Community and Alumni
News • 02 Oct 2014
Young women becoming more active, and more stressed
Young Australian women are fatter, fitter and more stressed than they were in the mid-’90s, according to the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health
News • 29 Sep 2014
Deb Mansfield exhibition at Stills Gallery
Deb Mansfield, an Australian artist and Associate Lecturer in the School of Creative Arts, is exhibiting new photo-tapestries at the Stills Gallery, Sydney
News • 26 Sep 2014
UK grants to assist severely endangered languages
The University of Newcastle has been awarded three grants from the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme to document endangered Pacific languages
News • 26 Sep 2014
The petrol bomb’s incendiary – and uncertain – history
Dr Matthew Lewis from the University of Newcastle's (UON) Centre for the History of Violence, explores the uncertain history of the petrol bomb.
News • 25 Sep 2014
Teaching expertise honoured
The teaching expertise of UON staff members has been recognised by the Commonwealth in the 2014 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.
News • 24 Sep 2014
UON ranked Australia’s number one university under 50
The University of Newcastle is Australia’s number one university in the 2014 QS ‘Top 50 Under 50’ rankings, announced today.
News • 22 Sep 2014
Scopus Young Researchers
Associate Professor David Lubans and Dr Tracy Burrows have scooped two of the five catergories in the 2014 Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Awards.
News • 15 Sep 2014
Scholars Week 2014
Academic excellence and commitment is being recognised and rewarded at the University of Newcastle (UON) annual Scholars' Week celebrations (15-19 …
News • 12 Sep 2014
Walk to shine light on organ transplant tolerance
Community members will take a fluoro-lit twilight stroll along Nobbys Breakwall on Saturday 13 September for the second annual Glow Walk.
News • 10 Sep 2014
Study seeks taste of nutrition knowledge
UON researchers are aiming to determine the influence a person’s understanding of nutrition has on their eating habits, health and lifestyle.
News • 10 Sep 2014
UON names 2014 Alumni Awards ‘gamechangers’
University of Newcastle (UON) graduate Dr Alison Thorburn, who is traversing new ground in asthma research, is UON's first recipient …
News • 09 Sep 2014
Stroke survivors take centre stage
University of Newcastle choir BrainWaves helped launch 2014 Stroke Awareness Week with a performance at Parliament House in Sydney yesterday.
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.