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News • 24 Oct 2013
Celebrating innovation at annual awards
Five researchers and one Hunter innovation champion will be honoured today for their commercial success
News • 23 Oct 2013
International spotlight on cancer research
World’s leading cancer researchers will address international Translational Cancer Research Conference in Newcastle.
News • 22 Oct 2013
2013 Alumni Awards announced
Esteemed accounting and economics Emeritus Professor Ross Watts awarded Alumni Medal for Professional Excellence.
News • 21 Oct 2013
What makes Australian bushfires so dangerous?
Parts of Australia are prone to intense, uncontrollable fires that can have the same intensity as severe thunderstorm activity. University of Newcastle meteorol
News • 18 Oct 2013
Rural Health Conference
University of Newcastle top researchers attend Port Macquarie health conference
News • 18 Oct 2013
Diet Bytes and Baby Bumps
A research study will assess the use of smartphones as a new method for pregnant women to record their nutritional intake.
News • 17 Oct 2013
Obese men SHED-IT
A tailored weight loss program has produced a benefit likely to be a powerful motivator for men – better erectile function.
News • 16 Oct 2013
World Food Day
Increased modernisation is fuelling a new global nutrition issue, writes Associate Professor Surinder Baines.
News • 16 Oct 2013
The power of fruit and vegies
A research team investigating if increasing your fruit and vegetable intake improve your skin colour and appearance.
News • 15 Oct 2013
Love Your Heart
Researchers are helping families with a history of cardiovascular disease to become ‘heart smart’ in a bid to lower risk factors for heart attack or stroke.
News • 14 Oct 2013
Food addiction
Our researchers are hoping to determine whether ‘addiction’ to foods high in salt, fat and sugar is contributing to the obesity epidemic.
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.