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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.
Read more about Our mobile phones are covered in bacteria and viruses… and we never wash themOlympians 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.
Read more about Olympians focus beyond the finish line with Bond microcredentialsPhilanthropy 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.
Read more about Philanthropy honour for Bond benefactor Dr Patrick Corrigan AMBond 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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Takeaways after savouring Euro flavours
There will be an international flavour to the Bull Sharks’ 2024 pre-season after Bond rugby coaches and staff mined some of the brightest minds in rugby on their European tour.
Read more about Takeaways after savouring Euro flavoursBull Sharks grit teeth at UniSport netball
Bond University are fighting hard at halfway mark of UniSport Nationals netball competition.
Read more about Bull Sharks grit teeth at UniSport netballArc de Try-omphe: clean sweep of Europe
The Bull Sharks women’s rugby side have conquered Europe with a victory over French club Bourg en Bresse to complete a clean sweep of their tour matches.
Read more about Arc de Try-omphe: clean sweep of EuropeAFL champs settle for bronze
Bond University's three AFL premierships in 2023 meant little at the UniSport Nationals.
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