Research and Innovation
News • 07 Oct 2015
Third UON Laureate Professor named NSW Scientist of the Year
Eminent University of Newcastle (UON) geotechnical engineer, Laureate Professor Scott Sloan, has been named the 2015 New South Wales’ Scientist of the Year.
News • 02 Oct 2015
Newcastle to become a ‘United Nations City’ and Asia-Pacific training hub
Newcastle will become Australia’s newest ‘United Nations City’ and a training hub for the Asia-Pacific region following a UN decision to locate an International
News • 30 Sep 2015
Double Fellowship honour for UON Laureate Professor
University of Newcastle Laureate Professor Scott Sloan is one of only three International Fellows elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering for 2015.
News • 30 Sep 2015
UON emerges as global innovation leader in THE World Rankings
The University of Newcastle (UON) stands firm in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, ranked in the top 300 universities in the world and
News • 28 Sep 2015
Prof Nick Talley named Editor-In-Chief of MJA
Laureate Professor Nick Talley appointed editor-in-chief of MJA and will commence the role in December this year.
News • 25 Sep 2015
Solving the Netflix Effect
Innovative research at the University of Newcastle (UON) could help Australia respond to the ‘Netflix effect’ by prefetching data to improve internet speeds dur
News • 22 Sep 2015
Hunter research leaders appointed to national research committees
Two medical research leaders from the University of Newcastle have been appointed to high-level advisory committees with the NHMRC.
News • 21 Sep 2015
UON celebrates 50-year anniversary in China
A group of over 130 senior representatives from the Australian and Chinese Governments, Education Sector, Honorary degree recipients and alumni gathered.
News • 18 Sep 2015
Power of the Humanities Publication
University of Newcastle researchers featured in the Power of the Humanities Publication
News • 17 Sep 2015
New national initiative supports UON women in STEMM
The University of Newcastle is one of the pilot institutions to participate in the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Initiative
News • 11 Sep 2015
Public health excellence in research awarded
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health has received a CAPHIA public health award.
News • 08 Sep 2015
Hunter researchers team up for health
The University of Newcastle Hunter researchers will team up for Australia's first Single-Cell Genomics Centre of Excellence.
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