October 2025

Dr. Laurence Lock Lee is the founder of Swoop Analytics, a platform that transforms how large organisations understand and improve internal communication. What began with early AI experiments in the 1980s has evolved into a sophisticated tool that reveals the hidden patterns of influence and information flow inside enterprises.

The impact of plastic food and drink packaging toxicants on unexplained female infertility will be investigated by University of Newcastle researchers.

This year’s New Annual festival in Newcastle, NSW, invites visitors to see the city’s familiar corners transformed by bold, immersive art — including a trio of shipping containers repurposed as micro-worlds. In a city like Newcastle where the shipping container is a ubiquitous and utilitarian object carrying cargo in and out of the city daily, it is the perfect canvas to hand over to artists to reimagine. Created specifically for New Annual these containers host sensory and optical experiences that reorient how audiences engage with place, time and memory.

A Hunter research project will develop and test a supportive model of care for survivors of domestic and family violence who are impacted by a mild traumatic brain injury.

Juggling work, study and sport can be challenging for Wiradjuri/Gomeroi twins, Bailey and Leigtham, but there is a clear mission that drives them forward.

This year’s New Annual festival in Newcastle, NSW, invites visitors to see the city’s familiar corners transformed by bold, immersive art — including a trio of shipping containers repurposed as micro-worlds. In a city like Newcastle where the shipping container is a ubiquitous and utilitarian object carrying cargo in and out of the city daily, it is the perfect canvas to hand over to artists to reimagine. Created specifically for New Annual these containers host sensory and optical experiences that reorient how audiences engage with place, time and memory.

Associate Professor Troy Gaston and Dr Alex Callen from the School of Environmental and Life Sciences last month travelled to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands as part of the Enhancing Nature’s Unique Areas: Catchment Audit Activities project.

Associate Professor Troy Gaston and Dr Alex Callen from the School of Environmental and Life Sciences last month travelled to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands as part of the Enhancing Nature’s Unique Areas: Catchment Audit Activities project.

A group of talented robotics students and engineers from the College of Engineering, Science and Environment has proudly represented the University of Newcastle, and Australia, at RoboCup 2025 in Salvador, Brazil, the premier global competition for autonomous robotics.

A group of talented robotics students and engineers from the College of Engineering, Science and Environment has proudly represented the University of Newcastle, and Australia, at RoboCup 2025 in Salvador, Brazil, the premier global competition for autonomous robotics.

For more than 20 years, Experiment Fest, led by the College of Engineering, Science and Environment, has given local high school students a real taste of what science looks like beyond the classroom - and this year we received over 1,580 registrations from across 57 schools who joined us for our biggest event yet!

For more than 20 years, Experiment Fest, led by the College of Engineering, Science and Environment, has given local high school students a real taste of what science looks like beyond the classroom - and this year we received over 1,580 registrations from across 57 schools who joined us for our biggest event yet!