2018

University of Newcastle’s Professor Craig Pennell, is the newly appointed Chair of the Red Nose National Scientific Advisory Group.

A leading research academic with distinguished credentials in clinical governance and health technology assessment has been announced as the incoming Director of the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), following a successful international recruitment drive.

with Winnie Eley, DVC (International and Advancement)As internationalisation changes the nature of education institutions, it is vital that we continue to empower our students to have a voice amidst these changes, and to make sure the increasingly global nature of the student community is reflected in this representation. At the University of Newcastle, this is very much the case – thanks largely to associations such as NUPSA.

Around 200 people from around Maitland brought their metal items in for repair at the first ever Blacksmith Repair Day held recently in Branxton.

Conjoint Professor David Durrheim has received $1.48 million in funding under the Australian Government’s Health Security Initiative for the Indo-Pacific, designed to strengthen health security throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Cardiovascular disease risk in kids due to poor aerobic fitness has been cut by more than half in primary schools using a new online physical activity training program for teachers.

When Associate Professor Sally McFadden spoke at Dungog Lions Club in 2016 about her long-term research working at solving the riddle of myopia, her words travelled to Mrs Carole Powell, Lions Australia 201N3 District Coordinator. Mrs Powell was looking to fund a local project with global impact to celebrate the Lions Centenary, and this project was the perfect fit.

Following the announcement in February of one of the biggest biotech transactions in Australian history, world-leading pharmaceutical company MSD (a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ USA) has acquired virotherapy firm Viralytics, founded in Newcastle by Associate Professor Darren Shafren.

Professor Hugh Craig – a pioneer of the digital humanities in Australia, a generous teacher and mentor and one of the University of Newcastle’s most respected leaders - is retiring after a 40-year career.

When the paths of Chinese entrepreneur Mr Jack Ma and respected Novocastrian, the late Mr Ken Morley, crossed almost four decades ago, the encounter formed a lifelong friendship and shaped the teenage Jack Ma’s life journey.

The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) has recently established an Oceania chapter (SRNT-O) – and HMRI’s Professor Billie Bonevski is its inaugural founding President.

The Research Grants and Ethics Management system (RIMS) is undertaking a major upgrade.