July 2018

Two exceptional Early to Mid-Career Researchers have secured more than $1.16 million to explore early intervention methods for two significant health challenges.

The Australian Government has awarded the University of Newcastle $1,267,750 million in funding under the 2019 New Colombo Plan Mobility Program.

PAINTING THE SONGWORKS FROM THE SIMS DICKSON COLLECTION18 JULY – 25 AUGUST 2018IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NEWCASTLE MUSIC FESTIVAL (3 – 19 AUGUST 2018)www.newcastlemusicfestival.org

Courtney Parnell, a paralegal at Moray & Agnew Lawyers, has been selected as one of four students to represent the University of Newcastle at the largest moot court competition in Australia.

Global education thought-leader, Laureate Professor Jenny Gore has been conferred the prestigious title of Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford, commencing October 2018.

The Australian Research Council (ARC) announced University of Newcastle Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Professor Kevin Hall has been appointed a member of its Advisory Council.

Renowned public health expert and UON alumnus, Dr Thira Woratanarat, was awarded the Alumni Community Engagement Award at the 2018 Australian Alumni Awards in Bangkok, last night.

This year Create, UON's festival of creativity and imagination, is expanding across all campuses with submissions now open to all UON students and staff.

If you’re new to UON, you’ve recently moved away from home or you would like someone who has been through it all before to show you the ropes, then a UON Peer Mentor can help you.

Our 2018 Open Days are just around the corner and we are excited to share our University with the next generation of enthusiastic and promising young minds ready to make an impact.

The 9th annual Centre for Organic Electronics (COE) Winter School will take place between 25 and 27 July. As part of this outreach effort we bring in academics, CSIRO, IP lawyers, industry experts, and communications and media experts to deliver addresses. The mornings of Wednesday 25 July, Thursday 26 July and Friday 27 July are open to all staff.

Internationally-renowned expert in the field of education, Professor Geoff Whitty CBE has been admitted to the degree of Doctor of Education (honoris causa) at the University of Newcastle.