February 2023

News • 28 Feb 2023

$1.7million ARC Linkage funding to engineer sustainable solutions

Holding promise to drive sustainable solutions to deliver better outcomes for Australia, three University of Newcastle engineering research projects will share in $1.7million funding awarded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Program.

News • 23 Feb 2023

National University Teaching Awards recognise outstanding University of Newcastle educators

Two outstanding University of Newcastle academics have been nationally recognised for their outstanding contributions to student learning.

News • 23 Feb 2023

10th Newcastle Writers Festival Program Out Now

Jane Harper, Holly Ringland, Craig Silvey, Norman Swan, Grace Tame among 125 guests

News • 22 Feb 2023

Funding flags hope for MS treatment and prevention

A Newcastle researcher is among 22 Australian scientists who will share in $3m of MS Australia funding, designed to boost the fight against the increasing and accelerating disease multiple sclerosis (MS).

News • 22 Feb 2023

I2N Accelerator returns to help bring big ideas to market

The University of Newcastle is calling on innovators across the Hunter region to take part in its I2N Accelerator program, which takes curious problem solvers and skills them up to become budding entrepreneurs.

News • 21 Feb 2023

Newcastle to lead NSW Government’s pharmacy prescribing trial

The University of Newcastle has been awarded a $3m grant to run the NSW Government’s clinical pharmacy trial, which will for the first time enable pharmacists to prescribe treatments for urinary tract infections (UTIs) and continue a prescription for the re-supply of the oral contraceptive pill.

News • 20 Feb 2023

High-tech campus on the rise in Central Coast

The opening of a new state-of-the-art University of Newcastle campus in Gosford is a step closer following the signing of the final agreement between the NSW Government and the University of Newcastle.

News • 10 Feb 2023

Inaugural Central Coast HSC art exhibition gives young artists a platform to share their work

The University of Newcastle is proud to present the inaugural Coast Next Gen Art Exhibition on the Central Coast, which invites the community to come together in celebration and support of young emerging artists.

News • 3 Feb 2023

Early-career researchers boosted in mission to beat cancer

On the eve of World Cancer Day on 4 February, four University of Newcastle early career cancer researchers have been awarded $360,000 in grants to support their work investigating blood, gynaecological and colorectal cancers.

News • 1 Feb 2023

2023 Ma & Morley scholars begin their transformative experience

This year, 25 Scholars will begin their life-changing experience as part of the University of Newcastle’s Ma & Morley Scholarship Program.