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MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
- Professor Tristan Perez told ABC Rural that robots will help agriculture become more productive.
- 4BC and 2SER interviewed Professor Duncan Campbell following a Google unmanned aerial delivering a package in rural Queensland.
- Dr Folker Hanusch's study finding journalists say their profession is increasingly influenced by sensationalism, advertising and PR was reported in The Australian.
- Dr Matt Dunbabin explained to ABC 612's Rebecca Levingston why building a truly robotic boat is such a challenge.
- QUT's campaign to contest the first-ever international marine robotics competition was also reported by Electronics News, the Queensland Times and Brisbane Times.
- Steroid crime is on the rise in Brisbane and Dr Luke Johnson told the Southern Star (go to page 5) that steroids had been linked to 'roid rage'.
- Professor Ben White and the Health Law Research Centre's research on advance directives for end of life treatment was covered by Fairfax.
- Professor Lynne Daniels told CQ News and the Blackwater Herald the PEACH program was expanding into rural Queensland.
- Dr Adrian Barnett explained that better health in subtropical winters may be as simple as thermal underwear in a Global Cafe article for visiting G20 journalists.
- The Conversation ran Andrew Quodling's piece,The dark art of Facebook fiddling with your news feed, which was picked up by Australian Business, LifeHacker Australia, the Fairfax network and SBS.
QUT extends Vice-Chancellor's appointment: QUT is pleased to announce that Professor Peter Coaldrake AO has agreed to accept a new contract as the University's Vice-Chancellor, taking his term through to December 2017.
QUT the employer of choice for Women in Technology: QUT has been crowned Queensland's employer of choice for women in technological careers.
QUT leads nation with five star graduate business programs: QUT's Graduate School of Business is the only institution in the country to have two programs rated five stars in the latest Graduate Management Association of Australia (GMAA) ranking
It's on again! QUT's fashion Fleet Store pops up for fourth year: Fashionistas of Brisbane, listen up. You can get the latest offerings from over 30 emerging and established designers at the QUT Fleet Store which blooms for just 10 days at the start of spring.
Forum on local governments' liability in disaster management: The legal implications of the use of predictive technology for managing disaster is one of the topics up for debate at the next QUT Centre for Disaster and Emergency Management (CEDM) Forum on September 17.
Row, row, robo-boat: building the search-and-rescue vessels of the future: These young roboticists are building the first generation of driverless boats that can think for themselves in an emergency.
Children's health takes centre stage with new research partnerships: A new partnership between QUT and the Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute will lead to important advances in child health.
Sociology and criminology professor joins QUT: Professor John Scott, a researcher in sociology, criminology and marginalised social populations, has joined QUT's School of Justice in the Faculty of Law.
History of child sex abuse reporting laws published: The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has published a research study by QUT's Associate Professor Ben Mathews - Mandatory reporting laws for child sexual abuse in Australia: A legislative history.
Now - Dec 31: Chem World (free) @ The Cube
Sept 8-9: Bombshells @ Gardens Theatre
Sept 8: Mid Autumn Moon Festival @ Kidney Lawn
Sept 9-27: Brisbane Festival events @ QUT
Sept 10: Gala QUT 25th Anniversary Dinner (sold out) @ Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Sept 13 - Nov 23: Judith Wright: Desire (free) @ QUT Art Museum
Sept 16-18: Return to Study Seminars (free) @ North Lakes, Gardens Point & Caboolture
Sept 17: Centre for Emergency and Disaster Management forum @ Gardens Point
Sept 18-19: Creative3 Forum @ Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
Sept 18-19: Occupational Safety in Transport Conference @ Crowne Plaza
Sept 18-20: FoodCHI 2014 @ QUT
Sept 23 & 26: Pride Month events @ QUT
Media contact: QUT Media, media@qut.edu.au
