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John Curtin Gallery celebrates its reopening with exhibition of significant works from the Collection
The John Curtin Gallery will reopen at the end of July with an exhibition of 50 significant, recently acquired art works, which celebrate the success of its three-year 50fifty Acquisition Initiative.
By Lauren Sydoruk | Campus and community; FeatureA pandemic has reminded us of the importance of the arts, entertainment and communications
When the world stopped, we turned to news media to keep us informed, social media to keep us connected, Netflix to keep us entertained and archivists to preserve history as it unfolds.
By Karen Green and Jarrad Long | Campus and community; Culture, language and Indigenous; The arts and creative industries | Leave a commentCurtin project awarded funding to test new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
A Curtin University-led research project has been awarded $1.72 million in Federal Government funding to trial a new treatment for patients with the most common form of Alzheimer’s disease.
By Vanessa Beasley | Feature; Health and medicine; Research; Research Featured; HealthStudy finds oldest children in school-grade outperform youngest in NAPLAN
A new Curtin University study has found a child’s birthday can affect their NAPLAN results, with the oldest children in a classroom on average outperforming their younger classmates.
By Lucien Wilkinson | Business; General; Health and medicine; Research; Research Featured; Business, management and law; Education; HealthMeet Celeste Brand, the social work graduate making a difference in Aboriginal health and wellbeing
Brand is providing culturally relevant health services to Aboriginal mothers and mothers to-be living in and around Alice Springs.
By Zoe Taylor | Alumni news; Culture, language and Indigenous; Health | Leave a commentResearch reveals alarming link between rising antidepressant use and suicide rates among young Australians
New research has shown rates of antidepressant use and suicide by young Australians have risen sharply since 2009.
By Lucien Wilkinson | General; Health and medicine; Research; Research Featured; Business, management and law; HealthCurtin study finds scratchies and lotto tickets can lead to problem gambling
New Curtin research has found that lotteries products such as ‘scratchies’ and lotto tickets can lead to gambling problems.
By Lucien Wilkinson | General; Health and medicine; Research; Research Featured; HealthConsidering a future in journalism? It requires resilience and a little bit of sas
“I think it’s really important to be ready to adapt and understand how the audience is evolving.” Curtin journalist grad Nick Sas reflects on what it takes to work in today’s news industry.
By Zoe Taylor | Alumni news; Media and communications; The arts and creative industries | Leave a commentPlanning, Implementing and Evaluating Health Promotion Interventions – [12 weeks online]
The Curtin University Health Promotion short courses are suitable for those already working in the health sector, environmental health and public health planning or those wanting to move into the area and those wanting to incorporate health promotion principles into their role.
By Nik Malane | General; Health Sciences short courses; Education; Health