September 2026

A University of Newcastle-led global study has produced the most complete genetic picture yet of a salt-loving plant with the potential to help grow food in some of the world's harshest environments.

Six University of Newcastle researchers have secured more than $6.6 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships to advance cutting-edge research, fill critical knowledge gaps and tackle major national and global challenges.

Watch our recent panel and make sure to register for the Circular Economy Grand Challenge Team Formation, Thursday 17 September

Three Experts on what the circular economy actually asks of you.

Telling the story of a little bird with big aspirations has inspired Associate Professor Helen English and Co-Director of Purai Global Indigenous History Centre, Professor Kate Senior, to investigate how creative arts supports the health, wellbeing and inspiration of primary school children.

The University of Newcastle's new winangay tiny forest was planted in Tamworth last week, marking 25 years of the Department of Rural Health and commemorating the establishment of the University's Tamworth campus.

Upper Hunter students developed practical money-management skills and gained firsthand insight into university life through an engaging Finance Academy learning experience.

The University of Newcastle's Department of Rural Health celebrated its 25th anniversary in Tamworth last week, bringing together staff, community partners and students to recognise a quarter century of improving health outcomes across rural and regional NSW.

Supported by clinical supervisors, University of Newcastle students on rural placement helped deliver hundreds of health checks at the 2025 AgQuip Health Clinic, including one that led to the early detection and treatment of a potentially fatal melanoma.

The Circular Economy Grand Challenge is open. Get a team together, propose a way to help suppliers, businesses or consumers cut waste, and you could win up to $10,000 to build and test it over six months.

The international Girls in Control initiative has received the 2026 IFAC Foundation Diversity and Inclusion Award, recognising its contribution to advancing diversity and inclusion within the global control engineering community.

Improving ear health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children is at the heart of a landmark national research initiative, to be led by Indigenous researchers and coordinated by the University of Newcastle.