Welcome to QUT's weekly round-up of news and events. For more updates as they happen, join 12,827 followers of @QUTmedia on Twitter.
World Science Festival Brisbane – it’s time to communicate with the future at QUT: The world is changing fast, and QUT is helping Queenslanders get comfortable with it.
Kindness to strangers – what makes people give and volunteer? Largest Australian study on giving seeks participants: Australians have increased their average charitable donations each year since 2009/10, and a nationwide QUT led study aims to find out what motivates people to give to nonprofit organisations.
QUT joins new centre at the forefront of global medical imaging technology: QUT has joined a major new initiative in medical imaging at the Translational Research Institute.
Sunshine Coast celebration of creative, innovative and entrepreneurial women: Nambour’s Old Ambulance Station will host a QUT-organised gathering of young female entrepreneurs dedicated to tackling social issues as part of Queensland Women’s Week celebrations.
Public tribute to bamboo's design and construction potential is underway at QUT: An intricate tunnel crafted from bamboo will grace the soft contours of QUT/Goodwill Bridge lawn, a testament to ongoing investigation by QUT architecture and design students of one of the cheapest and most sustainable building materials available.
Why are more women in prison and mostly for violence? The sharp upswing in the number of women in Australian prisons has to change before Australia follows the example of the US and UK where women’s imprisonment has increased markedly over decades, QUT School of Justice head Professor Kerry Carrington says.
Lendlease CEO to address QUT Business Leaders’ Forum: Steve McCann, CEO of leading international property and infrastructure group Lendlease, will address the next QUT Business Leaders’ Forum on June 17.
Big business must be prepared to change quickly to meet disruption: Corporate leadership must be responsive and flexible to take on disruption such as Airbnb, Uber and Tesla and not see it as the domain of the "young and nimble", AMP chairman Simon McKeon (pictured below) told the first 2016 QUT Business Leaders’ Forum last week.
New Psychology and Counselling Clinic to address gap in Caboolture’s support services: QUT will open an outreach Psychology and Counselling Clinic at its Caboolture campus two days a week this month, offering subsidised support for people suffering learning and developmental difficulties.
Scholarship keeps memories of Pop alive for budding music journalist: An 18-year-old Forest Lake QUT journalism and law student has been awarded the 2016 QUT Amy Clough Scholarship to cover his first year of creative industries tuition fees.
Now - March 12: International Women's Day celebrations @ QUT
March 11: ASC2016 national conference @ Gardens Point
March 18-20: Startup Weekend Brisbane, Creative Tech @ Kelvin Grove
March 18-23: The Government Inspector (featuring QUT third-year actors) @ Gardens Theatre
March 21: Constitutional Reform Symposium, featuring The Hon Michael Kirby @ Room Three Sixty
March 22: Rana Plaza and the Fight for Safe Factories (free public lecture) @ Gardens Point
April 14-15: Educating Rita @ Gardens Theatre
April 20: Learning Potential Fund Breakfast with Don Meij @ Room Three Sixty
Now - March 13: Dino Zoo (free) @ The Cube
Now - March 18: SHAPE of Things to Come: The Anniversary Show (free) @ QUT Creative Industries Precinct
Now - May 1: Painter in Paradise: William Dobell in New Guinea (free) @ QUT Art Museum
Now - May 1: Charles Robb: Catacoustics III (free) @ QUT Art Museum
June 4-8: DIS 2016 (ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems) @ Gardens Point
Now - June 26: Inspirations (free) @ William Robinson Gallery
MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
- A QUT and Cancer Council Qld study which found single cancer patients face death sooner, received national coverage through AAP including Nine News online, 10 News, the West Australian, ABC online, ABC radio, The Australian, APN regional papers and Tech Times.
- Dr Gary Mortimer provided expert comment to Channel 7 News on the introduction of the Lidl supermarket chain to Qld and the expansion of Aldi into the Gold Coast. His views on the subject were featured on The Daily Mail. He also spoke to 2UE about the closure of Dick Smith and again to Channel 7 News informing them that the introduction of paid parking at Pacific Fair would be a win-win for both shoppers and retailers.
- PhD researcher Irina Anastasiu provided comment to 10 News on the benefits of Brisbane City Council expanding the availability of free WiFi in the city.
- PhD researcher Kristi Greig’s research into whether music and song might help young women quit smoking ran throughout the Fairfax network including the Brisbane Times and The Age, and also made it on to the UK’s This Is Money news site.
- The QUT Business School’s Business Leaders’ Forum was covered by The Courier Mail and Herald Sun.
- Brisbane Times sought Dr Marc Miska’s expertise for a story on how we can fix Brisbane’s growing congestion problems.
- Dr Bree Devin was on ABC Sunshine Coast about her research into ugly foods.
- Professor Kerry Carrington (pictured left) explained to news.com.au and News Corp’s network of daily papers why more Australian women are ending up in jail.
- Australian Anthill profiled Australia’s first Startup Weekend for ‘creative tech’ at QUT Creative Enterprise Australia.
- Professor Erik Thompson discussed the link between stress and cancer with radio 2SER.
- Dr Greg Kyle told news.com.au and The Courier-Mail there were no occasions to clinically use magnesium and DMSO together in an IV infusion, reportedly being done by a former Queensland police officer in Bali to treat autism.
- Associate Professor Kerryann Walsh talked to news.com.au about gaps in research on the effects of pornography on children.
- Professor Gerry Fitzgerald’s article about system-wide congestion in emergency healthcare was published in the Medical Journal Australia.
- Professor Selena Bartlett’s simple strategies for dealing with stress at work featured in Business Insider Australia.
- Generosity magazine featured Dr Wendy Scaife, Marie Crittall and Stephanie Bolderman’s philanthropy survey of Australian professional advisors.
- The Bundaberg News Mail featured a story on the work of Professor Judith Clements and her research using 3D models to mimic cancer cells in women with aggressive ovarian tumours.
- Professor Marcus Foth (pictured right), Associate Professor Thea Blackler and Dr Paul Cunningham wrote a piece for The Conversation on bee-centred hive design and digital beehives, which was also picked up by The Canberra Times and Australasian Science and South Africa’s Bizcommunity.
- Professor Foth’s research into ‘skunkworks’ was also mentioned in a Conversation article republished by Australasian Science.
- Dr Cassandra Cross used The Conversation to explain how online fraud might be falling but scammers are changing their tactics to cash in.
- The Courier Mail, Adelaide Advertiser and Cairns Weekend Post covered QUT's bid to improve uni students' financial literacy and research by Dr Chrisann Palm and Dr Laura de Zwaan.
- Nine News featured a story with QUT’s Linda Bradby about women cyclists and the need for better facilities and infrastructure.
- Dr Matthew Dunbabin explored environmental robots on ABC News 24’s Weekend Breakfast.
- Associate Professor John Banks spoke about the health of the gaming industry to 666 ABC Canberra.
Release date: Monday, March 7, 2016
Media contact: media@qut.edu.au
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