News and Events

News

News • 21 Feb 2024

‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ operating in the red

Parents offering their children a leg-up on the property ladder are at increased risk of financial elder abuse, a new study finds.

News • 20 Feb 2024

$10.6m MRFF funding boosts researchers’ mission to improve Australia’s health

Seven University of Newcastle teams have secured more than $10.6m in Australian government funding to help solve some of the nation’s most pressing health issues.

News • 13 Feb 2024

Central Coast Living Lab promotes healthy ageing at home

A collaborative workshop has marked the launch of the first Central Coast Health & Wellbeing Living Lab – an innovative, real-life experimentation hub designed to support healthy ageing at home for generations to come.

News • 08 Feb 2024

$438,000 funding to boost cleantech innovation in the Hunter

Local clean technology innovators will have more opportunity to bring their products to market with the NSW Government awarding $438,375 in funding for the University of Newcastle’s Hunter Cleantech Accelerator.

News • 08 Feb 2024

Empowering women in STEM: HunterWiSE and Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group launch new scholarship initiative

Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG) has proudly supported HunterWiSE since 2019. This year, NCIG will strengthen its collaboration with HunterWiSE to fund new scholarships for female students in their second or subsequent year of a degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) at the University of Newcastle.

News • 07 Feb 2024

Inspiring capable communities

Kate and Jordan, who were participants in I2N’s Accelerator Cohort 2023, are the co-founders of are of Ariel Community, a tech startup working to inspire advocacy for disability inclusion and access throughout Australian communities.

News • 31 Jan 2024

Major breakthrough in hypertension diagnosis could save Government billions

HMRI and University of Newcastle researcher, Professor Murray Cairns, along with his Precision Medicine team have discovered a way of predicting who will respond to blood pressure treatments to lower sodium in the body.

News • 29 Jan 2024

$1m awarded to Purai Global Indigenous History Centre for research championing the value of truth telling

Two separate projects, one with the Department of Education (DoE), the other an ARC Discovery grant will engage in Indigenous histories from Indigenous perspectives with a view to advancing reconciliation and build meaningful connections across Australia.

News • 23 Jan 2024

Female leadership key to community ‘saving itself’ in unprecedented trauma

As the two-year anniversary of the devastating Northern Rivers’ flooding looms, new research from the University of Newcastle has shown the female-led response to the trauma prevailed where authorities failed.

News • 15 Jan 2024

$3.6m NHMRC funding fuels innovative ideas

Premature birth, severe asthma and sperm stress will be a key focus for innovative researchers from the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), who were successful in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grants.

News • 15 Dec 2023

$10.3m NHMRC Investigator grants help search for health solutions

Six University of Newcastle researchers have been awarded more than $10.3m in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator grants* to tackle health problems such as pre-term labour, schizophrenia, endometrial and lung cancers, as well as asthma.

News • 14 Dec 2023

Round Table Talks with AAUN Senior Members

Senior members of the Australia Africa Universities Network (AAUN) secretariat held round table discussions with the University of Newcastle’s staff with interests in Africa related research and engagement projects on 30th November 2023.

Events

In person

HunterWiSE Network Event: Belonging in STEM

You're invited to join us for the first HunterWiSE event of 2026. Facilitated by Dr Yemi Penn, this panel discussion will focus on the experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse women in STEM, exploring themes of identity, belonging and opportunity.

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When Monday 23 March 2026
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location  The Treehouse

Event

10 Years of AI

This is an exploratory workshop that will highlight the big moments in Artificial Intelligence in the past 10 years.

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When Tuesday 24 March 2026
Location  I2N Hub, Honeysuckle