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Boredom blamed for young male risk taking: CARRS-Q study: Young males are prone to boredom behind the wheel, according to QUT road safety researcher Dr Ronald Schroeter who is looking to use gadgets and games behind the wheel to make risky drivers safer on the roads.
Octogenarians celebrate 70-year teaching reunion at QUT: Teachers dedicated to educating generations of Australian school children will join together for a special 70th anniversary reunion at QUT this week.
QUT-India collaboration on new vitamin therapy brings relief to migraine sufferers: Collaboration between QUT and Indian life science company Avesthagen is paving the way for migraine genetics research to be translated into a new vitamin B-based preventative therapy.
Epic fails in 2015 elections: does polling jeopardise fairness? Britain, Queensland, Israel, Poland - 2015 has been a year of electoral polling failure and it could have major implications on election outcomes, according to researchers from QUT's Queensland Behavioural Economics Group.
New collaboration boosts Queensland's medical research: QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research have entered into a partnership that will promote greater collaboration between the two major medical research institutes.
Volunteers wanted for unique Alzheimer's Disease early detection research project: South-East Queensland volunteers are wanted for a global clinical research trial being conducted on the Gold Coast to identify the genetic risk factors of developing Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer's Disease and test a medication with the potential to delay its onset.
Calls to lift basic numeracy skills for students with disabilities: Australian children with disabilities who leave school without basic numeracy skills may face a difficult future and struggle to gain employment, says QUT education expert Dr Bronwyn Ewing.
June 16: AMSI Aerospace Careers Roadshow (for high schoolers & parents) @ Gardens Theatre
June 18: Law Alumni winter drinks @ QUT Art Museum
June 18: "The art of saying no" seminar (Women in Engineering alumni event) @ Gardens Point
June 19: Super Awesome! alumni film screening @ Palace Barracks
June 19-20: Wrecking Ball featuring Naomi Price @ Gardens Theatre
June 19-21: WOW Brisbane 2015 (Women of the World festival) @ QUT & QPAC
Now - June 28: Quaternary @ QUT Art Museum
July 6: NAIDOC storytelling & kids art display @ QUT Kelvin Grove Library
July 8-10: Engineering Link Project (for Year 11 & 12 students) @ Gardens Point
July 8-10: 2015 Crime, Justice and Social Democracy International Conference @ Gardens Point
July 26: QUT Open Day @ Gardens Point
July 27: Biosecurity in a Globalised World International Conference @ Gardens Point
July 29: Bush Tucker Walk @ QUT Caboolture
July 29: Future Ways of Thinking free event (Real World Futures program) @ Room Three Sixty
Now - July 19: William Robinson: Infinite sphere (free) @ William Robinson Gallery
MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
- Optician Online, The Medical News, and Ny Medicin praised Professor Nathan Efron and Professor Judith Clements for their Queen's Birthday honours.
- Professor Clements was also interviewed on 4BC about her research into two 'undervalued' cancers - prostate and ovarian.
- Professor Lionel Page's research on the effects of pre-election and exit polling was run by NewsroomAmerica.
- Dr Bron Ewing and the YuMi Deadly Maths program were on ABC TV News and in Campus Review.
- Associate Professor Richard Brown spoke with 612 ABC about why we're not buying more ethanol-blended fuel.
- Professor Roger Hellens spoke to ABC Rural about the role of Vitamin C in fruit development
- Ngadiman Djaja's sun protection survey was featured by several APN papers.
- Channel 10's Scope looked at paramedics with Dr Scott Devenish (15.45) and QUT's research into dancing and Parkinson's disease with Professor Graham Kerr and Erica Rose Jeffrey (19.25).
- Dr Gary Mortimer discussed the online retail sector in a Courier-Mail article about a Brisbane vet with a successful online business and wrote about Lidl coming to Australia for The Conversation and also discussed the German retailer on 4BC.
- Dr Ronald Schroeter spoke to 612 ABC and 7 News about gamifying driving to keep young drivers safe.
- Dr Mark McGovern told APN the State Government must fix a centuries-old loophole that means it missed out on $554M in mining royalties.
- QUT Student Leader of the Year, Tri Mulyani Sunaharum, made the Australia Plus ABC site for Indonesia, Indonesia's Kompas International and the Facebook pages of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta and the Indonesian Consulate General in Australia.
- Dr Michael Dezuanni explained the important of literacy in his Conversation article about the Sydney Film Festival's family program.
- Jake Whitehead discussed the benefits of congestion charges in his Conversation article.
- Business Daily republished Professor Brian McNair's Conversation article discussing the anticipated Game of Thrones at News Corp.
- Professor Lisa Nissen and Dr Esther Lau wrote an explainer on treating addiction through Pharmacotherapy for the Australian Journal of Pharmacy.
- Professor Amanda Lee was quoted in a Conversation article on the benefits of subsidising fruit and vegetables for Indigenous children. .
- Dr Terry Lyons commented in the Sydney Morning Herald on the decline in high school science participation
- Moustache Magazine profiled QUT fashion sessional academic Emily McGuire.
- Associate Professor Phil Heywood told the ABC the way Brisbane Council was implementing its new city plan was overkill.
- Brisbane Times featured QUT alumni Dead Puppet Scoiety.
- Pharmacy News, Australian Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacy Daily all reported on QUT student Samuel Turner being named Queensland's pharmacy student of the year.
Release date: June 15, 2015
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