June 2024

The University of Newcastle’s successful Aboriginal Numeracy Gala Day will return on Monday 1 July, engaging students across the region with an opportunity to combine numeracy, fun, sport and learning pathways.

HunterWiSE and industry partner Ampcontrol join forces to acknowledge International Women in Engineering Day

Produced by an interdisciplinary team from University of Newcastle, four digital display structures were recently installed in City Park, Penrith, with the goal of helping women and girls feel safer in public spaces.

Our incredible University of Newcastle community came together on 6 September to shape a better, fairer and more sustainable tomorrow through our 2023 Gifting Day. The remarkable generosity of more than 600 donors and ambassadors from seven different countries saw over $230,000 raised in support of seven life-changing initiatives.

It’s hard to imagine now, but for almost 1,000 years, pregnant women in England could avoid the death penalty just by virtue of being pregnant. A pregnant woman sentenced to death would receive a stay of execution until the baby was born. It was called “pleading the belly” and often resulted the death sentence being reduced to a less severe penalty once the pregnancy was over.

University of Newcastle’s Professor Jenny May, AM, has been appointed Australia’s National Rural Health Commissioner.

Clinical researchers from the John Hunter Hospital, Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) and the University of Newcastle are investigating a way to use Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of bladder cancer.

The University of Newcastle is pleased to announce Kevin McCarthy’s recent appointment as the new Director of Infrastructure and Facilities Services.

A new study has uncovered the significant role stingrays play in shaping estuaries, revealing threatened stingrays in Brisbane Water may move more than 21,000 tonnes of sand per year.

Neurogastroenterologist Distinguished Laureate Professor Nick Talley has been ranked number one in Australia and 171st globally on an international ranking recognising the world’s top scientists in the field of medicine.

Australia is a human rights outlier among liberal democracies, with no national charter of human rights. Its human rights protections are piecemeal and split across a patchwork of laws, authorities and jurisdictions.

University of Newcastle students and the broader I2N community came together at the Q Building for a night filled with unusual startups and their exceptional stuffups.