July 2013

Open up and say 'ah' - the oral health van hits the road again

Two volumes of poetry and prose by Robert Burns given as a farewell gift to a Scottish immigrant bound for Newcastle in 1876 are among the treasures at this year's University of Newcastle Book Fair.

University of Newcastle researchers have won two awards at the National Preventative Health Awards presented at the National Preventive Health Symposium at Parliament House in Canberra.

A 2012 Graduate Destination Survey just released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows University of Newcastle graduates earn higher graduate salaries than their peers.

University researcher's antibiotic device to improve home healthcare

The University of Newcastle is leading a Trans-Tasman consortium bid for a Cooperative Research Centre for Wildlife Biodiversity (Wildlife Biodiversity CRC) for the 16th CRC Selection Round.

More than 1,400 budding scientists and engineers from 40 local schools have been invited to compete in the Ausgrid Newcastle Science and Engineering Challenge from July 22-26.

By Pablo Moscato, University of Newcastle; David Budden, University of Melbourne; Hugh Craig, University of Newcastle, and John W. Marsden, University of NewcastleShakespeare's plays and cancer: two seemingly unrelated topics with an underlying common thread.

By Jonathan Borwein (Jon), University of Newcastle and David H. Bailey, University of California, DavisPerhaps the only positive note that can be sounded on the Australian science literacy survey results, released on Wednesday by the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), is they are somewhat better than those from a similar study done in the US.

Hunter teachers to flock to the University of Newcastle Teachers' Visit Day.

The University of Newcastle enrols more Indigenous students than any other Australian university, new statistics show.

Scientists and clinicians aim to foster targeted approach to cancer treatment by improving communication channels.