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From alumni starting game-changing businesses, to students (literally) kicking goals in sport, to research breakthroughs, there’s always something happening at Bond. See what Bondies have been up to and explore latest news from campus, the community and beyond.  

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Our mobile phones are covered in bacteria and viruses… and we never wash them

COVID-19 has seen the world embrace sanitisers and formal hand washing procedures in our private lives like never before. But even as we’ve thought more and more about surfaces and the hands that touch them as vectors for disease, mobile phones have largely escaped scrutiny.

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Olympians focus beyond the finish line with Bond microcredentials

They proved their credentials at Tokyo, now Australia’s Olympic and Paralympic heroes have earned microcredentials from Bond University.

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Philanthropy honour for Bond benefactor Dr Patrick Corrigan AM

The Queensland Community Foundation has announced Dr Patrick Corrigan AM is the 2021 Community Philanthropist of the Year. Dr Corrigan is Patron of the Bond University Indigenous Gala which has raised $2.8 million for scholarships, grants and bursaries since 2010 and has contributed more than 650 artworks to the university.

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Bond librarian’s combined passions trigger unique form of art

Blasting sheets of aluminium with a 12-gauge shotgun doesn’t fit the stereotype of your average mild-mannered librarian. But for Raelene Saheli, a casual library assistant at Bond University, her exploits with a firearm more commonly associated with Olympic clay target shooting are a form of art, art which will this month see her work feature for the first time in the annual SWELL Festival, held on Currumbin Beach.

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Sporting news

AFL champs settle for bronze

Bond University's three AFL premierships in 2023 meant little at the UniSport Nationals.

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AFL club celebrates hard-fought grand slam

After a near-perfect season across all Bull Sharks grades there was plenty to celebrate at the 2023 AFL Blue and Gold Awards.

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Rising triathlete makes mark on world stage

Bond University business student Kye Robinson has placed fourth in his age group at the World Triathlon Championships in Spain.

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Bull Sharks hit the road on Outback netball tour

Bond University Netball is embarking on a First Nations tour of southwest Queensland to bring the sport to remote Indigenous communities.

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