Welcome to WE ARE GRIFFITH

This is Griffith’s new community channel, reflecting the richness of your lives and bringing you the latest news on our essential research and change-making projects.

WE ARE GRIFFITH comes direct from the desks of the alumni team: Jo, Nicole, Josh, Laura, Kate, Kai and Roxie on the lands of the Yugarabul, Yuggera, Jagera, Turrbal, Yugambeh and Kombumerri peoples. We look forward to telling your stories and hearing what you think, so don’t hesitate to get in touch.

How to build a university

It’s 1970 and newspaper editor Theodor Bray is about to retire. Then Queensland’s minister of education gets in touch: Might Bray be interested in… creating a new university? From scratch?

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

Your nose cells could help people walk again

Professor James St John and his colleagues are giving new hope to people with life-changing spinal cord injuries. And their breakthrough is as plain as the nose on your face.

HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.

Mail boy beginnings

From mail boy to healthcare executive, his mission is to care for people at their most vulnerable moment.

HOW HIS JOURNEY UNFOLDED.

Worldly adventures

From Griffith, to Kenya and now England, these two share a passion for health equity and community service.

WHERE IT'S TAKEN THEM.

A Better Man

One of the world’s biggest pop stars has just had a blockbuster biopic made about his life, and Griffith University Musical Theatre alumnus Liam Head was there for the ride.

HOW IT ALL UNFOLDED.

Film to philanthropy

With credits that include The Dark Knight Rises, Wonder Woman 1984, Dunkirk and The Batman, read about Emmanuel's impressive odyssey in the film industry and his deep commitment to philanthropy through skateparks.

WHERE HAS IT TAKEN HIM?

Love at first sight

When the sea of students in the science common room parted, their eyes met. What seems like a fairytale ensued. Did this young teenage love turn into happily ever after?

THE REST IS HISTORY.

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