Seat belts and condoms are a teenager's best friends, while junk food and drugs are the enemies, says Professor Phillip Ebrall, an expert in adolescent health based on the Mackay Campus of CQUniversity. 

The latest edition of a significant reference text* for the chiropractic profession world-wide includes Prof Ebrall's chapter on Care of the Adolescent.

CQUniversity Music Theatre graduates Jordan Edmeades and his wife Jessica (nee Peters) have joined fellow graduates Sarah Regan and Katrina Kirkwood to create what they describe as a new wine tasting cabaret company, OzCabaret, based in the United Kingdom and Europe..

The hours young Australian students spend studying at home could be doing them more harm than good, according to a new book by two of the nation's most esteemed education academics.

Reforming Homework: Practices, Learning and Policies - co-authored by Professors Mike Horsley and Richard Walker from CQUniversity and Sydney University - has weighed into a century-old debate about whether homework in itself is actually beneficial for kids.

CQUniversity graduate Jordan Edmeades has achieved one of his most desired acting milestones by performing in a premiere show in London on the West End.

A recent online review of The Faulty Towers Dining Experience - At The Charing Cross Hotel recently said "the comedy is so immediate and of such high quality that even our friend who wasn't familiar with the show was crimson with laughter throughout".

CQUniversity researchers have gained almost $700,000 to study the effectiveness of tailored videos in promoting physical activity via the internet, through a prestigious grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council.

As part of the project seeking the best ways to encourage people to increase their physical activity levels, personally relevant video messages are selected from a database based on each viewer's response to lead-up questions.

CQUniversity has been going pink recently to help draw attention to Cancer Council Queensland's Pink Ribbon Day - Paint the Town Pink campaign.

Several Rockhampton Campus buildings and carparks and the rear entrance sign were bathed in pink light during the evenings.

Two professors have ensured CQUniversity's engagement mantra rings true by conducting a series of joint meetings with community members and stakeholders in Mackay.

Professor Pierre Viljoen, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Community and Engagement)/Head of Campus Mackay coordinated with Professor Bronwyn Fredericks, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) and BMA Chair in Indigenous Engagement for the meetings.

Forty-two senior high school students from as far north as Mackay and as far south as Gayndah converged on CQUniversity Rockhampton this week for a 'great race' across campus..

CQUniversity has joined the international 'Open Access Week' campaign to ensure academics embrace open and transparent access to their research findings.

The campaign aims to make the copyright rule work better by reclaiming the ability for research findings to be accessed, even if they are in articles hidden behind pay walls in journals.