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News • 04 Dec 2017
Nicotine replacement in pregnancy: Safer than smoking
Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is safer than smoking and Australian doctors can be confident about prescribing it for their pregnant patients
News • 03 Dec 2017
Mustafa Prize recognises work of UON and imperial engineer
Pioneering computer scientist, engineer and applied mathematician Professor Erol Gelenbe has been awarded a $500,000 Mustafa Prize for his work
News • 28 Nov 2017
AVO app ‘Bernie’ to help address domestic violence reoffending
Researchers have created a mobile phone application named Bernie to support defendants of ADVOs, acting as an early-intervention tool to support better outcomes
News • 27 Nov 2017
Fat cells a key suspect for endometrial cancer in obese women
An underlying mechanism linking obesity with the development of endometrial cancer has been demonstrated for the first time
News • 24 Nov 2017
New Centre for Rehab Innovations
UON has established Australia’s first Centre for Rehab Innovations (CRI).
News • 23 Nov 2017
NSW Government provides additional $3m to medicinal cannabis research
The NSW Government has announced it will provide more than $3m in funding for medicinal cannabis research to the Australian …
News • 21 Nov 2017
Reaping the benefits of agricultural waste
Revolutionary technology is being developed in partnership with the University of Newcastle that will convert agricultural waste to biofuel for the first time.
News • 21 Nov 2017
Bright star of Australian science recognised with Academy Awards
Associate Professor Shanyong Wang was honoured with the 2018 John Booker Medal
News • 17 Nov 2017
Study aiming to achieve body balance after gestational diabetes
The University of Newcastle is trialing a new diabetes risk-reduction program called Body Balance Beyond
News • 15 Nov 2017
UON Laureate Professor awarded a prestigious Visiting Professorship
Laureate Professor Paul Foster FAHMS, a global leader in respiratory research, has been appointed as the Visiting Professor at the National University of Singap
News • 13 Nov 2017
$12.2m to support Newcastle’s vital health and medical research
UON has attracted $12.2m in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council funding
News • 10 Nov 2017
Sex, Science and Society after 40 years of IVF
Today marks 40 years since the conception of the world’s first In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) child.
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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.
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.