Welcome to QUT's latest round-up of news and events. For more updates as they happen, join more than 7300 followers of @QUTmedia on Twitter.
Philanthropy award recognises QUT's exceptional teachers program: Outstanding teacher graduates who are placed in low socio-economic schools are kicking goals at home and Australia-wide with a QUT-led project recognised for a higher education philanthropic award.
3D nails fashion the future of wearable tech: Thea Baumann can make your fake nails pop - literally.
Early police action stymies online fraud scammers: A proactive police initiative to combat online fraud has made great gains in one of the hardest battles of all: convincing people they are the victim of cyber fraud and to stop sending money, a QUT criminologist says.
QUT and Adani agree path to shape future leaders: QUT and Adani Australia have signed an agreement that will see the University help to develop dynamic and innovative leaders for the growing multinational business conglomerate.
New York, Singapore, the world! QUT student talent on international stage: Christmas came early for seven QUT visual artists who have exhibited works in New York, the world's most lucrative art scene, before they've even graduated.
Hostages endured horror but don't label it a terrorist attack: Given time, people who experience deep trauma such as that of the Sydney siege hostages can use the opportunity to grow, says trauma expert Associate Professor Jane Shakespeare-Finch from QUT's School of Psychology and Counselling.
EVENTS
Dec 23: Real Decisions (free) @ QUT Caboolture
Dec 23: Real Decisions (free) @ QUT Gardens Point
Now - Dec 2014: Chem World (free) @ The Cube
Jan 6 - 23: The Voice in the Walls (children's event) @ Old Government House
Jan 13 - 21: 2015 Summer Holiday Program @ The Cube
Now - March 1: Performance Now exhibition (free) @ QUT Art Museum
Now - July 2015: William Robinson: Infinite sphere (free) @ William Robinson Gallery
MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
- QUT student Joe Burns' call up to the Australian Boxing Day test cricket side was covered by media across the country including AAP, The Courier-Mail and The Sydney Morning Herald.
- Associate Professor Mark Lauchs told news.com.au, including The Australian, and ABC Radio National Breakfast the siege in Sydney was not a terrorist attack, while Associate Professor Jane Shakespeare-Finch's expertise on what the hostages went through and their road to recovery was also covered by the news.com.au network.
- Associate Professor Mark Lauchs also spoke to 4BC about the reduction in bikie membership since the start of Taskforce Maxima
- Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Coaldrake was included in The Australian's list of the 50 most influential people in higher education in 2014.
- The Courier-Mail featured the success of QUT graduate Thea Baumann's interactive nails and mobile app making waves in China and QUT CEA's investment in the company was covered by Startup Smart.
- Associate Professor Mia Woodruff spoke to The Courier-Mail about QUT's inaugural masters of biofabrication.
- Dr Gary Mortimer told Channel 9 News, ABC and 4BC that he wasn't sure 2014 would be the best Christmas since the Global Financial Crisis in terms of spending.
- Dr Mary Crawford was interviewed on 4BC Morning in relation to the Abbott Cabinet reshuffle.
- CSIRO's Ecos magazine featured Professor Peter Talbot's research into longer-lasting lithium batteries for electric cars.
- The Koori Mail featured Dr Odette Best's research highlighting the unsung work of Indigenous nurses.
- Professor Steve Stern told the Sunshine Coast Daily about his Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method being used in international limited-overs cricket matches
- Professor Lisa Nissen had an article in Australian Pharmacist on how strips of cured salted pork were used to stem an uncontrollable nosebleed in a young girl with a rare blood disorder. Professor Nissen was also quoted in an article that Australia could follow the trend in England where pharmacies are being given the go-ahead to deliver vaccinations in the same publication.
- The Brisbane Times highlighted QUT's visual arts students who exhibited their works in the heart of New York City with their Fordham University counterparts.
- mX featured Dr Cassandra Cross's research into victims of online dating scams
- City North News reported QUT art students had been given exhibition space at the TransLink Centre for Service Excellence
- Engineers Australia magazine spoke with Dr Earnest Foo on cyber attacks and how many of them come from organised crime networks, not just nation states.
- QUT alumna and Optometry Australia National President Kate Gifford addressed graduating optometry students with the speech covered by Optometry Australia.
- Dr Nicolas Suzor and Suzannah Wood's The Conversation piece stating Facebook and Google have a moral duty to stop online abuse was republished by Australasian Science.
- Professor Axel Bruns published November's Australian Twitter News Index on The Conversation.
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