September 2018

Newcastle China Week returns over 21 - 23 September with an invitation to join new dialogues in global innovation at the China Business Forum, dine under the stars at the Hawker Night Food Market, or stroll the vibrant Street Festival on Beaumont St, Hamilton, which will be bursting full of cultural performances, free activities, delicious food, contemporary entertainment and amusements.

Tuesday 9 October at 6pm historians Caroline Schneider and Dr Hans Lukas Kieser will present an expansion of the research contained within the Long Shadows exhibition concerning the Yazidi and the modern Middle East.

A new book documenting the Hunter’s rich history of wine making has been launched, revealing the changing historical conditions and many personalities that have helped shaped the Hunter Valley region, and Australia’s drinking culture, over the past two centuries.

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Conjoint Professor of Practice with the Faculty of Business and Law Kyle Loades was a joint recipient of the National Leadership Award for his work as a non-executive director of Credit Union Australia, Chair of Drive Yello, Chair of Hunter Medical Research Institute and Chairman of the NRMA, a role in which he led significant cultural and operational change.

Leading University of Newcastle statistician, Associate Professor Peter Howley, has been named as one of ten inaugural ambassadors who will help strengthen the understanding and importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at a federal level.

University of Newcastle alumnus, Yasser Hamed, has risen to the top of his field in film animation, joining the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science.

The Colonial Frontiers Massacres Map has won the best digital map award at the 2018 New Zealand Cartographic Society GeoCart Conference.

An app that connects consumers with ethically made goods, a symposium on the humanities’ contribution to the future of humanity and a linguistics project that will preserve an endangered Torres Straits language were some of the projects that attracted funding and support at the University of Newcastle’s first ever humanities Pitchfest.

Twenty-seven outstanding leaders across the fields of science, engineering, business, medicine and creative arts have had their career achievements recognised at the 2018 University of Newcastle Alumni Awards.

Passionate trailblazer and sustainable business founder, Stephanie Woollard, will headline the University’s Enterprise + Innovation 2018 (E+I18) month-long event, which aims to inspire original ideas and new perspectives among staff and students.

6PM Tuesday 18 September Floor Talk - Dr. Kate Ariotti: ANZAC POWS AND ARMENIAN GENOCIDE