October 2025

The University of Newcastle proudly celebrates the achievement of Dr Peter Stepien, Principal Engineer at ResTech and Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering, who received the M A Sargent Medal - the highest honour awarded by the Electrical College of Engineers Australia.

The University of Newcastle acknowledges the class action proceedings currently before the Supreme Court of New South Wales concerning the Bachelor of Medical Engineering (Honours) program.

By Damon Chronshaw. As printed in the Newcastle Herald on 2 October 2025.

By Damon Chronshaw. As printed in the Newcastle Herald on 2 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.

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.

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.