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News • 30 Aug 2019
Logan provides lesson on how to juggle life, learning and kids
Budgewoi graduate Logan Baker has proven that when there’s a will there’s a way, successfully balancing university study with a growing family.
News • 21 Aug 2019
Age isn’t an issue – you can retrain the brain
Multi-tasking has traditionally been considered the domain of the young and frantic. But a new, large-scale study by researchers from Australia and California has shown that older people can keep pace with those in their twenties – it’s simply a matter of practice.
News • 20 Aug 2019
The next wave of research stars in the limelight
With thousands of hours of research condensed into just three minutes, 15 bright and determined postgraduate students will take the stage at The Conservatorium on Friday (23 August) to compete in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
News • 16 Aug 2019
Newcastle Music Festival Events a Huge Success
Newcastle Music Events at The University Gallery, 2019, Erasure exhibition and performances, Jacob Neale and Jarrod Gibson, 6 August 2019, Flamenco! Bandaluzia and Damian Wright, 13 August 2019
News • 09 Aug 2019
Blak Douglas gets behind the Ikara-Flinders Ranges Challenge
The 2019 Kilgour Prize winner and 2018 Archibald prize finalist, Blak Douglas has offered to donate all proceeds from the sale of his painting “She could run before she could walk” towards the University's Ikara-Flinders Ranges Challenge.
News • 05 Aug 2019
Weight-loss trial to recharge men’s mental and physical health
The internationally renowned SHED-IT (Self-Help, Exercise and Diet using Information Technology) research program from the University of Newcastle has been redeveloped with a renewed focus on helping men lift their mood, not just lose weight.
News • 31 Jul 2019
Central Coast celebrates 30 years of the ‘community campus’
Staff, students and alumni from the University of Newcastle’s Ourimbah campus will come together on Wednesday 31 July to celebrate the 30th anniversary of providing transformative education on the Central Coast campus.
News • 19 Jul 2019
Virtual concert set to transform performance possibility
The University of Newcastle will host Newcastle’s first ever virtual concert this week, as students test the boundaries of immersive performance.
News • 17 Jul 2019
Partnership will fund new research into preventing healthcare-associated infections
The University of Newcastle has partnered with global infection control specialists GAMA Healthcare to help fund new research into preventing and controlling infections in health and care settings.
News • 11 Jul 2019
25 Alumni Awards Achievers in 2019
The University of Newcastle is proud to announce its 25 achievers for the 2019 Alumni Awards.
News • 28 Jun 2019
RESPONSE exhibition @ Hunter Region Botanic Gardens
Response sculpture exhibition at the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens, in partnership with the University Gallery at the University of Newcastle. Exhibition dates 22 June until 4 August 2019.
News • 20 Jun 2019
Trial to confirm insulin dose for fat and protein on blood glucose levels in people with diabetes
Those with diabetes have been carb counting to calculate meal insulin for a long time, but what about the impact of fat and protein on blood glucose levels?
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