Media Releases
Browse our Media Releases from 2018
January
3385 new places at JCU, with more to come
A paradigm shift in drug discovery
Coral Reefs are in trouble - how can people adapt?
Even ‘green’ consumers waste food
Global warning: agricultural production threatens life on Earth
How to boost active lifestyles for people with MS?
JCU and Royal Life Saving researchers to breathalyse swimmers
JCU dentists take action against domestic violence
JCU researcher condemns plans to cut the Amazon rainforest in half
JCU Townsville Master Plan unveiled
Plastics linked to disease in coral
Tainted Love – why people sabotage their relationships
The window for saving the world’s coral reefs is rapidly closing
Undersea maps reveal GBR in unprecedented detail
Water quality and seagrass monitoring starts at Weipa
February
Ancient volcanoes provide clues to find vital metals
JT opens John Grey Hall at JCU
New measures proposed to streamline delivery of services for students
New study reveals Australia’s most endangered ocean ecosystem (and it’s not what you think)
New technique boosts eyewitness recall
Robots and the ‘gig’ economy: mapping the new world of employment
Study exposes misperception of poaching on the GBR and its remedy
Townsville’s creative industries need a boost
March
Art and science join for the Great Barrier Reef
Boat noise sounds like trouble for reef fish
Early screening essential to help close health gap
Hi-tech revolution for livestock
How to minimise agricultural vehicle road accidents?
Hunting squid slowed by rising carbon levels
JCU casts wide net for ideas to help restore the Great Barrier Reef
JCU’s Engineering graduates in high demand
Scholarship recipient has her sights set on Australia’s energy future
Soccer success study kicks goals
Taking the jab (and the chill) out of vaccination
Want to avoid diabetes? Meet some old friends.
Win-win for graziers and greens
Workers motivated to take a stand
April
Art is in the eye of the beholder
Calling all innovators: Hack the Reef
Coral bleaching threatens the diversity of reef fish
Freezing breakthrough offers hope for African wild dogs
Global warming is transforming the Great Barrier Reef
JCU Scientists Tackle Concussion Head-On
New boat puts a sting into turtle health research
New James Cook University Council formed
Promoting active transport for Townsville’s young people
Reshaping JCU to meet future demand
Retirement of Dr Dale Anderson, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Singapore campus
Tiny plastics are potentially dangerous for turtles too
Tropical Health & Medicine expands at JCU in Cairns
May
Aboriginal settlement in Australia was no accident
Cheryl Kernot and social entrepreneurs at JCU
Getting to the heart of CPR volunteers
Global trade spreads deadly frog disease from Asia
JCU celebrates 10 years of the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library
JCU celebrates opening of new Indigenous Education & Research Centre
JCU spreads aquaculture knowledge internationally
JCU Turtle Health Research opens new nursery for baby turtles
Limiting warming to 1.5°C would save majority of global species
Mangroves mega-map: scientists survey FNQ coastline
Minimising the impacts of palm oil plantations
Research makes the dentist less scary
Statement responding to media reports regarding Mathew Vickers
World’s rarest ape on the edge of extinction
June
A win brings personalised medicine to the tropics
Coral reef scientist receives royal honour
DVC Singapore honoured by business leaders
Essential oils to fight bacterial infections
Global expert: Most planned infrastructure projects “Are a bad idea”
Help to plan the city you need
JCU academic takes up the reins at the world’s top nursing job
JCU law grads join the judiciary
Marine reserves are vital - but under pressure
Mental health: what’s love got to do with it?
New drug offers hope for patients in pain
Northern Dentists taking action on domestic violence
Researchers take aim at problem gambling
Seven percent of river users legally drunk say researchers
Skilling doctors to close the gap
Tracking breast cancer in the Far North
Worse outcomes for Indigenous Australians with peripheral artery disease
‘Gloomy’ octopuses’ Tassie sea change
July
Boosting university students’ resilience
Cairns hosts a global conference on nursing, midwifery and sustainability
Change Plan reshapes JCU to meet future demand
Eradicate rats to bolster coral reefs
Experts talk Asia at JCU today
JCU takes new direction in data science with SAS
JCU’s Townsville campus set to be transformed
Junior doctor fights deadly disease
Managing the health of women who have undergone female genital mutilation
Natural repellent to combat insect-borne diseases in the Tropics
New insights unearthed with newly-discovered armoured dinosaur
Overcoming the “yummy mummy” pressure
The Reef reborn? JCU brings coral larval restoration to Cairns
Unplugged holidays tipped to increase
Warming to university at the first JCU Winter School
August
A $6M investment in FNQ science
A school of sustainable fisheries students
Apathy towards poachers widespread in world’s marine protected areas
Bad news could further harm the reef
Cairns Open Day a great success
Estimating the age of sex offenders
JCU celebrates its outstanding alumni
Mums with autistic kids twice as likely to be unemployed
New fish in sights of citizen scientists
New treatment for debilitating disease
Pigs shut out of critical Queensland wetlands
Public or private? Cutting costs and improving the journey to motherhood
Should Northern Australia reinvest in justice?
Shrimp help to heal injured fish
September
$1 million JCU scholarship program unveiled
Call for co-operation on coastal developments
Can sustainable development co-exist with current economic growth?
Enlisting pharmacists to help close the gap
Genetic sequencing answers critical koala questions
JCU reef researcher wins prestigious QLD science prize
JCU’s teaching and research excellence recognised
JCU’s top marks for graduate employment
Labour pain relief: epidural or not?
New database to better guide global conservation efforts
Researcher uncovers healthcare ‘gold mine’
Students shine at annual Indigenous Student Awards night
October
Audit of unprecedented mangrove dieback
Fish give up the fight after coral bleaching
Frog researcher snares PM’s Science Prize
Getting to the bottom of 200,000 years of history
New alert system for deadly condition
New JCU research centre to answer the big questions
New testing lab takes pressure off prawn farmers
Shrimp talent quest finds a winner
Study firms up diet and depression link
November
$10,000, 3 year QCoal Foundation Scholarship up for grabs
A rare-earth metal enigma is solved
Amazon forests failing to keep up with climate change
Biggest coral reseeding project as Great Barrier Reef spawns
Cultural trail for young Australians
Doubling the healing power of a DIY parasite’s protein
Global call to arms for scientists as bad infrastructure booms
Is Australia walking the talk in the Pacific?
JCU announces new DVC Singapore
JCU partners with the Philippines Government
JCU welcomes regional higher education funding package
New tools to fight northern bio-invaders
Review of sexual harassment and sexual assault at JCU’s Townsville on-campus residences
Tropical research centre opens on Thursday Island
Tropical summer causes DNA damage in pig sperm
Wake-up call for child sleep issues
“Robust” corals primed to resist coral bleaching
December
A glimmer of hope for the world’s coral reefs
A Reef Reborn - Coral Babies Fast-Tracking Reef’s Recovery
Citizen scientist’s third remarkable discovery
Cyclone risk assessment program to start in April
Experts: New highways will drive environmental and social calamities in New Guinea
Friends matter in climate change response
JCU team receives top international drowning prevention honour
Microplastics found in all sea turtle species
Murky water keeps fish on edge
Mystery of colour patterns of reef fish solved
OP results are almost in – but where to from here?
Performance enhancer: sports compression stockings a winning advantage
