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News • 17 Mar 2025
Global experts unite in Newcastle to decarbonise steelmaking
Newcastle will play host to world-leading researchers in sustainable steelmaking next week, as they tackle one of the world’s greatest industrial challenges – decarbonising the steel industry, which currently accounts for seven per cent of global CO2 emissions.
News • 17 Mar 2025
Newcastle prehabilitation cancer care program to expand to regional NSW
A Newcastle model of prehabilitation care for cancer patients prior to surgery, which aims to increase survival and improve quality of life, will be expanded to five rural and regional locations.
News • 13 Mar 2025
$8 million in funding to boost Australia’s preventive health strategies
Professor Luke Wolfenden is leading preventive health research through the University of Newcastle, backed by nearly $8 million in grant funding.
News • 07 Mar 2025
Innovation hotspot: Google partnership to study geothermal energy potential
Google Australia has partnered with the University of Newcastle to better understand Australia’s untapped renewable resource buried deep below the ground – geothermal energy from the Earth’s heat.
News • 26 Feb 2025
Newly discovered Australian frogs highlight dire limits of climate change adaptation
Two newly discovered species of Australian frogs may be unable to adapt to the escalating impacts of climate change, raising urgent conservation concerns from scientists.
News • 19 Feb 2025
I2N Pre-Accelerator expands to Central Coast
The University of Newcastle is expanding its successful I2N Pre-Accelerator program into the Central Coast, providing two location options for the 2025 intake.
News • 19 Feb 2025
Collaboration and commitment central to brain cancer mission
The Mark Hughes Foundation Centre for Brain Cancer Research at the University of Newcastle will bring the world’s best minds to Newcastle for the 2025 International Brain Tumour Research Summit.
News • 18 Feb 2025
HMRI partners with Novartis to supercharge heart health impact
The Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) is pleased to announce a new partnership with Novartis Australia, formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), supported by collaboration with the University of Newcastle.
News • 12 Feb 2025
Hunter residents report stronger financial skills than metro neighbours
Hunter residents have the edge over their metropolitan neighbours, with higher levels of financial confidence and stronger financial planning skills, research released by NGM Group and the University of Newcastle’s Institute for Regional Futures shows.
News • 11 Feb 2025
Newcastle child nutrition education program to expand internationally
University of Newcastle researchers will develop a significant scale-up of a program to educate families about child feeding and nutrition thanks to a $417,000 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) / e-ASIA Joint Research Program Grant.
News • 11 Feb 2025
Sport, their way – funding boost to keep teen girls in the game
Researchers at the University of Newcastle have secured $868,000 in state government funding to develop a program aimed at keeping teenage girls in sport, while tackling key challenges like body image, self-esteem, mental health, screentime behaviours and social media pressures.
News • 11 Feb 2025
New grant for spinal cord study supports significant step towards better pain treatments
A University of Newcastle research team has secured a $940,000 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grant to examine the role of spinal cord cells in processing and producing pain signals, which could have a significant impact on how chronic pain is treated.
Events
Exhibition
Finding home: life outside institutions
Exhibiting the stories of those who attended and left mental hospitals between 1900 to 1960 to better understand mental health care in the community before new ideas about 'community psychiatry'.
In person
The Pivot Showcase
Hear the real stories behind the startups that changed direction and came out stronger.
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