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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.

Events

Event

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