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News • 14 May 2020

COVIDSafe

Infectious diseases can spread in an exponential fashion and containment is a key strategy in halting the spread of disease during an epidemic. Containment requires rapid identification and quarantine of infected individuals, and identification of those with whom they have had close contact.

News • 08 May 2020

Repurposing existing drugs to tackle ovarian cancer

Associate Professor Nikola Bowden, Professor Jennifer Martin, Dr Michelle Wong-Brown and Dr Penny Reeves from the University of Newcastle and the Hunter Medical Research Institute have successfully been awarded $2.69 million for their Australian Program for Drug-repurposing for Treatment-resistant O

News • 07 May 2020

Hearty success in NSW Medical Research Cardiovascular grants

Heart disease kills one person every 12 minutes in Australia, and is still the leading cause of death globally. Despite enormous improvements in health outcomes over the years, heart disease is still one of the biggest health burdens on our economy.

News • 07 May 2020

Vice-Chancellor shares insights into building a global tech company

At I2N's Startup Stories, Professor Alex Zelinsky shared his innovation journey and the many business and leadership insights he gained spinning-out the tech company Seeing Machines

News • 07 May 2020

New podcast episode highlights young hospitality workers career crises

With COVID-19 restrictions forcing many in the hospitality industry out of work, Dr David Farrugia warns that now could be a time of crisis for young people whose identities are closely entangled with their work.

News • 01 May 2020

First Nations Peoples knowledge key to new Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology

Professor Brett Neilan has appeared on the ABC’s The Science Show to discuss the importance of knowledge garnered by First Nations People in a new $35 million Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (CoESB).

News • 01 May 2020

Children returning to school during coronavirus has human rights implications

Australia lacks a comprehensive human rights framework, although human rights laws have been passed in the ACT, Victoria and Queensland. Little commentary to date has considered the return to school in a human rights context.

News • 30 Apr 2020

Outer Space and Mining Profits

US President Donald Trump issued an executive order reaffirming that companies joining US mining activities on the moon would have property rights over lunar resources.

News • 08 Apr 2020

Empowering Healthy Ageing in Older Australians

Cromwell Property Group Foundation is supporting Live Well, Age Well led by University of Newcastle Priority Research Centre for Generational Health and Ageing.

News • 08 Apr 2020

Award Puts Rural Mental Health in the Spotlight

The University of Newcastle Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health has been awarded Organisation of the Year

News • 08 Apr 2020

Inspired in the Past and Now Fuelling the Future

How a bequest from Margaret Schmidt is fuelling research into the growing area of space research

News • 08 Apr 2020

Dr Askland part of research project to study advocacy coalitions

Member of the Centre for 21st Century Humanities, anthropologist Dr Hedda Askland, is part of a new $418,828 multi-institutional research project which aims to better understand and utilise the mechanics of “advocacy coalitions” for low-carbon technologies.

Events

Webinar

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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When Tuesday 17 March 2026
2:20pm - 2:20pm
Location  Online

In person

Communicating your Unique Edge - A HunterWiSE Network Event

Join us for this practical, interactive workshop designed to help you define your unique edge - and communicate it with confidence at work.

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When Thursday 21 May 2026
8:00am - 9:30am
Location  Q Building, Honeysuckle Drive, Newcastle

In person

Founders Unfiltered

Not every entrepreneurial moment makes it to the highlight reel.

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When Thursday 28 May 2026
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Duration 2 hours
Location  I2N Hub, Honeysuckle