JCU insider: June 2023 Updates

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Chancellor Investiture Ceremony
Don’t miss the chance to be part of history as James Cook University welcomes its sixth Chancellor, Professor Ngiare Brown, in an Investiture Ceremony at the Bebegu Yumba Campus today. Click the link above to register your attendance, as well as find information about the annual Mabo Lecture and Voice to Parliament Panel.

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Small, fast-growing reef fishes evolved in a warming ocean
James Cook University scientists have found coral reef fish developed faster growth rates in the warm oceans of the past, 50 to 60 million years ago. These small and fast-growing fishes epitomise the productive coral reefs of today.

Abuse and neglect put kids on fast track to crime
Researchers examining the effect bad childhoods have on youth criminals say some types of experience have a greater effect on criminality than others.

JCU to develop a better breeding barra
A James Cook University researcher’s plan to develop a barramundi capable of reaching sexual maturity twice as fast could revolutionise Australia’s fast-growing aquaculture industry.

JCU English and Education students have enjoyed learning from Professor Gretchen Minton, a Shakespeare expert from Montana State University visiting JCU for four months as a Fulbright Scholar. TheatreiNQ has also joined in the fun, workshopping an adaption of the play, Twelfth Night.

JCU's Dr Maxine Newlands unpacks the most recent political events in her regular chat with ABC North Queensland breakfast host, Michael Clarke.

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