World Water Day: balancing the needs of humans and nature

Australian Rivers Institute
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We all know water is important, but have you ever thought about how our consumption of this precious resource affects the environment around us? Leading water experts will tackle complex issues associated with a resource1.2 billion people lack access to when World Science Festival Brisbane launches next week coinciding with World Water Day. Professor Stuart […]

Where music meets science

Arts Education Law
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The Queensland Conservatorium will play host to a series of weird and wonderful sonic experiments as part of the World Science Festival this month. The series of free events are part of an exciting program called 100 Ways to Listen, which explores the crossroads where music meets science and celebrates the innovative music-making of the Conservatorium’s all-star faculty and students.

Scientists mobilise as bleaching resumes on Great Barrier Reef

Australian Rivers Institute
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Griffith University researchers will further their fight to protect the Great Barrier Reef after new research revealed its resilience is rapidly waning. The collaborative study between institutions across the world, published in the prestigious journal Nature today, examined whether past exposure to bleaching in 1998 and 2002 made reefs any more tolerant in 2016. Sadly […]

Griffith artists go global

Arts Education Law
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Queensland College of Art students are among the first in Australia to embark on a new creative arts and design exchange to Indonesia. The Australian Consortium for In-Country Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) is piloting a new national program, which attracted more than 100 students from across Australia.

Age no barrier to lawyers keeping up with digital pace

Arts Education Law
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New research from Griffith University has found older lawyers are not as opposed to keeping up with the rapid pace of digital technologies as previously thought. “The perception that lawyers are resistant to digital changes is quite ironic as law is an information-based profession,’’ says Griffith Law School graduate Annie Shum, who surveyed 51 Queensland-based […]