
Back2Basics family online nutrition program
Back2Basics Family is an online program aimed at getting children and their families healthier.
News • 10 Aug 2017
Research Warns of Wetland Wipeout
A new study published in prestigious Nature Communications has found that the world’s coastal wetlands, which have existed for thousands of years, may now have the same average life expectancy of a human being - approximately 80 years.
News • 10 Aug 2017
Icon accelerator launches for Hunter region startups
A new accelerator program is set to supercharge the next generation of regional Startups.
News • 8 Aug 2017
Rhodes Scholarship
Do you have what it takes to be a Rhodes Scholar? You might surprise yourself.
News • 7 Aug 2017
Researchers say act now on frog decline
Scientists from Australia and the United States are calling for immediate, pre-emptive action to save the world’s frog population.
News • 3 Aug 2017
UON awarded $3.2 million in funding for dementia research
The University of Newcastle (UON) has been awarded more than $3.2 million by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to improve the wellbeing and outcomes for people living with dementia.
News • 1 Aug 2017
Celebrating student excellence on the coast
The University of Newcastle (UON) and TAFE NSW will present more than 70 scholarships and awards to students from the Central Coast at a prestigious awards ceremony tonight.
News • 1 Aug 2017
RESPECT. NOW. ALWAYS.
Today findings were released from the first-ever national student survey on sexual assault and harassment, commissioned by Universities Australia.
News • 1 Aug 2017
Improving medication safety for people with dementia
A study led by the University of Newcastle (UON) received $544,096 in funding to improve the safety and outcomes of people with dementia after they are discharged from hospital.
News • 1 Aug 2017
Bringing the Humanities into the digital age
The recent launch of the Colonial Frontier Massacres Map, an online tool which maps the Aboriginal massacres that occurred across colonial Australia, saw a huge influx of visitors to the Centre for 21st Century Humanities (C21CH) website to view the map.
News • 31 Jul 2017
People suffering from mild asthma wanted for research study
Researchers at the University of Newcastle are assessing the effectiveness of three different inhaled treatments in patients with asthma.
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