August 2015

Professor Richard Middleton and team have been awarded $350,000 in ARC Linkage Project funding for their research project Integrated feedback control in future wireless communication networks.

The University of Newcastle has made a firm commitment to the safety of its staff and students with the Chancellor, Mr Paul Jeans and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Caroline McMillen, recently co-signing the first UON Health and Safety Charter.

A multi-institute research team led by Laureate Professor Rob Sanson-Fisher from the University of Newcastle has been awarded $3.38 million in federal funding to improve dementia care and outcomes.

Craving chocolate? Hooked on hot chips? University of Newcastle researchers are calling for young men and women to join a study examining levels of food 'addiction' in Australia.

Professor John Forbes receives 2015 Premier's award for Outstanding Cancer research.

Whether it's conscious or unconscious, a new University of Newcastle study has revealed that trainee PE teachers have a bias against obese children.

What do a belly dance instructor, a maxillofacial surgeon and a young PR specialist leading an 80-person communications team have in common? They are among the finalists in the 2015 University of Newcastle (UON) Alumni Awards.

First comprehensive study into the activities of the NSW Aborigines Protection Board begins.

Using a newly developed smartphone app, Newcastle health researchers are commencing a clinical trial to help improve the all-important life balance between sleep and activity.

The University of Newcastle on August 3 welcomed the Governor of New South Wales, His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC, DSC (Ret'd) to its Callaghan campus to celebrate the University's 50th Anniversary.

A team of three students from Lisarow High School on the Central Coast of NSW have been announced as the winners of the prestigious International Statistical Literacy Project (ISLP) junior division.