August 2017

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• 25 Aug 2017

New Colombo Plan grants growing global citizens

The Australian Government has awarded the University of Newcastle (UON) $1,620,300 in new funding to support 461 students to participate in 31 New Colombo Plan (NCP) mobility projects across 17 countries and territories in the Indo-Pacific region in 2018.

MCi CEO Marcus Dawe, NSW Minister for Resources Donald Harwin, UON lead researchers Professor Michael Stockenhuber and Eric Kennedy, NIER Director Professor Alan Broadfoot

Featured News • 25 Aug 2017

New technology could harness carbon dioxide emissions

Technology developed and now showcased in Australia could use carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions as a resource and transform them into building products.

Research and Innovation • 25 Aug 2017

UON researcher awarded inaugural scholarship

Dr Cathy Smith from UON’s School of Architecture and Built Environment has been awarded the inaugural Turnbull Foundation Women in Built Environment Scholarship.

Architecture students Lily Freeman and Annie Murphy

• 24 Aug 2017

Architecture students draw on humanitarian skills

Architecture can bring vital hope to communities in need.

Virtual reality

Current Staff • 24 Aug 2017

A catalyst for creating virtual memories

The IT Innovation Team at UON featured on ABC’s Catalyst program capturing the story and memories of a real person using virtual reality.

Research and Innovation • 23 Aug 2017

Global collaborations receive funding

Two UON researchers will have their work funded thanks to the Global Connections Fund, which provides initial funding support to promote Australian researchers and Small to Medium Enterprises collaboration.

• 23 Aug 2017

Reminder: Same-sex marriage postal survey

Dear UON students and staff,

College of Human and Social Futures • 22 Aug 2017

New research project examines the complaints of a culture past

What does the poetry of the disadvantaged people of the Renaissance tell us about the culture of that time?

College of Human and Social Futures • 22 Aug 2017

Atolls, Arkansas and how the place you live shapes your language

How does the physical environment you live in impact on the language you use to describe it?

Photo credit: Janie Barrett, Fairfax Syndication

College of Human and Social Futures • 22 Aug 2017

Putting literary analysis to work in the software startup world

Credited with an important Shakespeare discovery, UoN alumni and conjoint member of the Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing, Dr Jack Elliott is now putting his computational stylistics skills to use for a software startup.

Research and Innovation • 22 Aug 2017

UON Central Coast research boosted with strategic grants

Six UON research teams will accelerate their research thanks to Central Coast specific research grants.

Robotic hand

• 22 Aug 2017

New degree will engineer future healthcare solutions

A new degree created by the University of Newcastle (UON) will provide students with the skills and expertise needed to address future healthcare problems.

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