July 2014

Pat Flowers, the wife of our first University Librarian Ted Flowers, sadly passed away on Saturday 5 July 2014.

Health sociology lecturer Dr Caragh Brosnan has been awarded a prestigious fellowship by Australia's leading research-intensive centre in the critical examination of complementary medicine.

By Kit Messham-Muir, University of NewcastleBen Quilty is the first Australian artist to hold a solo show at the Saatchi Gallery in London. Opening last Friday and running until August 3, the exhibition is a big deal for Quilty, naturally, but also for art in the southeastern corner of the globe.

A traditional Aboriginal smoking ceremony was today performed at the University of Newcastle's NeW Space site, as the project prepares to enter the next stage of development.

Professor Iain Stewart, renowned geoscientist and star of BBC TWO series 'Rise of the Continents' will participate in the 2014 Australian Earth Sciences Convention (AESC) this week at Newcastle City Hall.

Six University of Newcastle Communications students have landed a valuable opportunity to kick-start their career, after being selected to film and photograph one of the world's largest folk festivals.

The Youth Outside the Northern Metropole symposium will bring together international researchers in the area of youth studies to articulate the key concerns for urban, regional and rural young people in Australia and the Pacific region.

More than 3,200 university students will compete in Newcastle this week at the 2014 Eastern University Games (EUG). The games will see students from New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand take part in 17 different sports over four days.

The Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) will open its doors to the public for a rare glimpse into the latest medical research discoveries, with the opportunity to meet some of the University of Newcastle's globally-recognised researchers.

This week, the University has taken a significant first step towards becoming smoke-free. From 1 July our Callaghan and Central Coast campuses are smoke-free except in a small number of designated areas.

There are double celebrations at the University of Newcastle's Central Coast Campus this week as almost 500 students graduate from their programs and UON marks 25 years of partnership in the region.

The University regularly reviews and makes changes to areas to ensure they are operating in the best way to help the organisation meet its strategic objectives. Changes to an area might include improved governance arrangements, alterations to team structures and finding more efficient ways to operate.