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News • 03 Sep 2019

$50,000 funding awarded to innovative Grand Challenge solutions

From eucalyptus oil diffusers, to aromatic plants seeds dispensed through a gumball machine, and a Mozzie Map to quantify human/mosquito interactions, the innovative ideas proposed in the University of Newcastle’s Grand Challenge offer promising solutions to manage the global problem of mosquitoes.

News • 02 Sep 2019

Ikara 2019 Challengers Hit the Trail

Ikara-Flinders Ranges Challengers have started their 100km trek

News • 30 Aug 2019

$10 million funding boost for local health researchers

More than $10 million has been awarded to further world-class, solution-based research at the University of Newcastle, Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), and Hunter New England Health in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding.

News • 30 Aug 2019

Dr Myles Young wins Bupa’s Emerging Health Researcher Award 

Dr Myles Young has been named Bupa Foundation’s Emerging Health Researcher for 2019 in recognition of his work to improve men’s physical and mental health.

News • 26 Aug 2019

New Department of Education funding launches research into improving educational expertise in schools

Researcher with the School of Education and the Centre for the Study of Research Training, Impact & Innovation (SORTI), Associate Professor Kylie Shaw is leading two new research projects aimed at enhancing educational expertise in NSW schools.

News • 20 Aug 2019

The next wave of research stars in the limelight

With thousands of hours of research condensed into just three minutes, 15 bright and determined postgraduate students will take the stage at The Conservatorium on Friday (23 August) to compete in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

News • 13 Aug 2019

Research seeks to empower students and teachers to thrive in an artificial intelligence world

A national report, authored by researchers from the University of Newcastle, to guide Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies in Schools has been launched.

News • 05 Aug 2019

Weight-loss trial to recharge men’s mental and physical health

The internationally renowned SHED-IT (Self-Help, Exercise and Diet using Information Technology) research program from the University of Newcastle has been redeveloped with a renewed focus on helping men lift their mood, not just lose weight.

News • 29 Jul 2019

Funding boost for new approach to reduce gynaecological cancers

Researchers from the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute are determined to shift the way society views contraceptive pills and reproductive health in an effort to reduce gynaecological cancers.

News • 24 Jul 2019

University unveils plans for $200 million STEMM investment

The University of Newcastle today unveiled plans for a flagship facility at its Callaghan campus, heralded as its largest infrastructure spend to date.

News • 23 Jul 2019

Future Societies Workshop was successfully organized by FEDUA-Alternative Futures Research Network (AFRN) in collaboration with New Economy Network Australia (NENA) on 23 July 2019

The parties committed themselves to establish FEDUA’s first Community partnered “Research Hub” (Alternative Futures Research Hub -AFRHub) based at the University of Newcastle, with the purpose of developing and conducting transformative research projects.

News • 19 Jul 2019

Virtual concert set to transform performance possibility

The University of Newcastle will host Newcastle’s first ever virtual concert this week, as students test the boundaries of immersive performance.

Events

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2025 Karen Thrift Prize for Poetry

The University of Newcastle School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences is happy to announce that applications for the Karen Thrift Prize for Poetry for 2025 is now open.

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When Monday 1 December 2025 - Sunday 18 January 2026