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News • 23 Mar 2022
New video explains why stillbirth is not the mother’s fault
Researchers and artists from the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) have collaborated to create a tool to help women who have experienced stillbirth.
News • 21 Mar 2022
Female Founder shares her development of real-time hydration tests to boost performance and health
As the former CMO for Coca-Cola South Pacific, Lisa is a beverage afficionado. Over her fifteen-year career she oversaw the R&D of countless products, spending time leading the company’s local start-up incubator, where she attempted to solve a problem for her industry—the absence of a simple, non-in
News • 18 Mar 2022
Future Drought Fund win for 'Hydro Harvester'
Laureate Professor Behdad Moghtedari and his team have secured $1.75 million from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund to scale-up the Hydro Harvester technology.
News • 14 Mar 2022
Clinical School and Research Institute to reshape future of Central Coast health care
The University of Newcastle Central Coast Clinical School and Central Coast Research Institute was officially opened today by the Hon Scott Morrison MP, Prime Minister of Australia.
News • 11 Mar 2022
Researchers awarded nearly half a million dollars to assist in resilience and recovery after Black Summer bushfires
A team of researchers from the University of Newcastle have been awarded $468,000 as part of the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grant to assist communities in recovery and resilience in the wake of the 2019-20 fires.
News • 10 Mar 2022
Nutrition on menu to create healthy rural hearts
The NSW New England region has one of the highest rates of heart disease in the state.
News • 09 Mar 2022
International Women's Day - Celebrating our climate change-makers
Catastrophic flooding on the scale of what’s playing out in Queensland and NSW will become more likely as our planet …
News • 04 Mar 2022
University invites community to join collective kindness campaign
The culture of kindness will take centre stage on 9 March when the University of Newcastle rallies the support of its communities for its inaugural Gifting Day.
News • 02 Mar 2022
$1m grant to target depression in heart patients
Cardiologist and researcher, Professor Andrew Boyle, will investigate whether a novel well-being app can reduce depression in patients discharged from hospital with acute heart failure.
News • 18 Feb 2022
Antarctic ice cores reveal Australian drought risk worse than thought
Antarctic ice core records have shown that eastern Australia’s drought risk is greater than thought.
News • 18 Feb 2022
Researchers get creative to support healthy ageing minds
Researchers will investigate how the creative arts can support healthy brains and heathy minds as we age.
News • 18 Feb 2022
Singapore campus officially opened: University signals Asia-Pacific commitment
The University of Newcastle has officially opened its new campus office at the Singapore National Library.
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
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.