February 2019

A sleek, sophisticated, transparent building with smart glazing will create a ‘stage within the city’ for the University of Newcastle, which revealed the design for the first building on its Honeysuckle City Campus Development today.

Centre for 21st Century Humanities Deputy Director, Dr Hedda Askland, has played a significant part in an unprecedented court case that has put a stop to the proposed Rocky Hill Coal Mine in the Gloucester Valley.

The University of Newcastle, with the support of the ALLY Network and Queer Collective has launched a new scholarship supporting the LGBTQIA+ student community.

An underwater drone has highlighted that catch and release fishing may have significant damaging effects on sharks, increasing their risk of predation.

Three University of Newcastle researchers have been awarded career fellowships worth more than $1.6 million for research into innovative cancer treatment.

I’m delighted to announce that the inaugural tEN (the Educator Network) Research Stream investments have been awarded.

More than 100 students are this week set to celebrate the completion of a University of Newcastle pathway program, which has opened the door to their dream of pursuing a university degree.

Driven by a desire to be a role model for his siblings and give back to his community, Kieran Shipp decided to quit his job and move away from his family to pursue his aspiration of becoming a doctor.

Hunter researchers will be conducting a head-to-head comparison of two new-generation drugs designed to help those with severe asthma.

This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding postdoctoral researcher to join The University of Newcastle's Global Innovation Chair in the Centre for the History of Violence, Prof. Joanna Bourke, at Birkbeck University of London, on a new project on ‘Sexual Violence, Medicine, and Psychiatry’.

Dr Julia Cook has been awarded a prestigious international research fellowship to the University of Birmingham’s Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM), a centre that brings together the University’s social policy faculty and business school.