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News • 15 Feb 2020
Virginia Cuppaidge | Skyspace Paintings
Virginia Cuppaidge's 'Skyspace' works are on exhibition in Collingwood, Melbourne - 'Skyspace' 1981, the seminal work from this series is on permanent exhibition in the Conservatorium Foyer. At over 6m in length it was painted in a tiny apartment in New York, a city where the artist lived for over 4
News • 14 Feb 2020
History of Gay and Lesbian Rights Features in Waiting for Equality Exhibition
The exhibition brings together archival and contemporary research material to focus on LGBTQ+ history as it has emerged in the city of Newcastle.
News • 31 Jan 2020
Local researchers succeed in latest ARC Linkage funding
Two University of Newcastle researchers, and a research team have been awarded more than $1.7 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) for projects that support advancements in sustainable energy, health, agriculture and mineral processing.
News • 21 Jan 2020
Smoking increases risk of complications after surgery, joint WHO study finds
People who smoke cigarettes are at a significantly higher risk of post-surgical complications including heart and lung injuries, infections and delayed or impaired wound healing, a new study has found.
News • 17 Jan 2020
Beachside clinic offers free legal advice to the community and bushfire victims
In the midst of the bushfire crisis, the University of Newcastle Legal Centre’s annual Law on the Beach pop-up clinic will soon kick off, offering people free legal advice on any law-related matter, including bushfire insurance claims.
News • 29 Nov 2019
Showcasing the latest engineering solutions
From a shark-proof wetsuit to an interactive boxing robot, a public exhibition taking place in Newcastle over the next nine days will showcase cutting-edge engineering and computing innovations from the University of Newcastle.
News • 26 Nov 2019
Museum Collection Online Database Project is now live
The University's Senta Taft-Hendry Museum Online Database Project is now live. An even larger portion of the University's Museum collection is now available to view as an online resource for public access and research.
News • 25 Nov 2019
Wi-Fi 6 launch keeps University of Newcastle at the front of tech for Higher Education
The University of Newcastle is introducing the world’s latest Wi-Fi technology, Wi-Fi 6, to its campuses from November 2019, just …
News • 22 Nov 2019
OPINION: Newcastle know-how to our region and the world
If I told you know Australia’s biggest-earning innovation for the past quarter century came from Newcastle, would you believe me? Indeed, it has outstripped earnings from other icons like WiFi and the Black Box, but is little known for its economic contribution to the country.
News • 05 Sep 2019
University’s fundraising trek unites staff, alumni and community in support of Indigenous health
Trekking 100 kilometres across the arid Australian outback in five days is a challenge, but one that 25 brave individuals are eager to tackle in the name of Indigenous education and health research.
News • 03 Sep 2019
$50,000 funding awarded to innovative Grand Challenge solutions
From eucalyptus oil diffusers, to aromatic plants seeds dispensed through a gumball machine, and a Mozzie Map to quantify human/mosquito interactions, the innovative ideas proposed in the University of Newcastle’s Grand Challenge offer promising solutions to manage the global problem of mosquitoes.
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.
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.