Outstanding Griffith research excellence honoured
Architecture
Leading Griffith University researchers have been honoured at the Vice Chancellor’s Research Excellence Awards held at Nathan campus.
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.
Biodiversity
World-first innovation accelerates process to safeguard environment and wildlife
World-first data analysis platform, EcoCommons has been launched, transforming our ability to understand the impacts of the climate crisis on Australia’s environment and native species.
Griffith Sciences Partnerships
Griffith Environment and Biosecurity Projects Win CAUDIT Award
Two Griffith University projects were acknowledged with a win for innovative platforms at the 2022 CAUDIT Awards.
Biodiversity
New Griffith-backed alliance to deliver sustainable climate-ready national economy
An alliance of business leaders, industry and community groups has committed to a five-year collaboration to plan and deliver a sustainable economic transformation for the nation.
Alumni
Class of 2020 graduating with a difference
Graduating Griffith students are celebrating their academic milestone virtually this year as COVID-19 mass gathering restrictions move the ceremonies online.
Australian Rivers Institute
Griffith pays tribute to leading scientist Lord Robert May
Griffith University ecologists have paid tribute to one of world’s leading scientists Lord Robert (Bob) May (DUniv) following his death on April 28.
Centre for Quantum Dynamics
ARC funding upgrades Australia’s fastest laser system
Researchers at Griffith University’s Australian Attosecond Science Facility have been awarded $744,000 in Australian Research Council funding for a new ultrafast laser system following an announcement today by the Minister for Education Dan Tehan. “The upgraded laser system will produce more than 10 times the pulses of light than the current system and will lead […]
Alumni
Awards showcase outstanding Health alumni
From paediatric palliative care and humanitarian dental work to a passion for astrophysics and groundbreaking scientific research into Malaria, the 2018 Alumni Awards showcase the rich diversity of Griffith’s Health and Science alumni.
Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution
ARCHE helps rewrite timing for first humans out of Africa
Scientists from Griffith University have played a crucial role in helping an international team of archaeologists rewrite the timeline of human evolution and the migration of modern humans out of Africa. It had been widely accepted that Homo sapiens had moved out of Africa between 90,000 and 120,000 years ago but that has now been […]
Aviation
Griffith Aviation partners with Qantas for Future Pilot Program
Bachelor of Aviation students at Griffith University could become future pilots with Qantas thanks to a new partnership.
Aviation
Aviation students fly high in a computer lab!
Griffith University’s reputation as a world-class training centre for aviation students has been strengthened with a brand new lab. The flight procedures lab features a room full of computers equipped with simulators to put students in the cockpit of a plane. Students are able to choose between single or twin engine controls and practise in […]
Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution
Ice Age children toys to be discovered
Griffith researchers are uncovering more about the “archaeologically invisible” – children of the Ice Age and their toys. Archaeologists have believed it near impossible to find toys from the deep past of Europe — the Palaeolithic, which dates to between around 45,000 to 11,000 years ago. Looking for children from this period is a relatively […]
Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD)
GRIDD researcher combatting antibiotic resistance
A Griffith University researcher says we urgently need to safeguard current antibiotics and discover new ones to avoid what has been described recently by England’s Chief Medical Officer, Prof Dame Sally Davies as a “post-antibiotic apocalypse.” Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD) scientist Dr Róisín McMahon has just been awarded a $150,000 Ramaciotti Health Investment […]
Centre for Quantum Dynamics
Quantum light makes better measurements
Scientists at Griffith University have made a breakthrough in measurement precision, achieving a result that has been a major goal of the scientific community for the last 30 years. Published in Nature Photonics, researchers from Griffith University’s Centre of Quantum Dynamics have demonstrated that certain optical measurements using photons – or single particles of light […]
Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD)
GRIDD Director honoured by Duke of York
Professor Jennifer Martin has been honoured by HRH Prince Andrew as a Bragg Member with the Royal Institute of Australia. Prominent Australian scientists were presented with the prestigious membership by the Duke of York on Wednesday, September 20. Named after prominent Australian Pioneer scientists, Sir William Henry Bragg and Sir William Lawrence Bragg, the membership […]
Arts Education Law
Citations honour outstanding Griffith teachers
The 2017 Australian Awards for University Teaching, Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, have been announced by Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, Minister for Education and Training.
Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD)
Scientist shares insight in new kid’s book about bugs!
When 11-year-old Emma has her mum along to netball games, little do her teammates know that her mum is working to tackle one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Professor Kathy Andrews is a leading biomedical scientist working to save millions of lives by finding new treatments for malaria, but when she leaves the Griffith Institute […]