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News • 03 Oct 2014
Wim Delvoye’s astonishing art shows what’s lurking in the banal
Senior Lecturer Dr Kit Messham-Muir in the School of Creative Industries at the University of Newcastle, looks at the astonishing work of Belgian artist Wim
News • 02 Oct 2014
Young women becoming more active, and more stressed
Young Australian women are fatter, fitter and more stressed than they were in the mid-’90s, according to the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health
News • 01 Oct 2014
Smoking and male fertility breakthrough finding
Mothers who smoke while they are pregnant or breastfeeding may be damaging the fertility of their sons, according to research published in Human Reproduction.
News • 29 Sep 2014
Childhood obesity research accolade
Research into childhood obesity in developing Asian countries has earned Wai Yew Yang a 2014 Nestle Nutrition Institute Young Researcher Award.
News • 26 Sep 2014
UK grants to assist severely endangered languages
The University of Newcastle has been awarded three grants from the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme to document endangered Pacific languages
News • 26 Sep 2014
The petrol bomb’s incendiary – and uncertain – history
Dr Matthew Lewis from the University of Newcastle's (UON) Centre for the History of Violence, explores the uncertain history of the petrol bomb.
News • 25 Sep 2014
Dr Richard Oloruntoba wins 2013 DB Schenker Award
Newcastle Business School academic, Dr Richard Oloruntoba, awarded international logistics prize
News • 24 Sep 2014
UON ranked Australia’s number one university under 50
The University of Newcastle is Australia’s number one university in the 2014 QS ‘Top 50 Under 50’ rankings, announced today.
News • 23 Sep 2014
Mine rehabilitation in spotlight
The University of Newcastle’s Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment will host its 4th annual Mine Rehabilitation Conference in Singleton on Thursday.
News • 22 Sep 2014
Scopus Young Researchers
Associate Professor David Lubans and Dr Tracy Burrows have scooped two of the five catergories in the 2014 Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Awards.
News • 22 Sep 2014
Anzac Commemoration Fellowship project highlighted
University of Newcastle's (UON) Associate Professor Victoria Haskins' work on women in the First World War highlighted in an essay series for the ABC
News • 22 Sep 2014
Review: The Life and Death of Adam Cullen by Erik Jensen
Dr Kit Messham-Muir, from the School of Creative Industries reviews Acute Misfortune: The Life and Death of Adam Cullen for The Conversation.
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New oral history resources and training
For those interested in oral history methodology and practice, there are two new resources available.
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Works in Practice
A new research collective at the University of Newcastle that aims to foster a supportive and collaborative community of practice.
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Student to Startup
Three Newcastle student founders share the unfiltered reality of building a startup while studying.
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Launch: Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War sparked the largest public demonstrations Australia had ever seen. You're invited to the launch of Quiet Protest - A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War.
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