UON’s Cultural Awakenings Festival takes place from 31 August to 4 September with a week of festivities, celebration and performance.
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5 reasons why tea is good for you
Can’t miss your daily cuppa? Well grab one now and read five reasons why it’s good for you. Professor Clare Collins explains why.
A tale of vigilante justice
Adulterers, hackers and the Ashley Madison affair. Why this is a case of vigilante justice that shouldn’t be applauded writes Russell Blackford.
Demystifying the doctoral process
Dr Kylie Shaw demystifies the PhD process by tracking students’ journeys across disciplines.
When art meets science
The relationship between art and science is inextricably intertwined. Art brings a vibrancy to science, as Natural History Illustrator Lee Dedman reveals.
Science fires the imagination
We live in amazing times. Men walked on the moon when many of us were school children. Today, men and women from countries that remain rivals on Earth live together on an orbiting space station. It’s science.
Helping new Aboriginal dads stay on track
New web-based mentoring program to help Aboriginal fathers The University of Newcastle is partnering with the Young and Well Co-operative Research Centre to produce Stayin’ on Track – a novel program designed to support young Aboriginal men becoming fathers by offering web-based information services and personal mentoring. Featuring short video stories produced by award-winning film-maker, […]
Books for scholarships
Two beautifully illustrated volumes about “Old England” published 170 years ago are among the rare treasures to be offered at the Friends of the University of Newcastle Book Fair which is on now. Titled “A Pictorial Museum of the Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal and Popular” the volumes feature wonderfully preserved coloured prints of the tombs […]
Barbaric and futile: world must do away with state-sponsored killing
Dr Amy Maguire, Lecturer in International Law at UON asks which sorts of crimes, if any, justify state-sanctioned killing.
Walking The Wall for disadvantaged students
The team will be walking 50 kilometres of the Great Wall of China in the University’s 50th year in an attempt to raise over $50,000 for the University’s ‘Shaping Futures Scholarships’ which help support UON students facing hardship or challenges.
Engineering a great future for students
Dr Grant Webber is a senior lecturer in the School Of Engineering, in Chemical Engineering which was voted number 1 in Australia for Good Teaching and Overall Satisfaction. We celebrate our Top Teachers.
From Ourimbah to Mumbai
Final year Exercise Science student Heather Martin has just returned from placement in Mumbai. Taking four weeks away from her study at UON’s Central Coast campus, Heather is excited by the potential realised during this time.
Parkrun comes to Callaghan on 15 August
For those who are keen to get a little exercise, parkrun Australia will be launching a new 5km run on the UON Callaghan Campus on Saturday, 15 August. The weekly runs are free (but the organisers would like you to register), timed events which are open to everyone. Here’s the map of the new Callaghan […]
President of Tanzania Newcastle visit
In an historic occasion for the University of Newcastle, the President of Tanzania Dr Jakaya Kikwete was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws making him the first head of state to receive the honour. In the audience were three Tanzanian students currently undertaking PhD research at the University in the areas of education and politics.
Healthy smiles on the coast
The University of Newcastle’s Central Coast Oral Health Clinic is much more than an education facility but is an increasingly important part of providing health care to the local community.
NSW Chief Scientist visits the Science and Engineering Challenge
Lucky year 10 students from seven Hunter high schools were treated to a visit from NSW Chief Scientist, Professor Mary O’Kane at day one of the Science and Engineering Challenge.
Rob Sanson-Fisher – Eureka Prizes nominee 2015
Professor Sanson-Fisher has been selected as a Eureka Prize 2015 finalist in the category of ‘Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers’.
Tom Farrell – Powerhouse of a Man
In his 92 years, Tom Farrell achieved far more than most and his extraordinary story is to be told in a new book by Christopher Mooney, ‘Tom Farrell – A Powerhouse Of A Man’.
Dealing with male infertility
Professor Aitken is concerned that this lack of specialist andrologists means that healthy women are being treated in order to deal with what is actually a problem in their partner.
Newcastle drone business on the rise
HiveUAV is a local start-up business powered by the 2014 Slingshot program.