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News • 05 Dec 2013
New Face of Civil Engineering
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has named UON research academic Dr James Hambleton as one of 10 New Faces of Civil Engineering.
News • 04 Dec 2013
Full employment on agenda
Top economic experts will discuss the legacy of higher unemployment and the need for true full employment in the wake of the global financial crisis.
News • 03 Dec 2013
Talking speech research
Five of the world’s top international speech pathologists are discussing their latest research at the three-day ‘Communicating Together’ Symposium in Newcastle
News • 03 Dec 2013
International stroke trial
A Hunter stroke drug trial that yielded rapid treatment benefits for patients will expand nationally and internationally
News • 02 Dec 2013
Research and Supervision Excellence
The winners of the 2013 'Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Research Excellence' and the 'Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Supervision Excellence' were announced on Monda
News • 28 Nov 2013
Humanities Academy
Associate Professor Rosalind Halton has been elected as an Honorary Fellow to the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
News • 26 Nov 2013
Monash Scholar
Electrical Engineering graduate Kumaran Nathan has earned a prestigious The General Sir John Monash Foundation scholarship.
News • 26 Nov 2013
Defence partnership
The Department of Defence has admitted the University as an Associate of the Rapid Prototyping Development and Evaluation (RPDE) Program.
News • 26 Nov 2013
Mining and mental health
Researchers from across Australia will attend a forum in Newcastle to discuss strategies to improve the mental health and well-being of the mining workforce.
News • 22 Nov 2013
Gastric Brooding Frog
University of Newcastle frog whisperer makes TIME Magazine 25 best inventions list
News • 21 Nov 2013
Food Innovation Cluster
Joint UON and Central Coast Food Innovation Cluster to cook up industry solutions.
News • 21 Nov 2013
A rising literary star
Dr Pender has won the $40,000 S. Ernest Sprott Fellowship to research the roles women played in the literary culture of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Events
Event
I&E Academy: FinTech: AI, Tokenisation & the Future of Digital Currency Symposium
Join the I&E Academy for the latest Impact by Design Symposium, exploring how AI, blockchain and tokenisation are reshaping digital finance. This symposium brings industry and research perspectives together through Design Science Research.
In person
AI for Health Innovators: Practical Tools, Real Limits
A hands on two hour workshop on using AI in your innovation work, and knowing where it stops being safe to.
In person
What is the Future of the Humanities? Panel presentation and networking
Join us for a chaired panel discussion exploring the current state, and possible futures, of the humanities in universities.
Event
Public talk: Anticipation, Hesitation and Disastrous Futures
In this talk, the HESTIA Lab engages with different, often contrasting, ways of how people prepare for and respond to looming disastrous futures.
In person
GFF26: Acropolis Cats and Other Wondrous Animals
Exploring the lives of stray cats in Athens and beyond.
In person
Works In Practice Muster 4
A new research collective at the University of Newcastle that aims to foster a supportive and collaborative community of practice.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.