Research and Innovation

The Australian Research Council has awarded UON $3.2m to establish a research hub dedicated to future-proofing Australia's iron ore production.

Emeritus Professor Anthony Smith and Conjoint Professor Gregory Leigh have been honoured in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

The Hunter Cancer Research Alliance (HCRA) has become the first regionally-based organisation to receive full Translational Cancer Research Centre status.

You give me fever: A record 17,000 people are sharing their flu symptoms each week for good through a growing online health surveillance system.

Dietetic researchers at the University of Newcastle have begun recruiting women aged 18 to 44 to examine the body shape …

Professor Carolyn Mountford has received global recognition for her innovative cancer research using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy technology.

Following record entries in 2013, judges of the Newcastle Poetry Prize are preparing for another year of national excellence from …

UON Indigenous historian joins inspiring panel for National Reconciliation Week at the Australian National Maritime Museum

The creator of the Reflux Classifier, Professor Kevin Galvin, has been crowned one of Australia’s top innovators with the 2014 Clunies Ross Award.

UON student teachers will participate in a national program designed to prepare them for successful careers in low socio-economic status (SES) schools.

A research project on the prevalence of mental health problems in the mining industry is in the spotlight at the NSW Mining Health and Safety Conference.

Guilt-free servings of butter and white chocolate for participants in a revolutionary clinical trial by nutrition researcher Prof Manohar Garg