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News • 20 Dec 2016
2016: a year in research innovation
The University of Newcastle celebrates research success in 2016. We’d like to highlight just some of our successes.
News • 19 Dec 2016
New UN partnership for UON
The University of Newcastle (UON) has been welcomed as an institutional partner of UN-Habitat
News • 16 Dec 2016
How cardio risk impacts cognitive ageing
Researchers at UON have discovered that brain ageing is impacted by heart health.
News • 15 Dec 2016
Prestigious pharmacology fellowship awarded
Professor Geoff Isbister, is one of 44 international researchers awarded a Fellowship to the British Pharmacological Society.
News • 15 Dec 2016
Engineering a better solution for industry
Dr Galina Mirzaeva has been awarded over $158 000 by ACARP for an exciting industry collaboration.
News • 15 Dec 2016
Research leader recognised with renewal of Laureate title
Professor Graeme Jameson AO, ARC Discovery Outstanding Research Award Fellow in the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, has been …
News • 14 Dec 2016
Important Quit-Smoking Research funded
Associate Professor Gillian Gould has been awarded a $100 000 through the Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme.
News • 09 Dec 2016
Cancer treatment for animals on the research fast-track
A team of UON researchers is one step closer to having their research innovation delivered through a national acceleration program.
News • 06 Dec 2016
2016 Vice-Chancellor's award winners announced
On Monday 5 December, the 2016 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence celebrated the exceptional achievements of colleagues over the past year.
News • 05 Dec 2016
UON Heart Foundation 2017 Research Funding
University of Newcastle researchers awarded highly competitive Heart Foundation grants.
News • 05 Dec 2016
2017 NHMRC Project Grants funding success
UON researchers have been awarded funding for an array of projects including stroke, asthma, mental health and cancer treatment.
News • 02 Dec 2016
Participants wanted for dementia study
What impact does cognitive impairment due to dementia have on the ability to understand non-verbal communication?
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.