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Hear ye, hear ye: help crowdfund a 3D printed ear for kids born without one: An exciting crowdfunding campaign (pictured above) to raise $200,000 to fast track the development of 3D printed prosthetic ears for children born without an ear kicked off on Sunday.
QUT research advancing Queensland: Key QUT researchers have been awarded nearly $2.8 million from the State Government to advance research into 3D printed breasts for reconstructive surgery, new nutritional food products and animal feed supplements, and robotic underground mining vehicles.
Shame & stigma: partners of online child exploiters are DV victims too: The non-offending partners of people involved with online child exploitation often face similar consequences as domestic violence victims such as isolation and stigmatisation said Professor Molly Dragiewicz (pictured below).
Landmark UN report promotes access to essential medicines: Reform of intellectual property over vital public health research on such diseases as ebola and Zika virus is long overdue, says QUT IP expert Professor Matthew Rimmer.
The makings of a good teacher as Queensland shakes up exams: Senior secondary school teachers who provide the ‘big picture’ about their subjects ensure success for final exams, says school assessment expert Dr Judy Smeed.
School students rise to UAV medical challenge: Sixty high-school students from Australia, China and California have their unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) skills put to the test this week in a first-of-its-kind life-saving medical challenge near Ipswich.
Sept 19-Oct 2: Physics Observatory (free) @ The Cube
Sept 22: Creative3 Forum @ Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
Sept 22: QUT Faculty of Law Comedy Debate @ Room Three Sixty
Sept 24: QUT Learning Potential Fund Riverfire Celebration @ Room Three Sixty
Sept 29: Domestic Violence: Unheard Voices event @ Banco Court (George St, Brisbane)
Oct 4-8: The Merchant of Venice (featuring QUT acting students) @ Gardens Theatre
Oct 10: QUT Business Leaders' Forum with Andrew Thorburn @ Sofitel Brisbane
Oct 20-21: WorkSmart Conference @ Royal Pines Resort
Oct 29: Brisbane climate change action event (free) @ Gardens Point
Nov 1: Dance 16 @ Gardens Theatre
Nov 8: An Evening with Groucho @ Gardens Theatre
Nov 20-24: Healthy Housing: ICEERB 2016 @ Gardens Point
April 5-7: 2017 Times Higher Education (THE) Young Universities Summit @ Gardens Point
Now - Nov 13: 'the churchie' National Emerging Art Prize Exhibition (free) @ QUT Art Museum
Now - June 18, 2017: William Robinson: Genesis (free) @ William Robinson Gallery
MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
- Associate Professor Mia Woodruff and her team’s crowdfunding project to created 3D-printed ears for kids born without one (pictured above) received widespread coverage including 7 News, 9 News, 10 News, MSN.com, Brisbane Times, Sydney Morning Herald, AAP and ABC Radio on the Gold and Sunshine coasts.
- Associate Professor Gary Mortimer tells The New Daily that Aldi’s German high fashion could mean bargain couture in Australia. He appeared on Channel 9 talking about a Coles’ plan to offer fruit and vegetable discounts for people who exercise, and Channel 7 talking about the Masters Hardware store fire sale being a fizzer. He wrote for Inside Retail how the supermarket wars resulted in the weakest food and grocery sales growth in years. And 4KQ sought his expertise for a story about the cheapest places to go shopping.
- Professor Sagadevan Mundree research to target halo blight was run in Queensland Country Life, Stock Journal, Stock and Land, Sunshine Coast Daily and North Queensland Register.
- The Times Higher Education reviewed Professor Peter Coaldrake’s revised edition of Raising the Stakes: Gambling with the Future of Universities.
- Professor Kerry Carrington’s Graduate Certificate in Domestic Violence was a top pick in The Australian’s story about education updates.
- Mark Lauchs commented in the Courier Mail about the reworked bikie legislation, describing some of the proposed laws as “utterly bizarre”.
- News Corp papers sought Dr Gregoire Larue’s expertise for a story on recent fatal crashes at rail crossings.
Coverage of Marina Alexander and Mark King’s work to national local street speed limit of 40km/h continued in the Pine Rivers Press and The Motor Report .
- Scope TV ran segments on medical robots (Professors Jonathan Roberts and Ross Crawford and Dr Anjali Jaiprakash), coral bleaching (Brett Lewis and Dr Luke Nothdurft) and vegan leather (Dean Brough [pictured below] and Dr Alice Payne).
- The Creative Industries Precinct is on Fairfax’s list of 10 top things to do in Brisbane for hosting Theatre Republic production Echoes. It was also mentioned in The Guardian.
- Ragtrader talked up the Creative Industries Faculty’s partnership with Seoul National University to offer fashion students a two-year cross-cultural exchange program.
- QUT research into the role of gut feelings among hedge-fund traders was reported by This Is Money and the Daily Mail UK.
- The Sunshine Coast Daily reported on Professor Dietmar Hutmacher’s Advance Queensland funding to develop 3D breast scaffolds
- Douglas Baker featured in a piece about most and least liveable cities of 2016 in VectorNews.
- Dr Judy Smeed’s work to prepare Queensland teachers for the reintroduction of external exams for senior high school students featured in online magazine Education Today.
- Bill Proud’s comments on Qantas and Instagram instigating out-of-office replies containing holiday photos was featured on News Corp, escape and The New Zealand Herald.
- US site yourtango.com covered Stephen Whyte and Professor Benno Torgler’s research on women want in a sperm donor.
- Dr Robert Schweitzer spoke to TV3 about post-sex blues.
- Associate Professor Janet Davies offered helpful tips to hay-fever suffers in Townsville via the Townville Bulletin.
- RoboHub spoke with Dr Juxi Leitner about his LunaRoo project to put a hopping robot on the Moon.
- The Daily Telegraph incorporated Brett Lewis’ video (pictured below) of a coral bleaching into its story about the Deputy Premier inviting Leonardo DiCaprio to Queensland to help save the reef. Business Insider Australia also reported on his video.
- Mardi McNeil’s reef research continued to gain international attention with runs in RocketNews
- The West Australian Community Newspaper Group reported on 2016 QUT Creative Enterprise Australia Indigenous Fashion Accelerator scholarship recipient, Tegan Cowlishaw, who is developing her label’s spring-summer collection.
- ABC reported on QUT’s involvement in an app-making competition to encourage more young women into IT.
- QUT’s partnership with Horticulture Innovation Australia and agricultural technology company The Yield to develop an app to help farmers irrigate efficiently ran in HortiBiz.com, FreshPlaza, ABC Rural and on ABC radio in Bundaberg and Townsville.
- QUT STEM and Step Up program ambassador Suzette Argent featured in the Caboolture Shire Herald.
- In their regular spots, Susan Hetherington and Dr Mary Crawford spoke to ABC Radio.
Maria O’Reilly’s research to improve travel for people with dementia featured in The Senior Magazine.
- ABC Southern Queensland spoke with Professor Ben White about his research looking at our understanding when it comes to end-of-life decisions.
- Professor Brian McNair wrote a Conversation article about democracy and politics in the digital age and a QUT-led public debate. His other Conversation article about the return of Pauline Hanson was republished by Australian Business.
- Visiting Fellow Michael Murray explained why Korean company Hanjin’s ships are stranded around the globe in his Conversation article, republished by Logics & Materials Handling and Dynamic Export.
- Professor Axel Bruns’ Conversation article updating Australians on their news-sharing activities on Twitter was republished by Australian Business.
- The West Australian republished Dr Andrew McGee’s Conversation article about why Australia hesitates to legalise euthanasia.
- Dr Henri Burgers and Dr Charmaine Glavas wrote a Conversation article questioning the root of Australia’s innovation problem.
Release date: Monday, September 19, 2016
Media contact: media@qut.edu.au
