QUT News & Events Wrap - November 14 edition

NEWS

QUT academic wins Prime Minister's Literary Awards Poetry prize: Acclaimed Brisbane poet Sarah Holland-Batt has been awarded the prestigious 2016 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry.

Healthcare barriers hurt most vulnerable: Society’s most vulnerable continue to face fundamental barriers in trying to access health care in Australia, according to a new report.

Dust showcase: QUT fashion students stage gritty uni finale before taking on world: Brisbane's premier showcase of emerging fashion talent will taken on an apocalyptic theme this week when QUT's 2016 graduating fashion students unveil their collections as part of their Dust runway finale event.

Aldi gives suppliers, as well as shoppers, greater choice: retail expert: Aldi’s entry into the market has provided greater choice for shoppers, and also for suppliers, says QUT retail expert Associate Professor Gary Mortimer in response to Dick Smith’s claim Aldi will take ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ out of the country.

Drive change and success will follow – Carnival Australia boss: Businesses must drive change to encourage more women into corporate Australia, Carnival Australia Executive Chairman Ann Sherry AO has told a QUT Business Leaders’ Forum.

QUT offers free health checks for kids in January: Parents have been urged to get in early and book their children into free ‘back-to-school’ health checks at the QUT Health Clinics on January 10, 11 and 12.

EVENTS

Nov 16-18: DUST: QUT Fashion Graduate Show 2016 (pictured) @ Kelvin Grove
Nov 17: Hiding in Plain Sight: Trends that will shape the economy @ Gardens Point
Nov 19 - March 5: GLASS: art design architecture @ QUT Art Museum
Nov 20-24: Healthy Housing: ICEERB 2016 @ Gardens Point
Now - Feb 23: To Sir with Love: an exhibition of the Dr Wilton WR Love album (free) @ Old Government House
Now - early 2017: Physics Observatory (free) @ The Cube
Now - June 18, 2017: William Robinson: Genesis (free) @ William Robinson Gallery
April 5-7: 2017 Times Higher Education (THE) Young Universities Summit @ Gardens Point

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

- Professor Matthew Rimmer's opinion on the Trans-Pacific Partnership under Donald Trump was sought by ABC News, ABC Radio Canberra and The World Today.
- Creative Industries academic Sarah Holland-Batt was interviewed on the ABC's RN Books & Arts program after winning the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards prize for Poetry, with ABC Online also covering the win.
- QUT Business Leaders Forum guest speaker Carnival Australia chief executive Ann Sherry (pictured) featured in a Courier-Mail article on the Brisbane cruise sector and was mentioned in the paper's City Beat column.
- QUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Coaldrake told QWeekend magazine universities must ensure graduates have the skills needed for the future workplace.
- Dr Federic Maire featured on ABC News regarding artificial intelligence helping build a neural network to search for dugongs. His work was also on Digital Trends and International Business Times.
- Professor Ross Young and the Real Health of the Nation survey were in probonoaustralia and Aged Care Insite.
- QUT Business School's Professor Uwe Dulleck told News Limited Donald Trump would have a strong impact on the world and, most importantly for Australia, on the Chinese economy.
- Associate Professor Molly Dragiewicz joined a discussion broadcast by ABC RN’s Big Ideas on what progress has been made in tackling domestic violence
- The Australian Financial Review asked Professor Peter Corke how robotics would affect future jobs.
- Dr Matthew Dunbabin and Dr Feras Dayoub’s COTSbot research received coverage in Nature World News.
-  The Conversation published a piece by Professor Marilyn Campbell that argued kids who watched porn wouldn’t necessarily turn into sex offenders. The article also ran on ABC Online, The West Australian, in Viw Magazine Australia and Daily Bulletin.
- Associate Professor Gary Mortimer (pictured) told SmartCompany that electronic payments were leading to the death of the five cent coin (which costs six cents to make). He also told Daily Mail Australia Aldi was helping shoppers by giving them more product options.
- Dr Haifei Zhan and his diamond nanothread discoveries featured in DNA India.
- Professor Tom Cooper and researcher Kim Alexander’s work bringing the YuMi deadly maths program to regional schools in South Australia was in the Port Lincoln Times.
- Dr Bill Lott did his usual spot on ABC Radio Overnights discussing genetic screening, deep vein thrombosis and personalised medicine.
- Susan Hetherington did her regular segment for ABC Capricornia which included the genetics of fussy children. She also had her regular spot talking about theatre on ABC Brisbane Breakfast.
- Dr Louise Grayson published a photo essay and article on The Conversation to mark Remembrance Day. Her photos of the Western Front were juxtaposed with photos she took on the granite belt where many WWI veterans were resettled.  It was republished by the Daily Bulletin.
- The South East Advertiser promoted the QUT Vice Chancellor’s STEM camp which fosters a love of science and technology.
- Bill Kwiecien spoke with ABC Radio Drive program about the health risk of asbestos in soil and water.
- Associate Professor Kirsten Vallmuur’s ladder falls research featured on ageing website The Donaldson Sisters.
- Electronics Online published a story on Brisbane’s first ever public access Internet of Things (IoT) network, thanks to a partnership between QUT, IoT integrator Meshed and IoT community The Things Network.
- The Fifth Estate wrote about universities building greener buildings and cited the open-air style refurbishment of D Block at QUT’s Gardens Point campus.
- Judith Newton spoke with News.com.au about why social media may save your life during a crisis.
- ABC TV and ABC Online spoke to Dr Rebecca English (pictured) about home schooling in Queensland.
- Professor Monika Janda explained to outlets including Healthday why some people may be more genetically vulnerable to melanoma.
 - The nomination of QUT donor Laurie Cowled as a Queensland finalist for the 2017 Senior Australian of the Year was covered by newspapers including the Sunshine Coast Daily.
- The Sunday Mail and regional press including the Mackay Daily Mercury reported QUT would sign an agreement with Sumitomo Electric Industries into the potential for a concentrated solar photovoltaic demonstration project in Queensland.
- Peter Black was on 612 ABC Breakfast for his regular Tuesday morning technology segment and talked about “drone hunters” for airports and the Slack office chat app.
- The Phnom Penh Post reported on QUT and Handicap International’s involvement to promoting journey access for people with disability in Cambodia.
- Salomon Lukonga’s bid to start a charitable fashion line with the help of QUT’s Fashion Accelerator program was covered by The Queensland Times.
- QUT researchers Melinda London and Penny Williams spoke to 4EB Radio about how organisations support people to access flexible work.

Release date: Monday, November 14, 2016
Media contact: media@qut.edu.au

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