JCU in the News

Mareeba firm Apels Solicitors and Notary is celebrating the admission of two members of its team. Wendy De Bruyn was admitted in Townsville in October 2023 and Sarah Benstead in Cairns last month. Wendy is an experienced Lawyer from South Africa, who wor...

A new research initiative led by Professor Sarah Larkins from James Cook University aims to explore the effectiveness of telehealth in northern Queensland to improve healthcare access for rural and remote residents. With over 700,000 people spread across ...

Their findings proved, tragically, that there is a newly-discovered way in which climate change makes life more difficult for both bull sharks and other undersea life. Specifically, the study found that climate change is making both more frequent and more...

A JAMES Cook University researcher plans to transform health care workforce policy and planning to address a looming health system crisis. Stephanie Topp, who is a JCU Professor in the College of Public Health Medical and Veterinary Sciences, has been gra...

When Estelle Trueman was growing up, homework was par for the course. But now her two daughters are in primary school at Townsville in north Queensland, homework isn't mentioned. "There's no pressure," Ms Trueman said. "If we get home and want to prepar...

James Cook University has been contracted to help improve the Atherton Tablelands town of Milaa Milaa. The area has been doing it tough since last years torrential rain cutting off major highways, and decreased tourism to the region. The head of JCU's Tr...

A new study warns bias towards popular animals in conservation research might see some important, but less spectacular, species suffer 'silent extinctions' as their plight goes unrecognised. Jean-Paul Hobbs, a senior research fellow at James Cook Universi...

JCU's Professor Susan Laurance will co-lead the project, funded by Australia's National Environmental Science Program. She said the spectacled flying fox has been listed as endangered since 2019. "They are found in the Wet Tropics region and the rainfores...

The rich human occupation of Mediterranean island Cyprus has been pushed back thousands of years by new research led by Cypriot and Australian archaeologists. Contrary to previously held theories, large Mediterranean islands like Cyprus were not difficult...

A James Cook University Researcher is working towards universal vaccines and treatments for influenza A viruses. Immunology and Infectious Disease Researcher and Senior Lecturer Dr Hillary Vanderven is working against the clock with World Health Organizat...