Month: May 2017

Walk and Talk provides path to reconciliation

Record numbers have participated in Griffith University's Walk and Talk event to mark National Reconciliation Week 2017.
Corporate
Published AuthorStephen O'Grady
A palpable spirit of togetherness energised yesterday’s inter-campus bushwalk to mark National Reconciliation Week 2017. The first of two Walk and Talk events this week, each hosted by GUMURRII Student Support Unit, took a record number of participants from Griffith’s Mt Gravatt campus to the Nathan campus under the soft autumnsunshine. Amidst the mix of […]

Party Secretary visit from key Chinese Partner

Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
Published AuthorMichelle Craig
On 22 February 2017, Griffith University welcomed an official visit from Shenyang University of Technology (SUT). The high-level visit saw SUT’s leader, Party Secretary, Mr Liu Zikang, visit for the first time. During discussions, Mr Liu informed Griffith colleagues of his “personal commitment to the relationship”, and, his wish to have “a deeper level of […]

Griffith engineering student awarded scholarship

Griffith Sciences
Published AuthorBen Dobson
An Indigenous Support Scholarship will help Kiarna Broomhead focus on her studies alleviating theworry for part-time work as she settles into life as a Griffith University first-year engineering student. The 17-year-old has been awarded an Indigenous Support Scholarship as part of developer Grocon’s commitment to National Reconciliation Week and wants to become a role model […]

Research finds Gold Coast light rail property value ‘sweet spot’

Architecture, construction and planning
Published AuthorContributed
Property values around light rail stations on the Gold Coast have risen 30 per cent more and spiked the most during the early planning phases, new research has found. Researchers from Griffith University, the University of Sydney Business School and the University of Queensland are uncovering new insights into how property values rise when new […]

Griffith researcher secures first nursing visiting professorship at Peking University First Hospital

Griffith Asia Institute
Published AuthorContributed
Dr Frances Lin, a senior lecturer of School of Nursing and Midwifery has been awarded the first visiting professorship at Peking University First Hospital (PKUFH). The visiting professorship is in recognition of Dr Frances Lin’s ongoing commitment and contribution to the Hospital’s research program development, and her efforts in promoting evidence based practice, and translating […]