2017

An outstanding cohort of scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, researchers, business professionals and a celebrated actress are among the exceptional talent recognised at the 2017 University of Newcastle (UON) Alumni Awards tonight.

Our Annual Report wins Gold as UON becomes one of only two universities to reach the ARA’s exacting standards.

University of Newcastle (UON) experts have reacted to a new study which shows a significant decline in sperm count over the last 40 years among men in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and North America.

The ongoing challenge of tempting kids to ‘eat their veg’ has taken a high-tech turn, with University of Newcastle dietitians trying out telehealth technology and online resources in a new nutrition intervention.

In an encouraging step for female fertility, researchers from the University of Newcastle (UON) have been successful in identifying an antioxidant which has demonstrated potential to halt the aging process in female eggs.

University of Newcastle (UON) students started their first classes at the $95 million NeW Space city campus today, with the Newcastle City Hall Clock Tower striking UON blue to mark the historic moment.

Dr Jason von Meding, senior lecturer in Disaster Risk Reduction at UON’s School of Architecture and Built Environment has been busy filming DEVIATE: a documentary produced by Thirtyrev which will tell the stories of marginalised people worldwide that are most affected by disasters.

Supported by Learn SG Seed Fund, an initiative by the Lifelong Learning Council, UON Singapore organised the Innovation and Lifelong Learning Singapore for Singapore’s Smart Nation Future on 6 July 2017.

Last year UON joined 39 other Australian universities in the Respect. Now. Always initiative to address sexual harassment and sexual assault in university communities. As part of the University’s efforts on this important matter, I established the Sexual Misconduct Working Group in April this year with wide representation from stakeholders across the University.

Exposing toddlers to ‘risky play’ such as access to open flames and genuine tools during their early learning actually increases their safety awareness and promotes risk aversion, new research from the University of Newcastle (UON) has found.

A team of UON Researchers has won the 2017 IFAC Foundation award for work showing how techniques in systems and control engineering can be applied to quantifying the economic damage of greenhouse gas emissions.

A Humanities Startup Workshop run by the University of Newcastle’s Centre for 21st Century Humanities in conjunction with Slingshot has assisted in the creation of a design service and research studio within the School of Creative Industries.