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News • 05 Aug 2014
UON Nursing PhD student off to national 3MT finals
2014 Three Minute Thesis Winners | Nursing PhD student, Gary Crowfoot, is in the final round of the National/Trans-Tasman Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition
News • 05 Aug 2014
SCORES a winner for children’s fitness
More than 200 school children have gained profound fitness benefits from a year-long UON physical activity and movement skills intervention.
News • 01 Aug 2014
Two artists go to war - Shaun Gladwell and Ben Quilty
Shaun Gladwell and Ben Quilty – two of Australia's leading artists – display very different approaches to war at parallel exhibitions at John Curtin Gallery
News • 28 Jul 2014
Smart snapshot of pregnancy diets
UON nutrition researchers are using smartphone technology to gather first-hand insights about the diets of expectant Indigenous mums and provide feedback.
News • 28 Jul 2014
Mary, Queen of Scots was a poet - and you should know it
Think Mary, Queen of Scots and a few key facts probably come to mind: she was Catholic, she was imprisoned and she had her head chopped off.
News • 25 Jul 2014
Jeff Koons - a spectacle on the way to respectable
Kit Messham-Muir, Senior Lecturer in the School of Creative Industries at University of Newcastle. American Jeff Koons is possibly the most contentious artist
News • 23 Jul 2014
Landmark schizophrenia genetic study
UON researchers have helped unearth more than 100 genetic variants associated with schizophrenia, through the largest ever genome-wide study of the disease.
News • 21 Jul 2014
Three Minute Thesis
Students to compete against clock and each other in thesis final
News • 18 Jul 2014
International Research Centre Launched
New international research centre on balanced land use
News • 15 Jul 2014
Companion Robot Technology
UON researchers give Tin Man a heart with the invention of technology aimed at enabling robots to feel emotion in a near human-like manner.
News • 11 Jul 2014
Muscle mania: young men aren’t alone with body image concerns
Dr Julia Coffey's article on The Conversation: Young Men Body Image Concerns
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