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Linda O

Welcome


I am pleased to share our strong performance in international rankings with Griffith placing 48th in the Times Higher Education top 150 universities in the world under the age of 50.

Griffith is now in the top 50 of both the Times Higher Education and QS Top 50 Universities under 50 (37th) - one of only two Queensland universities to achieve this distinction.

A recent visit to our Gold Coast campus by the 2018 Commonwealth Games mascot - Borobi the surfing koala - was a reminder that the Games is now less than two years away. As the official university sponsor for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Griffith is perfectly placed to be a major contributor to the biggest sporting event in Australia this decade. 

I look forward to seeing you at our next Friends of the Library events, Spoken and written language: the foundation for learning presented by Professor Sheena Reilly and our annual student performance, Masters and Slaves.

Linda O'Brien
Pro Vice Chancellor (Information Services)
Griffith University
 


FOL newsletter June 2016 W Moyle

Congratulations Professor Wendy Moyle 

Professor Wendy Moyle's research work has been recognised with an International Women's Day Leadership Award and a Global Innovation Award. Professor Moyle shared her internationally renowned research into dementia and social robots at our Friends event late last year. 
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What

What's On

29 June Spoken and written language: the foundation for learning
25 August 
Masters and Slaves

September Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games presentation 
October Rare and threatened plant walk
October Extracting strategic advantage from public data sources (South Bank campus)

What

Previous Events
                                                  

25 May From the Horn of Africa
14 April Cyber conflicts and small states

9 March Extracting strategic advantage from public data sources 


Newsletter June 2016 Griffith Review

Griffith Review: Our Sporting Life
                                                                                                   

This edition will interrogate Australia's love-hate relationship with sport and ask the difficult questions as we approach the Olympics and finals seasons. 
Griffith Review 53 features some of Australia's most impressive writers on the subject of sports, including Gideon Haigh, William McInnes, John Harms, Sean Dorney, Colin Tatz and Tracey Holmes. The edition will arrive in stores on Monday 1 August and current Friends members receive 20% off. 




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 FOL newsletter June 2016 SheenaReilly

Join Professor Sheena Reilly at our next event 

Professor Reilly, Director of the Menzies Health Institute Queensland (MHIQ), will be discussing the way language shapes a child's development at our next Friends of the Library event on Wednesday 29 June at our Gold Coast campus. 
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 FOL newsletter June 2016 student

Debut single from young cancer survivor

Upcoming artist Chelsea Stutchbury has conquered cancer and released a debut single all before turning 20. The Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University student is inspiring students, artists and the whole of Australia with her beautiful voice and amazing strength. The young jazz singer has named the song after the chemotherapy chemical she needed while battling a life-threatening lymphoma. 

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Nigel's unforgettable story

On 25 May at our South Bank campus Griffith Alumnus and photojournalist Nigel Brennan shared his heart-wrenching story of captivity in war-torn Somalia. Nigel's 462-day ordeal demonstrated the incredible strength of the human spirit and challenged us to approach life's inevitable trials with a different perspective. 
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FOL newsletter June 2016 Anna

Leading the world in stem cell research

Griffith researchers are offering new hope to those suffering from spinal cord injury with ground-breaking research that could help paralysed patients walk again. Recently, Premier Anastasia Palaszczuk visited our Nathan campus to open the Griffith University Clem Jones Centre for Neurobiology and Stem Cell Research. 
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FOL newsletter June 2016 Paul-Tacon-Kakadu

Art that keeps on rockin'

Professor Paul Tacon has done the late Big Bill Neidjie (also known as Kakadu Man) proud, with an Australian Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council. The great honour has been awarded to Professor Tacon to continue his 'Australian Rock Art History, Conservation and indigenous Wellbeing' project. Professor Tacon said he was humbled by the award, which has been the culmination of more than 30 years of research into Australia's extraordinary rock art. 
 
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