QUT News & Events Wrap

NEWS

Search for renewables inspires QUT's Fulbright scholar: Growing up surrounded by cane fields in north Queensland has had a lasting legacy on QUT's newest Fulbright scholar and research chemist, Dylan Cronin.

Is temperament, not lack of willpower, behind weight loss struggle? Study seeks volunteers: If you are engaged in a continuous battle of losing and regaining weight, it's not the scales you have to watch, it could be your own temperament that's letting you down, says QUT dietitian Lynette Mackey.

BDO champions corporate philanthropy to aid disadvantaged students: The Brisbane office of global accounting firm BDO has become the first business organisation to partner with QUT in creating scholarships for disadvantaged QUT students, leading the way in corporate philanthropy.

Air travel and dementia - understanding the challenges for travellers, carers and airlines: As the number of people with dementia grows it's increasingly critical to understand its impact and how to manage it in a range of circumstances including air travel where no guidelines currently exist for airlines or airports.

Octogenarians celebrate 70-year teaching reunion at QUT: Teachers dedicated to educating generations of Australian school children gathered for a special 70th anniversary reunion at QUT last week.

Digital poet builds world's largest science fiction game: It's X Files meets HP Lovecraft - an interactive science fiction whodunit on a digital canvas that was itself considered science fiction only five years ago.

Truckies on the road to better health: Workplace intervention works: A QUT-led workplace intervention program which saw a 15 per cent drop in drivers self-reporting their BMI as obese, has helped truckies eat healthier, exercise more and lose weight.

Justice for all: QUT law students learn in Self-Representation Clinic: QUT law students hone their social justice interest and legal skills by participating in Queensland's pioneering Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House (QPILCH).

Childhood obesity prevention program gets tick of approval from top doctor: The champion of childhood obesity prevention and former AMA Qld president Dr Shaun Rudd has given the thumbs up to a free state government-funded program from QUT to address rising levels of obesity in children.

EVENTS

Now - June 28: Quaternary @ QUT Art Museum
June 21-26: QUT chemical process engineering camp @ Mackay
June 25-26: Australia Day play @ Gardens Theatre
July 1: Cyberattack on Brisbane Hypothetical @ QUT Gardens Point
July 1-3: XVIIth Film and History Association of Australia & NZ Conference @ QUT Gardens Point
July 4 - Sept 6: Tutu reimagined @ QUT Art Museum
July 4 - Sept 6: William Kentridge: Drawn from Africa @ 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 20: Rhodes Scholarship information session @ QUT Gardens Point
July 21 - Aug 7: 10 Minutes to Midnight @ QUT Creative Industries Precinct
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 half-day conference (Real World Futures program free event) @ Room Three Sixty
Now - July 19: William Robinson: Infinite sphere (free) @ William Robinson Gallery

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

- QUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Coaldrake appeared in 9 News and Ten News stories from the BIO Convention in Philadelphia, following the announcement of a new agreement between QUT and QIMR Berghofer.
- Professor Lyn Griffiths' migraine work and a new QUT-India collaboration were covered by AAP.
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Arun Sharma and QUT robotics were featured in a 7 News story on the Queensland Premier's trade mission visit to MIT.
- The Australian spoke to digital poet Dr Jason Nelson about The Cube works he's produced as part of his digital writing residency at The Cube. Fairfax, ArtsHub and Scenestr also featured the story.
- Lynette Mackey's research and call for participants for a study on emotional over-eating was run on Seven News, along with details of how to sign up.
- Dr Maria O'Reilly and her surveys into dementia and flying were in the AAP weekly medical column, as seen on news.com.au and Channel 9, and on 4BC, Radio National breakfast and Senior Traveller magazine.
- ABC Queensland spoke with Dr Marguerite Sendall about the results of a QUT-led program to improve the health of truckies. The program was also covered by Prime Mover Magazine and the AAP weekly medical column run by news.com.au and Channel 9.
- Dr Ronald Schroeter was on Spencer Howson's ABC breakfast program talking about his research into using games to reduce young male drivers taking risks.
- Old Government House curator Dr Katie McConnel spoke about the new school holiday activity at Old Government House called Voice in the Walls on the Great South East.
- Dr Courtney Pedersen discussed her guest-curated exhibition, Quarternary, in ArtsHub and Sunday Mail articles.
- Dr Gary Mortimer shared his views on Woolworths' CEO quitting, the company axing 1200 jobs and the why the community was turning away from the supermarket giant, with Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Financial Review, Daily Mail, farmonline.com.au and Queensland Country Life. Lifehacker also republished his Conversation article about Lidl eyeing off the Australian grocery market.
- Term three of QUT's PEACH program to address childhood obesity was reported by APN papers including the Sunshine Coast Daily, with project dietitian Emma Esdaile also on the Hit 91 radio network.
- Australian Business republished Professor Brian McNair's Conversation article that argued for journalists to get better at reporting science.
- Tone Deaf profiled QUT music academic Lachlan Goold, AKA Magoo.
- Scenestr and Hush Hush Biz mentioned the work of Audax Industria Ensemble, formed by QUT students, which is performing in the Short+Sweet Festival.
- NASA published a photo of a Hubble Telescope model made by the Science & Engineering Faculty's ace 3D-printing technician Melissa Johnston.
- Dr Andrew Baker's newly discovered antechinus species continued to take the world by storm, with stories in Ideal, ABC de Savilla and Qianlong.
- The Sydney Morning Herald featured acting alumnus Jerome Meyer's new movie about a controversial Canberra murder.
- Creative Drinks profiled a new web series produced by graduating QUT students.
- Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes told News.com.au that Australians weren't as charitable as people in the US, UK and Canada.

Release date: June 22, 2015
Media contact: media@qut.edu.au

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