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News • 17 Mar 2017
Foot Pressure Study
Researchers from the University of Newcastle (UON) Podiatry Department are looking for volunteers to take part in a clinical trial.
News • 16 Mar 2017
Cross-faculty collaboration builds stronger communities
Teams of researchers across Construction Management and Social Work at UON have come together to team up for interdisciplinary research that’s making an impact
News • 14 Mar 2017
Can a good night’s sleep be secret to diabetes prevention?
A new project from UON and HMRI is hoping to unlock whether sleep is the missing link in long-term, healthy weight loss.
News • 13 Mar 2017
UON’s early career researchers awarded
24 UON researchers named as recipients of Research Advantage Early Career Researcher Scholarships
News • 10 Mar 2017
Leading Shakespeare Scholar wows audience in public lecture
The Centre for 21st Century Humanities had the privilege of hosting Merton Professor Lorna Hutson recently.
News • 09 Mar 2017
A voice for gender equity
Dr Nikola Bowden has been appointed to the NHMRC Women in Health Science working committee
News • 08 Mar 2017
UON subjects ranked in world’s top 100
2017 QS World University Subject Rankings identify University of Newcastle subjects among world’s best
News • 08 Mar 2017
UON to lead new global CRC for High Performance Soils
A UON led Co-Operative Research Centre bid has attracted $39.5m from the Government to establish a ten year global CRC for High Performance soils
News • 02 Mar 2017
Indigenous trailblazer honoured
UON graduate Karlie Noon, the first Indigenous student in NSW to obtain a double degree in science and mathematics has been honoured in Press Club address.
News • 02 Mar 2017
Hunter to test stroke detector
A revolutionary timesaving diagnostic device called the Stroke Finder helmet is being trialled by the Hunter Medical Research Institute for the first time
News • 02 Mar 2017
Funding boost for Newcastle cancer researcher
Conjoint Professor Stephen Ackland has received $450,000 to further treatment for rectal cancer
News • 02 Mar 2017
My Year as a Fairy Tale: Bringing Magic and Marie Antoinette to Maitland
Helen Hopcroft will dress as Marie Antoinette in a year long performance project.
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
AI for Health Innovators: Practical Tools, Real Limits
A hands on two hour workshop on using AI in your innovation work, and knowing where it stops being safe to.
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.