14 Life Below Water
River suspended particulate matter doesn’t make it to the Reef
Contrary to popular belief, organic suspended particulate matter on the Great Barrier Reef doesn’t come from river run-off
10 Reduced Inequalities
New York and Dubai await Griffith Global Voices Fellows
Two Griffith University students are the only Queenslanders among 15 Australian delegates chosen to participate in the 2023 Global Voices Fellowship.
Griffith Sciences
What’s new, pussycat? The benefits of a vegan cat food, that’s what
Results revealed decreases in vet visits, medication use, health disorders and severe illnesses after feline participants were fed a vegan diet for one year.
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
PhD student innovates sustainable timber-steel building material
International student Shelley Karkoodi is working hard to create a new sustainable building material that is a composite of timber and steel.
Cities Research Institute
‘Oystertecture’ builds a pathway to SWELL for architects
Architects share stage amongst more than 70 artists at this year’s Gold Coast sculpture event.
4 Quality Education
Griffith’s Outstanding Alumni Award 2023 winners
Five winners named at Griffith's prestigious Outstanding Alumni Awards 2023 with Professor Bronwyn Harch and Jasmina Joldić PSM jointly taking out the top gong.
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Bit by bit microplastics from tyres are polluting our waterways
Particles from tyre wear were found to be the most prevalent microplastic in urban stormwater
Arts Education Law
Nothing fishy about Krish’s winning 3MT presentation
Topics ranging from the future of cruise tourism and the detection of a new species of irukandi jellyfish to developing an effective vaping cessation program were all part of the 2023 instalment of Griffith University’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) presentation final held at South Bank campus in early September. Twelve current PhD confirmed candidates, three […]
Arts Education Law
Griffith DECRAs dream big in latest $86m funding round
Six researchers receive $2,647,686 for DECRA projects.
3 Good Health and Well Being
Griffith on the cusp of a new vaccine modality breakthrough
Griffith University researchers are on the brink of a technological breakthrough in vaccine development with a possible new vaccine modality.
10 Reduced Inequalities
Inspiring girls to pursue STEM this Book Week? That’s RAD!
Children's book aims to break down gender stereotypes and encourages kids to engage in STEM.
Alumni
Three awards for Griffith at the AFR Higher Education Awards
Griffith University is in the spotlight after winning three of seven categories at the 2023 Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards.
Corporate
Griffith embarking on plan to recruit 100 new academics
As Griffith prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2025, the institution is looking ahead with an ambitious plan to recruit 100 new academics.
12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Is flood pollution causing turtle strandings? Griffith researchers look for answers in cell response
Researchers at the Australian Rivers Institute are investigating the role chemical pollution had in green turtle strandings on the Fraser Coast following flooding in early 2022.
Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution
Sea sequin ‘bling’ links Indonesian islands’ ancient communities
Sewing shell beds onto clothing and items across Indonesian islands dates back 12,000 years ago.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Human-bird backyard interactions soar during lockdowns
COVID-19 created global appetite to care for feathered friends.
10 Reduced Inequalities
Griffith Open Day 2023 promises to ignite your ambition
Griffith University will inspire future students to imagine their future and ‘make it matter’ as it rolls out the red carpet for an expected turnout of more than 6,000 at Open Day 2023, Sunday 13 August.
Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD)
New Future Fellow aims to stabilise RNA cargo in protein ‘cages’
Novel method could help control agricultural pests via RNA delivery.