News - November 2006

1 November 2006
Sleepy heads move into a new purpose-built sleep centre
The Newcastle Sleep Disorders Centre is celebrating Sleep Awareness Week in an extra special way, by moving from the Royal Newcastle Hospital into a purpose built facility in the former medical outpatients area at the John Hunter Hospital.

1 November 2006
New arrival provides training for infant emergencies
University of Newcastle medical and nursing students will be better equipped to deal with infant emergencies thanks to a state of the art computerised simulator at the University Department of Rural Health (UDRH).

1 November 2006
University contributes to clean coal project
The University of Newcastle is part of an Australian research team that will support a proposed Joint Venture to demonstrate that capture and storage of CO2 from power stations is a viable option for the reduction of emissions from coal fired power generation.

2 November 2006
Hunter asthma research awarded almost $2 million
Hunter asthma researchers could soon be one step closer to understanding more about one of the region's most debilitating diseases, thanks to an injection of almost $2 million in funding.

8 November 2006
'end of the line' for architecture students
A refugee transition house in Newcastle city, a visitor centre for Anna Bay, and a transport interchange for Newcastle are just three of the innovative architectural designs created by final year architecture students at the University of Newcastle.

9 November 2006
Singapore graduation ceremony for the University of Newcastle
Almost 200 graduates of the University of Newcastle will this weekend be presented with their degrees at two special ceremonies to be held in Singapore.

14 November 2006
'A first for rural mental health in Weddin
The University of Newcastle's Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health (CRRMH) is launching a nationally funded study of health and stress in rural and remote communities in New South Wales.

15 November 2006
New frontiers in Parkinson's disease research
University of Newcastle researchers are exploring new frontiers to develop better treatments for Parkinson's disease, a condition affecting around 100,000 Australians.

15 November 2006
National award recognises best entrepreneurial educator
Professor Scott Holmes, the Dean of Graduate Studies and a Professor of Accounting at the University of Newcastle, has been named the Best Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year, at the Business/Higher Education Round Table (BHERT)* Awards.

15 November 2006
Encouraging understanding of the Muslim community
A greater understanding of the Islam religion and the Muslim community will be fostered in Newcastle through the release of three new documents.

16 November 2006
Get into uni without a UAI or HSC!
Registrations to sit a test for entry into the University of Newcastle without a Higher School Certificate (HSC) or Universities Admission Index (UAI), close this Friday 17 November.

16 November 2006
Research points to likely age of bowel cancer onset
Research conducted through the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), published in this month's Journal of the National Cancer Institute, may improve the screening efficiency for people with a predisposition to bowel cancer.

20 November 2006
Stories from the Street - homelessness report released
A report to be released today by the University of Newcastle and Mission Australia, has found that it is vital for service providers to engage more with homeless people in order to help them find appropriate housing.

21 November 2006
New research shows the way to making globalisation work at the local level
The increasingly complex relationship between multinational firms and their host countries has been the focus of an international conference hosted by the University of Newcastle's landmark Research Institute for Organisational and Institutional Performance.

22 November 2006
Teaching and learning innovator appointed at University
An award-winning innovator in teaching methods and research has been appointed the Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Newcastle.

24 November 2006
University gives a boost to the cultural development of the region
The University of Newcastle has made a significant investment in fostering Australia's poets with a commitment of $50,000 over the next five years to the Newcastle Poetry Prize. Announcing the funding, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Kevin McConkey, said the Newcastle Poetry Prize was one of the pre-eminent events on the country's literature calendar.

24 November 2006
Research explores female experience of first in family to study
Research by the Head Teacher of Learning Development at the University of Newcastle's Ourimbah campus has found women who are the first in their families to attend university, often struggle with the competing demands of family and study.

28 November 2006
University of Newcastle teacher scoops national prize
Dr Philip Morgan from the University of Newcastle has received a 2006 national Carrick Award for Teaching Excellence.

28 November 2006
Prestigious Fellowship supports young Newcastle researchers
An asthma researcher and a behavioural scientist at the University of Newcastle will receive more than $450,000 to support their work and research through a prestigious Fellowship scheme.

29 November 2006
An environmental cause for testicular cancer
Researchers from the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development are working with scientists from Europe and the United States to identify environmental toxins which may lead to testicular cancer, the most common cancer in young Australian males.

29 November 2006
First Port Macquarie campus graduates recognised
The first students to complete degree programs at the University of Newcastle's Port Macquarie campus will be recognised tomorrow night.

30 November 2006
University farewells international students today
The University of Newcastle will today say goodbye to more than 100 international students, who will return home to 22 countries after completing studies at the University.