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22 unusual facts about James Cook University


Annette Dobson

Moving onto the James Cook University, she completed a Master in Science in 1970 and a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) in 1974.

Anton Breinl Centre

The Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine (Anton Breinl Centre or the ABC) is a constituent discipline of the School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, and specialises in public health and tropical medicine.

The Anton Breinl Centre started moving its operations from the original AITM Building in 2004 to the main campus of James Cook University to a new building in the Medical School precinct.

Bernard Hyland

Each of the species described in the information system has the voucher evidence of dried, pressed, mounted specimens and preserved, bottled, wet specimens, held in the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, Cairns.

Celia Berrell

In 2010, Celia received a grant from the Cairns Regional Council toward establishing a mentorship for science poetry with James Cook University.

Cinematic theatre

Their first collaboration was in 2001 they produced Blowout, written and directed by Jennings, at the Cow Shed, James Cook University.

Doug Spowart

Most recently he completed a PhD in Visual Art through James Cook University.

Gerald Muench

In 2000, he joined the Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research at the University of Leipzig, which he left in 2004 to take up a position as Senior Lecturer at James Cook University in Townsville.

He is also looking to discover and identify novel Anti-inflammatory and Neuroprotective compounds from marine macroorganisms and tropical rainforest plants, a project started through James Cook University's "Enhancing life in the tropics".

Harry Lourandos

Harry Lourandos (born 1945) is an Australian archaeologist, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Archaeology and Sociology, School of Arts and Social Sciences at James Cook University, Cairns.

John Endler

Born in Canada, Endler took his PhD degree at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and subsequently worked at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the James Cook University of North Queensland, Australia and is currently working at Deakin University in Victoria, Australia.

Julie Hall

She obtained her Masters in Public Health at James Cook University, Queensland in 1998, with studies focused on improving health in remote and rural communities.

Lindsay Simpson

Lindsay was Co-ordinator and founder of the Master of Arts (Writing) and the Bachelor of Multimedia Journalism at James Cook University and founder of the Journalism & Media Studies program and postgraduate writing program at University of Tasmania.

Michael Cuthill

Previously, Cuthill was a lecturer at the School of Environmental and Recreation Management at the University of South Australia, a Research Officer at the Great Barrier Reef Cooperative Research Centre at James Cook University, and a technical services manager at the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

Geologist Robert M. Carter and former researcher at the Marine Geophysical Laboratory at James Cook University in Australia

Peter Foxhall

While working as a librarian at James Cook University, he met Glenda Jill "Jill" Pender, whom he married in February 1968.

Philip Freier

He has a PhD from James Cook University, a Master of Educational Studies from the University of Newcastle, a Bachelor of Divinity from the Melbourne College of Divinity, a Diploma of Education from the University of Queensland and a Bachelor of Applied Science from the Queensland Institute of Technology.

Research Centre for Linguistic Typology

Dixon and Alexandra Aikhenvald headed this institute up to 2008, when they accepted a position at James Cook University in Cairns.

Rhondda Jones

Rhondda Jones was the first Professor of Zoology at James Cook University, and served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor.

Robert Stable

He has also held adjunct professor positions at the University of Queensland since 1997, and James Cook University since 2001.

Tate Adams

Adams moved to Townsville, Queensland in 1989 and in 1992 moved the press's operations to the College of Music, Visual Arts and Theatre at James Cook University where he became an honorary lecturer.

William F. Laurance

William F. Laurance is Distinguished Research Professor at James Cook University, Australia, and has received one of Australia’s highest scientific honours, the Australian Laureate Award.


Bachelor of Business

Many universities such as Monash University and the University of Queensland are offering Bachelor of Business degrees as a way to further specialise students study needs while other universities such as University of New England, University of Tasmania, James Cook University, Griffith University and La Trobe University have replaced many of their traditional general Commerce programs with Business programs.