Professor of Nursing Marianne Wallis will present a talk entitled ‘Drips, drains and wounds – how can nurses stop hospitals hurting people’ as part of a free community lecture series at USC on Tuesday 14 July.

An American academic who specialises in road safety will discuss whether mobile devices are turning teens into wonky walkers when he addresses a free public seminar at USC on Wednesday 1 July.

Former hotel food and beverage manager Nina Meloncelli has launched a new career in the health sector with a University of the Sunshine Coast degree in Nutrition and Dietetics.

A planned burn of a section of the University of the Sunshine Coast’s compensatory habitat site is planned for Wednesday 8 July, weather permitting.

A project that saw local school children use mathematics to influence policy on the location of a skate park at Nambour will be among the matters discussed at an international conference of maths educators at USC starting on Sunday.

Thirty aspiring scientists, engineers and mathematicians will become the first high school students to experience the University of the Sunshine Coast’s impressive new 3D visualisation facilities on Wednesday 24 June.

Those keen to explore the expanding number of study options available in Gympie are invited to attend Gympie’s Learning and Education Precinct Open Day on Wednesday 24 June.

USC academics will outline their exciting research activities at a series of public lectures starting Friday 26 June that has been organised by the Noosa branch of the University of the Third Age (Noosa U3A).

Having a serious conversation with teenagers about their “dream car” could end up saving their lives, according to USC road safety researcher Dr Bridie Scott-Parker.

University of the Sunshine Coast academic Dr Harriot Beazley has played a key role in ground-breaking international research aimed at reducing the incidence of children being born stateless.

A Twin Waters information technology professional who was among the University of the Sunshine Coast’s first graduates in 1999 has won a national award for her skills.

Former Australia Zoo keeper Cat Manwaring, who earned a University of the Sunshine Coast Medal for outstanding grades during her Biomedical Science degree, is returning to study Honours.

University of the Sunshine Coast sport scientist Angela Calder will present a public lecture about performance recovery for athletes on Friday 12 June.

Research by USC academics has found that the surface structure of a Queensland gecko’s skin is so extraordinary it could have countless industrial, scientific and medical applications if replicated.

The first new butterflies have spread their wings in a garden specifically designed to attract them to the University of the Sunshine Coast’s Sippy Downs campus.

USC students competing next semester in a global humanitarian engineering contest to help residents of a poor, remote African village will have a high-tech advantage over their rivals.

A Peregian Beach marine biologist has gained a new career as a theatre nurse with a Nursing Science degree from the University of the Sunshine Coast.

New USC Bachelor of Commerce graduate Kayla Rose has not had to move far to find career success after landing a job with an accountancy firm in her home town of Caloundra.

Torres Strait Islander Alister Bartholomew has realised his dreams by going to university and is now working to help others experience the transformational power of education.