Month: February 2012

Griffith takes prize in imaging science

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Ben Norton, from the Kielpinski group in the Centre for Quantum Dynamics,takes out the runner-up prize in the CiSRA Extreme Imaging Competition following extensive work on high resolution imaging. Run by Canon Australia and CiSRA, Canon Inc.’s Australian research centre, the Extreme Imaging competition aims to promote and celebrate local research at the intersection of […]

Saving the local car industry?

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Griffith University Taxation Lecturer, Anna Mortimore has weighed into the debate on how to save Australia’s ailing car industry. “Encouraging car makers to produce more fuel efficient cars will not save jobs or the industry,” Ms Mortimore said. “What is needed is an overhaul of the current taxation system and even greater financial incentives,” she […]

Donors needed to push fight again lymphoma

Griffith Health Institute
Published AuthorLeanne Towerzey
A breakthrough in the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is within reach for researchers at the Griffith Health Institute who have renewed an appeal for public support. “We need more blood and saliva samples to advance this research,” Professor Lyn Griffiths, Director of the GHI (pictured), says. “We are looking for patients currently suffering from lymphoma […]

Study Abroad Student Fair events in Sweden – 9 to 11 February

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Chanelle Baker — Regional Director, Western Europe & Scandinavia for Griffith International is set to attend the 2012 Study Abroad Fairs in Sweden this February. Chanelle will be present at the upcoming Study Abroad Fairs throughout Sweden as follows: Malmo: Date: Thursday 9th February Venue: – Elite Hotel Savoy Opening Hours: 1pm .6pm Gothenburg: Date: […]

PM Award grants research project new Asian impetus

Griffith Health Institute
Published AuthorStephen O'Grady
It’s a little known bacterium with a global reach and its presence in the human system can go unnoticed for a lifetime. Group B streptococcus (GBS) affects one third of the world’s female population at any given time but because of its miniscule and mysterious make-up it usually has little bearing on a person’s health […]

Program helps students embrace university

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“I was lucky to get a job with the Moreton Island Conservation team where I spent time working with the Dolphin Feeding Program,” she recalled. Now the Torres Strait Islander, who grew up in Cape York, has enrolled in a Bachelor of Marine Science at Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus. “I’m ready to embrace university […]

A passion for success

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Published AuthorStephen O'Grady
Griffith Business School graduate, Monique Jeremiah, is a young entrepreneur who is determined to share her success. Monique graduated from Griffith in 2008, with a double business degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations. The then 21-year old fearlessly set about starting her first education company with no financial backing or mentoring. Now 25, she […]