Griffith Better Business Dinner marks new tradition in connecting with community

Griffith Business School - Better Business Dinner 2022
Business and government
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Griffith Business School celebrated its industry partners and connected with their community through their inaugural Better Business Dinner on Friday November 4 at Sofitel Brisbane. The School’s industry showcase event saw more than 400 business and academic leaders, students and alumni come together to network and celebrate under this year’s theme: Success in the new […]

If planners understand it’s cool to green cities, what’s stopping them?

Cities Research Institute
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By Associate Professor Jason Byrne, Griffith School of Environment and Dr Tony Matthews, Griffith School of Environment Our cities are getting hotter, more crowded and noisier. Climate change is bringing more heatwaves, placing pressure on human health, urban amenity, productivity and infrastructure. Urban residents naturally want to stay cool. Air conditioning is the usual choice, […]

Coastal Carbon Movement

Australian Rivers Institute
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The world runs on carbon, fueling human energy needs through hydrocarbons and driving food webs. Professor Connolly and his team from the Australian Rivers Institute investigate two key aspects of carbon movement. Transcript Professor Rod Connolly This is one of our projects on carbon in coastal wetlands. Carbon is the essential element of life it […]

Leading the way in industrial design innovation

Troy Baverstock working on speaker housing
School of Engineering and Built Environment
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The Bachelor of Industrial Design is a new innovative program at Griffith that was written by Program Leader of Industrial Design and 3D design, digital media, Dr Jennifer Loy and Head of School, Griffith Engineering, Professor Geoff Tansley. “The program started in semester one of this year and is a really innovative program that works […]

Leverage for a successful engineering career

School of Engineering and Built Environment
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Griffith Alumnus, Rachelle Willis, completed her Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental) in 2006 and PhD in 2011 and now works in Western Australian for Western Power. Dr Willis chose to do her PhD at Griffith due to the offer of an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage PhD candidacy that saw the University lead a major smart […]

Practical study supports the next generation

Jack Anderson
School of Engineering and Built Environment
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Third year mechanical engineering student Jack Anderson was accepted in to university through the Aptitude for Engineering Test towards the end of year 12. “I wanted to go to Griffith and the option of direct entry by sitting the aptitude test was too good to pass up. Once I started at Griffith I knew I […]

Making the transition to University life easier

Zach Quince
School of Engineering and Built Environment
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Second year electronic and biomedical engineering student, Zach Quince has launched the Griffith Engineering Peer Mentoring Program at the Gold Coast Campus. “I started the peer mentoring program to give first year students a helping hand and to make the transition between school and or the workforce and into university as easy as possible. Students […]