POP Gallery presents a thousand interconnections

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Iranian-born artist Sara Irannejad presents works across painting, pyrography, installation and video for A thousand interconnections. The Doctor of Visual Art candidate at Queensland College of Art is exploring diasporic identity and mythology, with visual elements informed by Persian culture and personal experiences. Juxtaposed with elements of Australian flora and historical artefacts, these works create […]

Tiger time a treat for environment students

Group of environment students at Dreamworld's Tiger Island
Griffith Sciences
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Participants in the School of Environment’s Conservation in Practice Thailand course enjoyed a tigerish treat at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast this week, meeting the theme park’s newest tiger cub, Kai. Mr Al Mucci, Dreamworld’s General Manager Life Sciences and the Dreamworld Wildlife Foundation, invited students and staff to attend a tailored educational interaction session […]

Engineering a driving force at Chem-E-Car

Engineering students, from left, Claudia Smith, Robin Klein, Matthew Watson and Will Stockdale at the Chem-E-Car competition in Melbourne
Griffith Sciences
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A group of first-year Griffith University environmental engineering students enjoyed a successful debut in the Chem-E-Car competition at the recent Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering in Melbourne. The competition challenges students’ ability to design and build a car that uses a chemical reaction, or reactions, to power it and control the distance it travels […]

Science awards honour year of achievement

Pro Vice Chancellor (Griffith Sciences) Professor Debra Henly and Dr Leigh-Ellen Potter, from the School of Information and Communication Technology
Griffith Sciences
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The 2015 Pro Vice Chancellor’s Griffith Sciences Excellence Awards were presented this week and celebrated a year of outstanding achievement. Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Debra Henly said performances across areas such as student learning, research, sustainability, support services and health and safety had contributed significantly to the rise of Griffith University through the world university […]

A basic function but a complex sanitation issue

Award-winning Ms Ni Made Utami Dwipayanti, who is studying a PhD at Griffith University’s Centre for Population and Environmental Health
Centre for Environment and Population Health
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The following article was written for the Federal Government’s Australia Awards, which bring together scholarships and fellowships administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Department of Education and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. The author is dual Australia Awards scholar and environmental engineer, Ms Ni Made Utami Dwipayanti, who is […]