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James Cook University is Australia's leading tropical research university, with campuses in Townsville, Cairns and Singapore. CRICOS Provider Code: 00117J.
Tropical North Queensland
Joined October 2008
JCU honoured their standout Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at the ninth annual Indigenous Student Awards Night in Cairns this week. 🏆🎖 Read the full story here 👉📰 https://t.co/a8gp5oeqgs
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JCU and Southern Gulf NRM have been using satellite-based water monitoring tools to help producers plan for drought, improve water access reliability and boost livestock productivity. Full story: https://t.co/obxFLZJB2K
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🏞️💦🧐New @jcu-led research has found that groundwater flowing into rivers, lakes and wetlands may account for up to 70% of methane emitted from surface waters to the atmosphere. Read more here 👉 https://t.co/F5EHspdSyZ 📸: Ron Lach, Pexels
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Congratulation to WA author Khin Myint who has tonight won this year’s $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award for Fragile Creatures: A Memoir. Read the full story here 👉📰 https://t.co/igwQiz58Gg
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🌳🦇🧐A new @ConversationEDU article by @jcu Assoc. Prof. Noel D. Preece calls for urgent protection of the spectacled flying fox, arguing it's more than a noisy smelly pest – it's vital for our rainforests. Read the article here 📰👉
theconversation.com
Without urgent action, a species that helps hold rainforests together might be gone for good.
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JCU has welcomed more than 1,700 new students, who are diving into a week of celebrations to mark the beginning of their studies. 🎊🏫🎒 Read the full story here 👉📰 https://t.co/ApNU3xNCwi
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Ahead of the @unisportAU Nationals in a few weeks JCU's team of student athletes are hard at work on the training track, with the featured in the JCU Journal Page of Saturday's Townsville Bulletin🥇🥈🥉 If you've got a great JCU sport story email rohan.oneil@jcu.edu.au
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New research reveals some rainforest tree species use self-cooling strategies to withstand rising temperatures, but others are more at risk. Full story: https://t.co/QJ303CDaxt
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A JCU researcher is off to the USA after securing a prestigious Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship to examine rare manuscripts written by rainforest travellers up to 125 years ago. Full story: https://t.co/VBk1WlO9Do
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A JCU researcher says cars that ‘see through each other’s eyes’ by sharing data with neighbouring vehicles will be the next wave of transportation. Full story: https://t.co/pAVy0wYKMj
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A move to a state-of-the-art facility in the Cairns CBD and record growth in enrolments has JCU's Bachelor of Nursing Science course primed for 2026. 👩⚕️👨⚕️👩🏫🏥 Read the full story here 👉📰 https://t.co/uEeqleVS0K
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Grazing, water & carbon🌱 At @JCU Fletcherview Research Station, producers & researchers explored how well-managed grazing can act as a carbon sink. 💧 Water drives carbon storage 🌾 Grasses drive seasonal change ♻️ Sustainable grazing improves outcomes 🔗 https://t.co/7HfOw3QHWq
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🏆🥇🎉Congratulations to @jcu Alumni Relations Coordinator, Alex Salvador, for receiving the Highly Commended Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Multicultural Queensland Awards in Logan. Find out more about the awards and recipients here 👉 https://t.co/a0C2JA1Taz
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JCU scientists and traditional owners are restoring oyster reefs once common along the muddy banks of the Russell and Mulgrave Rivers in Far North Queensland. 🦪👩🔬🧑🔬 Read the full ABC Far North story here 👇 https://t.co/ksnZXtMZDy
abc.net.au
Scientists and traditional owners restore oyster reefs once common in Far North Queensland waters.
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A clinical study shows children with a fish allergy may be able to eat gummy shark, which is commonly sold as flake and often the fish in your fish and chips. Full story: https://t.co/MLXhjz2msK
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🦈🏝️@jcu research shows that baby blacktip reef sharks use warm waters to boost their escape performance from adult sharks, barracudas and other predators. Read here📰 https://t.co/DjFnwgaOOh 🎥: Dr José Trujillo, University of Otago and Bonefish & Tarpon 📸: Victor Huertas
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JCU researchers have developed a focused tutorial to help advance the use of artificial intelligence in agriculture.🤖👨🌾👩🌾 Read more here 👉📰
jcu.edu.au
James Cook University researchers have developed a focused tutorial to help advance the use of artificial intelligence in agriculture.
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Competitive jump roper and JCU medical student Abbey George recently competed in the 2025 World Jump Rope Championship Series in Japan. 🦘🇯🇵🇦🇺 Her story featured in JCU Journal, a page that runs fortnightly in the Saturday edition of the Townsville Bulletin 📰👩🎓👨🎓
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🎉Double congrats 🎉 to JCU: CSE PhD candidate Varsha Vivek Balu who won the 🏆 People’s Choice Awards and the overall 🏆Winner of the 3MT competition this week. Her research: using advanced 'omics' approaches to detect early pathogens in aquaculture farming.
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