Current Media Releases

  • Household soil samples wanted for Q fever study 
    Tue, 15 May 2012 - A team of JCU researchers are investigating the prevalence of the Q fever bacteria in soil samples in residential areas of Townsville.
  • We are the guests of green plants 
    Mon, 14 May 2012 - With the help of Dr Who and a banana, JCU's Joe Holtum will explain how plants changed the future of planet Earth at a special lecture this week.
  • New digs for items from old digs 
    Mon, 14 May 2012 - One of the objects unearthed during Townsville's Flinders Mall renovation has become a teaching tool for art students at JCU.
  • Research to help cattle's travel stress 
    Fri, 11 May 2012 - JCU researchers are looking at ways to maintain live weight in cattle during inter-island transportation in Indonesia.
  • Revenue up on lower international numbers 
    Fri, 11 May 2012 - University revenue from international students in Australia was up seven per cent in 2011 despite a drop in the number of commencing students.
  • JCU students rewarded with bursaries 
    Fri, 04 May 2012 - Two JCU students will receive bursaries today (May 4) from a foundation set up in honour of renowned former Townsville businessman and popular community identity Philip Leong.
  • Double threat to North's turtles 
    Fri, 27 Apr 2012 - Green turtle populations off the coast of Townsville are facing a double threat of speeding boats and a lack of food.
  • Searching for a new end to the Reef 
    Fri, 27 Apr 2012 - JCU's Robin Beaman will lead a joint JCU/University of Sydney research voyage to test whether long-term climate change could see the Great Barrier Reef head south.
  • Body's defence at the heart of the matter 
    Tue, 24 Apr 2012 - How the human body’s defence mechanisms react to heart and vascular diseases will be one of the subjects discussed at a Science on the Strand presentation in Townsville this weekend.
  • Massive work on coastal science launched 
    Fri, 20 Apr 2012 - A JCU academic has produced what is believed to be the world’s most comprehensive work on estuarine and coastal science.
  • Teddies bear cost of educating preps 
    Fri, 20 Apr 2012 - Mackay’s sick Teddy Bears can look forward to a visit from the “doctor” over the next few months.
  • Waste not, want not at JCU 
    Thu, 19 Apr 2012 - JCU is the first university in the world to install a Bio-Regen unit, a machine that takes food scraps and turns them into a liquid bio-fertiliser.