2017

University of Newcastle (UON) graduate Karlie Noon, the first Indigenous student in NSW to obtain a double degree in science and mathematics, has been honoured in a speech delivered to the National Press Club by Chair of Universities Australia Professor Barney Glover.

With an acute stroke occurring every 10 minutes in Australia, a revolutionary timesaving diagnostic device called the Stroke Finder helmet is being trialled by the Hunter Medical Research Institute for the first time.

Cancer Council NSW has awarded nearly $6 million to 15 ground-breaking cancer research projects at their annual NSW Research Awards. The grants help fund future breakthroughs in cancer research, with 15 of Australia’s leading research teams paving the way for new ways to treat the disease.

University of Newcastle PhD candidate, Helen Hopcroft, will spend a year dressed as Marie Antoinette in an effort to highlight and bolster tourism in Maitland. My Year as a Fairy Tale is a year-long performance by artist and writer Ms Hopcroft who trained as a painter at London’s Royal College of Art and is in the final stages of a Creative Writing PhD at the University of Newcastle. The project is sponsored by the University of Newcastle’s Centre for 21st Century Humanities and partnered by Slingshot, a Newcastle-based corporate accelerator.

Calling on UON students who’d like to get fit, but are pressed for time.

The BOLD Lab have set up a video recording suite at the University's Ourimbah Campus, similar to the One Button Studio and Control Room recording suites.

Helping students to access information and support will be much easier thanks to a new online referral system developed by Student Central.

Dr John Holdsworth from the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences was recently announced a recipient of an Honorary Professorship with the College of Science in the Department of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Santo Tomas (UST), the Philippines.

The University of Newcastle (UON) will conduct the first-ever distance video link tutorials with students in Dubbo tomorrow to deliver a program that encourages success in school and beyond.

Rustbelts to brainbelts: Renowned international innovation experts visit the Hunter to share insights on regional renewal

This ABC News analysis explores the impact of the Federal Government's  February 2017 approval of the importation of medicinal marijuana.

The unveiling of a new sculpture at the University of Newcastle’s (UON) Manning Education Centre in Taree is set to honour the significance of the Biripi people and their cultural heritage in the region.