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Giving old solar panels a second life, recovering value from waste timber and helping Australians improve existing homes earned three teams the top prizes in the University of Newcastle’s 2026 Circular Economy Grand Challenge.

Community demand is driving the next phase of the 'Which Way? Women's Program' to expand beyond NSW.

University of Newcastle researchers will help shape two newly funded Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Centres.

A partnership between CSIRO and the University of Newcastle is creating new opportunities to value the knowledge systems of Aboriginal …

Religious sisters have supported communities around the world, yet their experiences of sexual and gendered violence within religious institutions have …

After losing her father to leukaemia, Ngaire Callaghan found a meaningful way to honour his memory.

A nationally significant initiative to reduce racism and discrimination in healthcare will be rolled out across primary care settings, bringing culturally safer care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients in GP clinics, telehealth services and specialist outreach clinics.

A long-forgotten story of Aboriginal activist Dexter Daniels was brought into public focus through a script reading hosted by the University of Newcastle's Purai Global Indigenous History Centre.

New analysis from the University of Newcastle’s Institute for Regional Futures is challenging the way we think about housing in the Hunter and Central Coast.

Time and distance can bring renewed clarity. Having worked abroad for much of the past decade, former prime minister Kevin …

Researchers have uncovered a key mechanism that helps one of the world's most abundant marine organisms capture carbon, providing new insights into the ocean's role in regulating Earth's climate.

People living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) could one day benefit from a new generation of treatments thanks to groundbreaking research backed by philanthropic support.