April 2018

The University of Newcastle in Singapore (UON Singapore) is the proud winner of the ‘Higher Education Institution of the Year Award ’ in the inaugural EducationInvestor Asia Awards 2018, held at Marina Bay Sands on 17 May 2018. The award is a recognition of UON Singapore for its outstanding contribution to education with a view to promote excellence and recognising innovation in the private education sector.

An Australian study has revealed the rate of groin injuries among basketball players could be 10 times higher than previously reported, causing significant impact on player performance and quality of life.

International experts and collaborative partners who share the vision of supporting, developing, and sustaining strong families and capable communities around the world will unite in Newcastle next week for the 3rd Family and Community Strengths International Symposium.

Survey of oncologists highlights evidence-practice gap in smoking cessation care.

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University of Newcastle environmental engineering expert Professor Garry Willgoose has been appointed a Commissioner of the newly constituted NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC).

Known for his generosity of spirit during his lifetime, Dr Alan Hewson (1927 – 2017) was a great friend to the Newcastle community, the medical profession and to the University of Newcastle. Generous to the end, Dr Hewson’s legacy will live on at UON thanks to the gifts left in his will.

Regional Development Australia Central Coast in partnership with Central Coast Industry Connect and the University of Newcastle, will launch the Central Coast Food Innovation Region Initiative, at a Food Futures Central Coast Industry Forum this week.

An esteemed health-behaviour researcher from the University of Newcastle has received more than $3 million in funding from the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to improve the outcomes of Indigenous Australians living with dementia.

Staff across UON have been embracing the convenience of personal and in-room video conferencing using Zoom. Part of the UON Communication and Collaboration toolset, Zoom has been available in since November 2017. After it was officially launched to staff in early March, there has been a significant increase in use.

A University of Newcastle innovator who developed a small wind turbine with remarkable capacity, has won the inaugural Stanford Australia Foundation – CSIRO Scholarship.

A world-first, personality-based online intervention for food addiction is being developed by a team* of dietitians, psychologists, neuroscientists, occupational therapists and health researchers.