November 2016

Featured News • 15 Nov 2016

Project grant to investigate challenges for managing waste in construction

Professor Peter Davis, Chair, Construction Management at UON will lead a team who aim to challenge existing waste management strategies in construction.

Univer-cities logo

• 15 Nov 2016

International leaders in campus and city planning meet in Newcastle

Thought leaders from across the globe met in Newcastle this week for the 2016 Univer-Cities Conference, hosted by the University of Newcastle (UON), to explore how universities with strong medical origins are different to others and the opportunities this presents for the cities and regions they call home.

Featured News • 14 Nov 2016

Veterans mental health program receives grant

University of Newcastle (UON) researchers from the Centre for Resources Health and Safety (CRHS) have been successful in receiving a grant from the Defence Health Foundation to the value of $123,068 over two years.

SFC survey

Current Students • 14 Nov 2016

Student Feedback on Courses: Trimester 3 Now Open

At UON, we want to make your university experience the best it can possibly be. Student Feedback on Courses (SFC) provides you with the opportunity to tell us about your experiences in the courses you are undertaking this term, what you love and what we can improve on.

Professor Shin-Chan Han

• 11 Nov 2016

A shift in perspective: Australia found to tilt and gyrate with the weather

A world-first discovery from the University of Newcastle (UON) has shown the continent of Australia tilts and shifts in a coherent gyrating motion as a result of seasonal weather patterns across the globe.

Featured News • 11 Nov 2016

Public health pioneer honoured on $3.6m HMRI Awards night

Population health trailblazer Professor John Wiggers has been named the Hunter’s top researcher for 2016 at the annual HMRI Awards Night, capping a highly successful evening in which $3.6 million in philanthropic support was announced or acknowledged.

Drought

• 9 Nov 2016

Cracks exist in Australia’s drought management

New research has brought to light the unique danger of drought in Australia, exposing the shortfalls we face if we rely solely on the patterns observed in the instrumental record to inform our future response.

Satellite over Earth

Featured News • 8 Nov 2016

NASA recruits UON scientist for climate change mission

NASA has appointed University of Newcastle (UON) Professor Shin-Chan Han as part of an elite research group aimed at measuring climate change from space.

Mahony Toadlet

• 4 Nov 2016

Unlikely urban frog discovery surprises scientists

A University of Newcastle (UON) biologist has made the incredible discovery of a new frog species nearby Newcastle Airport, Australia.

Featured News • 3 Nov 2016

Gender Equity PhD Opportunity

PhD opportunity for a business intelligence and data analytics framework for delivering gender equity in the higher education Sector.

Current Staff • 3 Nov 2016

2016 Christmas closedown

Each year the University closes down for two weeks over Christmas and New Year. The Christmas closedown helps to ensure staff remain healthy and have a good work life balance.

Watt Space • 1 Jan 1970

Bachelor of Fine Art Honours Exhibition

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