Growing up in the Central Torres Strait, part of Northern Australia, JCU Alumni Madeina David knew from a young age that she wanted to work on the water. As she got older, her fascination with the ocean evolved and her passion to preserve marine life for future generations led her to pursue marine biology.
Having seen the benefits first-hand of early intervention speech pathology therapies on young children, JCU Alumni Grace Munro and Rachael Di Bella decided it was time to take the plunge and set up their own paediatric speech therapy clinic in Cairns, specifically for children aged 0 to 12 years old.
Each year, a team of university and research institution partners from around the world release the State of the Tropics report. Though each year’s report has a different focus, the overall project seeks to answer the question: Is life in the Tropics getting better? This year’s report considers the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and suggests that life in the Tropics in 2022 requires one major characteristic from its inhabitants: resilience.
LifeFlight rescue helicopters (Supplied by LifeFlight)
Building a robot boat
JCU Bachelor of Engineering — Bachelor of Science student Ethan Waters is one of the leaders of the JCU Robotics Team in the 2022 Maritime RobotX Challenges this November. However, the competition itself is only one of many challenges the team will have to face before travelling to Sydney to compete.
After graduating from JCU and leading a career in finance all over the world, JCU Alumni Geoff Donohue has seen first-hand the damage that plastic is doing to our planet. Now the Chairperson of the Plastic Free Foundation, Geoff says he wants to help create a world that is free from plastic waste.
What do English, History, Law, Earth Science, Education and Languages students have in common? They can all be found at the Nguma-bada Zine Club. JCU Senior Lecturer Dr Roger Osborne formed the Zine Club out of a desire to create a space where diversity and creativity could be expressed and celebrated.
In late 2021, an all-female team of researchers set sail on a six-day expedition to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) to trial new and innovative methods to monitor its health. On board was JCU Senior Researcher Dr Katie Chartrand.