Community and Alumni
News • 19 Apr 2017
Smoking rates among Indigenous and non-Indigenous women
Researchers have revealed disadvantaged status drives higher smoking among Indigenous pregnant women in Australia, New Zealand, the USA & Canada.
News • 13 Apr 2017
Humanities Startup to Create Ethical Certification Process for Indonesian Tourism
A workshop run by the Centre for 21st Century Humanities has sparked the idea for an ethical consultancy business.
News • 07 Apr 2017
SMART off to a rolling start in 2017!
The Science and Engineering Challenge is a national outreach program designed to inspire students to study science and engineering.
News • 04 Apr 2017
UON researchers represent at Newcastle Writers Festival
UON researchers are playing a central role in this year's Newcastle Writers Festival
News • 03 Apr 2017
Historic images provide Newcastle a new window into WWI
Windows into Wartime depicts how communities across NSW worked together to support Australia's war efforts during and immediately after WWI
News • 28 Mar 2017
TEDx Speech by BEnvOHS Graduate
"Every 15 seconds, a worker dies from a work-related accident..." In his talk, Mr. Shah Mohammad Saidur Rahman discussed about …
News • 27 Mar 2017
Breakthrough in asthma research
Researchers at UON have unocvered a link between pregnancy and asthma and childhood asthma
News • 22 Mar 2017
Walking through the history of Newcastle's Women
University of Newcastle researchers have uncovered fascinating historical stories highlighting how key female personalities have shaped Newcastle’s history.
News • 10 Mar 2017
Leading Shakespeare Scholar wows audience in public lecture
The Centre for 21st Century Humanities had the privilege of hosting Merton Professor Lorna Hutson recently.
News • 02 Mar 2017
Indigenous trailblazer honoured
UON graduate Karlie Noon, the first Indigenous student in NSW to obtain a double degree in science and mathematics has been honoured in Press Club address.
News • 02 Mar 2017
My Year as a Fairy Tale: Bringing Magic and Marie Antoinette to Maitland
Helen Hopcroft will dress as Marie Antoinette in a year long performance project.
News • 22 Feb 2017
Significant Biripi sculpture connects community to country
New sculpture at the University of Newcastle’s (UON) Manning Education Centre in Taree is set to honour the significance of the Biripi people in the region.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.