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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 13h
Griffith has excelled in two rankings metrics jumping 24 places in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 to be 266th in the world, and is first in Australia for nursing in the Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking for Academic Subjects 2026.
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Double success as Griffith leaps 24 places in World Rankings and secures Australia’s top nursing program - Griffith News
Griffith University has excelled in two rankings metrics jumping 24 places in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 to be 266th in the world, and is first in Australia for nursing ...
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 29/09/2026
The human breath could help identify cancerous lung nodules negating the need for invasive testing.
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Can your breath help diagnose lung cancer? - Griffith News
The human breath could help identify cancerous lung nodules negating the need for invasive testing. New Griffith University research, funded by Tour de
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 28/09/2026
Hosted by P+ERL with Australian Age of Dinosaurs and Opera Queensland, the EcoArts BioBlitz united scientists, artists, community and visitors to explore the remarkable biodiversity of Winton’s iconic Jump-Up mesa.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 25/09/2026
When do political differences turn into hostility? New research found people were more likely to dislike and avoid supporters of other parties when they saw them as fundamentally different from themselves, extending division beyond politics and into personal perceptions.
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Political hostility grows when people see the other side as fundamentally different - Griffith News
Hostility between supporters of different political parties may be driven not only by political disagreements, but also by a belief that people on the other side are fundamentally different, Griffith ...
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 24/09/2026
New research from Professor Michael Townsley and Dr Andrew Childs reveals retailers lose money through return fraud, such as fake receipts or stolen goods, and grey-area behaviour like ‘wardrobing’, where customers buy items to use once before returning them.
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Buy, wear, return: Retail fraud and abuse explored in new study - Griffith News
New research reveals retailers are losing money through two very different kinds of problematic returns.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 22/09/2026
Professor Brydie-Leigh Bartleet from Queensland Conservatorium led the Creative Transitions project supporting women transitioning out of homelessness following experiences of domestic and family violence, using music-making as a path to healing.
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Music helps women find their way home after trauma - Griffith News
A new initiative supporting Queensland women recovering from homelessness and domestic violence is rebuilding lives through music-making and
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 17/09/2026
Sexual wellbeing can often be overlooked during a woman’s recovery from breast cancer with many continuing to experience significant sexual and intimacy challenges long after treatment ends.
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Sexual recovery after breast cancer is often overlooked - Griffith News
Sexual wellbeing can often be overlooked during a woman’s recovery from breast cancer with many continuing to experience significant sexual and intimacy challenges long after treatment ends.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 17/09/2026
Humpback whale mothers may experience grief when their calves die, a rare research observation led by Griffith University and Sea World Foundation has found.
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Weeping whales: stillborn humpback whale grieving documented  - Griffith News
Study suggests grief behaviour strongly represented in humpback whales when offspring are stillborn.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 16/09/2026
Congratulations to Griffith alumna Elena Katahanas, who has been awarded a 2026 Churchill Fellowship. Studying international models in the United Kingdom, Norway and Switzerland bringing knowledge back to explore new, accessible pathways for conductor development in Australia.
Head shot of Elena.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 16/09/2026
The pressure to be the perfect parent can be overwhelming, but social media and perceived world threats are causing some to be overprotective parents, and it's having a negative impact on our youth.
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The hidden cost of pressure to be a perfect parent - Griffith News
The pressure to be the perfect parent can be overwhelming, but social media and perceived world threats are causing some to be overprotective parents, and it is having a negative impact on our youth.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 11/09/2026
🎧 On The Conversation Weekly podcast, an international law expert explains why some Serbs revered convicted war ciminal Ratko Mladić.
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Ratko Mladić: the war criminal who became a martyr for Bosnian Serbs
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 10/09/2026
Betel nut is the fourth most-used psychoactive drug in the world – and new evidence suggests it was being used in Indonesia as long as 25,000 years ago.
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Ancient teeth reveal the Ice Age origins of the world’s 4th most common addictive drug
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 10/09/2026
New Griffith University research discovers one of the world's oldest known drugs is one most Western societies would hardly be familiar with.
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Ice Age origins of one of humanity’s oldest drug habits  - Griffith News
Researchers discover betel nut - one of the world’s most widely used psychoactive substances - was consumed up to 25,000 years ago.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 03/09/2026
New research from Dr Christine Feldman-Barrett, from the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research advocates for a formal national archive celebrating youth culture, providing a dynamic "third space" for youth to better understand themselves and their contributions to society.
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Teenage Kicks: Why Australian youth culture must be preserved - Griffith News
A new archive dedicated to Australian youth culture could help unlock a richer, more inclusive national history, according to research from Griffith and Monash Universities.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 27/08/2026
New Griffith University study reveals humpback whales are feeding regularly along Australia’s east coast migration route, despite assumptions whales largely fasted between Antarctic feeding grounds and tropical breeding areas.
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Feast over fasting: Migrating whales regularly feeding off Australia’s coast   - Griffith News
Humpback whales found feeding regularly along Australia's east coast, despite assumptions whales fasted between Antarctic feeding grounds and tropical breeding areas.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 26/08/2026
Millions of cases of tooth decay could be prevented if Australia introduced a 20 per cent tax on sugar. news.griffith.edu.au/2026/08/26/s...
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Sugar tax could improve oral health - Griffith News
Millions of cases of tooth decay could be prevented if Australia introduced a 20 per cent tax on sugar, new Griffith University research has found.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 24/08/2026
This seemingly harmless hobby could accelerate the spread of the deadly H5N1 strain.
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Backyard bird feeding could be a bird flu ‘superspreader’. An expert explains
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 25/08/2026
A new student accommodation tower at Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus is now open, adding 460 beds and boosting on-campus capacity to almost 1,000. Developed with Campus Living Villages, it offers secure, accessible housing and vibrant student living.
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Griffith student tower adds 460 beds for on-campus living at the Gold Coast - Griffith News
Hundreds of Griffith University students will benefit from secure, purpose-built accommodation following the opening of a new student accommodation tower at the Gold Coast campus.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 24/08/2026
GLP-1 medications, commonly known as drugs for diabetes and weight loss, may have additional mental health benefits, especially for people with bipolar disorder, new Griffith University research has found.
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Weight loss drugs may help with mental health - Griffith News
Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists, commonly known as drugs for diabetes and weight loss, may have additional mental health benefits, especially for people with bipolar disorder.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 21/08/2026
Digital creators are shaping which political issues young Australians notice, discuss and investigate, new research from @drsusangrantham.bsky.social has found.
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From scroll to poll: Influencers and Australian politics - Griffith News
Digital creators are shaping which political issues young Australians notice, discuss and investigate, new research from Griffith University has found.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 14/08/2026
Congratulations to Dr Grant Hansman on his $30,000 Innovation and Education grant under the Queensland Biosecurity Boost Grants program to develop cutting-edge molecular tools to strengthen the fight against red important fire ants.
Dr Grant Hansman wearing a white laboratory gown with a Griffith University Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics logo and blue gloves, holding a rack of sample containers beside an open centrifuge in a bright laboratory. Additional laboratory centrifuge equipment and digital control screens are visible in the background.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 12/08/2026
Home batteries and rooftop solar have become enormously popular. But while powerful, these technologies won’t let us get rid of the grid.
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These 5 charts show how far rooftop solar and home batteries can take us – and why we still need the grid
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 13/08/2026
Exposure to a mild or symptom-free strain of Strep A can trigger the body’s immune response and naturally build protection, potentially solving a nearly 100-year-old mystery of immunity.
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Strep A immunity is possible without getting sick - Griffith News
Exposure to a mild or symptom-free strain of Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A) can trigger the body’s immune response and naturally build protection, potentially solving a nearly 100-year-old mystery o...
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 11/08/2026
Griffith University will partner with Victoria Police to deliver an innovative program to tackle the organisational and operational stressors faced by police personnel, that research shows can cause up to three times the psychological harm of trauma exposure alone.
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Tackling psychosocial hazards to improve workplace health and safety for Victoria Police  - Griffith News
Griffith University will partner with Victoria Police to deliver an innovative program to tackle the organisational and operational stressors faced by police personnel, that research shows can cause u...
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 08/08/2026
Four experts explain why the design of your home matters more than the size of your home battery.
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You might be buying the wrong home battery. Here’s how to tell
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 07/08/2026
Fish Lane has a new artwork thanks to second year QCAD student Hannah Coughlin.
A colourful abstract mural featuring floral and foliage shapes on a pink background, displayed on a red brick wall behind a tree.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 06/08/2026
Manufacturing cell therapies for spinal injuries and malaria vaccine development will be the cornerstone of Griffith’s new Health and Advanced Technology Research and Innovation Centre.
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Griffith expanding its health technology footprint - Griffith News
Manufacturing cell therapies for spinal injuries, malaria vaccine development, and testing medical devices will be the cornerstone of Griffith University’s new Health and Advanced Technology Research ...
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 03/08/2026
A mathematical simulation shows why it can take so long to collect a full set of Pokémon cards.
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How many packs of Pokémon cards do you have to buy to catch ’em all? Probably hundreds, and most will be quite boring
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 04/08/2026
Nutrition strategies for concussion management are being implemented by dietitians to support Australia’s elite collision sport athletes.
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Support for concussion recovery could lie in the pantry - Griffith News
Nutrition strategies for concussion management are being implemented by dietitians to support Australia’s elite collision sport athletes.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 03/08/2026
Griffith athletes delivered gold and glory at #Glasgow 2026 #CommonwealthGames winning 21 gold, 6 silver and 12 bronze medals. Their incredible haul would place Griffith 4th on the medal tally if it were a competing nation! news.griffith.edu.au/2026/08/03/g...
Swimmers Shayna Jack and Meg Harris celebrate.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 31/07/2026
Welcome to Griffith Dr Jason Fleming! A pioneer in robotic surgery, Dr Fleming is the inaugural Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Chair in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, and Director of a new Centre of Excellence.
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Renowned surgeon joins Griffith as Chair in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery - Griffith News
Dr Jason Fleming, a pioneer in robotic surgery, has joined the University as the inaugural Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Chair in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, and Director of a new Centre...
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 30/07/2026
Griffith alumni, jazz pianist and composer, Will Ellerton, has received a prestigious Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship to study Jazz at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 29/07/2026
Griffith has eliminated 1 million single-use plastic items from its food and beverage operations since joining the Boomerang Alliance Plastic Free Places program in November 2024. A major milestone on its journey to eliminating single-use plastic by 2030!
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One million fewer single-use plastics in Griffith’s food and beverage stream - Griffith News
Griffith has reached a milestone by cutting one million single-use plastic items from its food and beverage operations.
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Heather Anderson @ass-prof-ando.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Every world-changing idea was once a minority idea. How does it move from the margins to the centre? I explore the overlooked role of community-owned media in my TEDxBrisbane talk - out now. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILBF... #TEDxBrisbane #CommunityRadio
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Why minority ideas change the world | Heather Anderson | TEDxBrisbane
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 29/07/2026
Associate Professor Heather Anderson’s TEDxBrisbane talk explores an overlooked force behind many of history's most significant social changes: community-owned media.   Community radio has repeatedly created space for new ideas to be heard before the wider world is ready to listen.
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Why minority ideas change the world | Heather Anderson | TEDxBrisbane
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 29/07/2026
Griffith University's Dr Maria Fernanda Adame and the Wetlands Team have been nominated in the 2026 Australian Museum @eurekaprizes.bsky.social for Sustainability Research!
Promotional image for the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes 2026. The Wetlands Team stand in a forest of tall trees, facing the camera. Overlaid text reads “Eureka Prize for Sustainability Research” and “Australian Museum Eureka Prizes 2026 Finalist,” with a large red Eureka Prizes graphic logo. The wooded background emphasizes a nature and environmental research theme.
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Australian Museum Eureka Prizes @eurekaprizes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Wetlands Team is a finalist in the Eureka Prize for Sustainability Research. Learn more: youtu.be/3Lj-N_ov_JU #EurekaPrizes
Eureka Prize for Sustainability Research finalist, Wetlands Team.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 28/07/2026
New research from Griffith University reveals a biological link between oral inflammation, gut health and whole-body bone deterioration, highlighting the importance of oral health in osteoporosis management. news.griffith.edu.au/2026/07/28/g...
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Gum disease worsens systemic bone loss in osteoporosis patients via gut bacteria - Griffith News
Chronic gum disease may worsen bone deterioration in people with osteoporosis by disrupting the microorganisms that support gut health.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 23/07/2026
So, you’ve written a book, or you’re writing one. What next? Looking for a publisher can feel overwhelming, so we asked some experts for guidance.
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How do I get my book published? 5 experts share their top tips
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Kate Seib @kateseib.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Our GoGoVax trial is now published. We found no evidence that 4CMenB prevents gonorrhoea in gay and bisexual men at high risk of infection, providing important evidence to guide gonorrhoea prevention efforts. Thanks to all participants, clinics, & collaborators involved. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Meningococcal B Vaccine to Prevent Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection | NEJM
No vaccines are currently licensed for the prevention of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection. Observational studies suggest that the four-component meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) may reduce...
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Kate Seib @kateseib.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Meningococcal B Vaccine for Neisseria gonorrhoeae | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/do/10.1056/N...
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Meningococcal B Vaccine for Neisseria gonorrhoeae | NEJM
Quick Take Video Summary from The New England Journal of Medicine — Meningococcal B Vaccine for Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Super-chuffed to hear the @griffith.edu.au team I helped train won the @racsurgeons.bsky.social QLD state competition! And not an RM Williams in sight. 🤣 #DiversityAndInclusion
Six young surgeons-to-be in dark blue scrubs holding a plethora of certificates and the big gold trophy.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 23/07/2026
There is an urgent need for better support for older teenagers entering care for the first time, new Griffith University research has found. news.griffith.edu.au/2026/07/23/o...
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Older teens entering care often overlooked - Griffith News
Professor Silke Meyer There is an urgent need for better support for older teenagers entering care for the first time, new Griffith University research
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 17/07/2026
New method developed by Griffith University improves analyses of extinct megafauna and animal fossils found in underwater caves.
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Bone ‘fingerprints’ unlock hidden stories of underwater caves - Griffith News
New method to improve analysis of extinct megafauna and animal fossils found in underwater caves.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 16/07/2026
Griffith's largest-ever Commonwealth Games contingent is heading to Glasgow 2026, with 33 students, alumni, staff and program athletes selected. Their selection is a result of dedication, perseverance and countless hours of hard work. Congratulations on this incredible achievement.
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A record 33 Griffith athletes selected for Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games - Griffith News
Griffith University will be represented by its largest-ever Commonwealth Games contingent at Glasgow, with 33 students, alumni, staff and program athletes, including para-sport athletes, set to compet...
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 14/07/2026
Whether you are an early bird or a night owl, your sleep patterns can tell a lot about a person’s eating habits and subsequently the potential health risks.
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Night owls are at greater risk of poor metabolic health - Griffith News
Whether you are an early bird or a night owl, your sleep patterns can tell a lot about a person’s eating habits and subsequently the potential health risks.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 11/07/2026
Congratulations to the Griffith University team who will strengthen cultural understanding through community-based media with their Centre for Australia-India Relations Maitri Grant.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 10/07/2026
World-class water polo at Griffith! The ORD Minnett Aussie Sharks and Japan Men’s National Water Polo Team are training at our High Performance Hub, with the Sharks fine-tuning preparations for the 2026 World Aquatics Water Polo World Cup Finals in Sydney.
A group of athletes and staff pose in a gym, wearing sportswear. They smile energetically, surrounded by exercise equipment, conveying teamwork and camaraderie.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 10/07/2026
As part of the Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival, Griffith Film School students have been producing The Reel, a daily 25-minute festival program distributed on CTV+ capturing the people, stories and screen culture of Winton.
Two individuals in costumes sit on a bench in discussion from a scene from The ReelBehind the scenes from the production of The Reel. Two people are sitting on a bench in the scene and three people are working behind-the-scene.
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Griffith University @griffith.edu.au · 09/07/2026
Pregnant women who become involved with child protection services often experience fear, mistrust and stigma, leading some to avoid health and support services altogether.
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Pregnant women may avoid child protection out of fear and mistrust - Griffith News
Pregnant women who become involved with child protection services often experience fear, mistrust and stigma, leading some to avoid health and support services altogether.
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