2022

News • 11 Apr 2022

New University campus for Gosford

The NSW Government has today announced that the University of Newcastle will be its university partner to deliver a new university campus in Mann Street, Gosford.

News • 11 Apr 2022

HMRI announces new Institute Director

The Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) is pleased to announce Professor Frances Kay-Lambkin has been appointed as the new Institute Director of HMRI for a period of five years.

News • 9 Apr 2022

Power and the passion: part two

When looking at the implications of transition away from coal to a more diversified economy, the jobs piece is really important, and so is the quantum of the royalties for government.

News • 8 Apr 2022

Are quokkas really violent?

There is an unsubstantiated rumour that quokkas throw their young at predators to get out of a dangerous situation unharmed. This is what University of Newcastle specialist Matthew Hayward says.

News • 7 Apr 2022

A Fairy Tale Gone Wrong: the Politicisation of Drag Queen Storytime

New research has found that Drag Queen Storytime (DQS) childhood literacy events at public libraries and bookshops in the USA and Australia between 2018 and 2020 became sites of networked online and offline hate by anti-LGBTQ groups.

News • 7 Apr 2022

University of Newcastle climbs global rankings across every broad subject area

The University of Newcastle continues to excel as a global leader, with new rankings, released today, showing the university improved across every broad subject area.

News • 6 Apr 2022

SSR Was Granted Australian Synchrotron Merit Time for Low Carbon Ironmaking Investigations

SSR was granted Australian Synchrotron merit time for structural characterisation of samples from Low Carbon Ironmaking Investigations

News • 6 Apr 2022

Learn how Mike Chijoff created a record breaking crowdfunding campaign

Michael Chijoff is a multi-award-winning designer and the creator of his own disruptor adventure product brand Tacticagear, which smashed records and became the highest funded multi-tool in crowdfunding history and raised more than $960,000.

News • 6 Apr 2022

Young refugee adults learn about Aboriginal resilience and survival

In the spirit of public pedagogy, young adults belonging to the Hunter region’s refugee cohort, visited the University of Newcastle’s (UoN) Gallery to see the Looking Through Windows exhibition and learn about Aboriginal Australians who grew up and lived on the missions, reserves and fringe camps at places like Tibooburra, Bourke and Brewarrina.

News • 2 Apr 2022

Power and the passion: part one

No economy anywhere in the world is safe if we are dependent upon one industry, no matter what the industry.

News • 31 Mar 2022

Health trailblazers crowned with national honours

Two University of Newcastle and HMRI researchers who are trailblazing in their fields to improve the health and wellbeing of communities around the world, have been awarded prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) awards.

News • 30 Mar 2022

Weaving brings Elders and communities together

A COVID initiative to reduce the isolation of Elders living in regional New South Wales has used weaving to link the communities of Bourke, Armidale and Uralla.

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