The University of the Sunshine Coast is focusing on animals in danger of disappearing forever and quirky species that deserve the limelight, as part of National Threatened Species Day.

The Paris Olympics have been and gone but memories of the athletes’ achievements will live on - now we have another opportunity for inspiration through the Paralympic Games.

Kristin Papworth thought her life’s course was set — until a conversation with her terminally ill mother changed everything; compelled by her mum’s wish that she fulfill her ambition and become a teacher, Kristin found the strength to pursue an improbable dream and fulfill a final promise.

From a ‘game-changing’ koala chlamydia vaccine to a trial of a needle-free flu vaccine, the University of the Sunshine Coast’s success in research and bioinnovation has been recognised in the Life Sciences Queensland GENE Awards.

From the buzz of radio studios in Fiji to the corridors of aged care homes in Australia, Joselyn Singh’s transition from journalism to nursing came from a deep desire to care for others in their most vulnerable moments; in the same way she and her baby were cared for, when his 26-day-old life hung in the balance.

A University of the Sunshine Coast study will seek to understand the split-second ‘mental shortcuts’ the brain makes that influence a person to speed, and what might deter them.

Researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast are trialling a new investigational treatment for knee pain in one knee due to osteoarthritis.

Australian athletes preparing to compete at the Paris Paralympic Games face a vastly different path to the pinnacle of their competition.

More than 200 Sunshine Coast seniors have brushed up on their driving knowledge and skills at a free Seniors Road Safety Forum hosted by the University of the Sunshine Coast this morning.

If asked to name the biggest video game company in the world, you might think of icons such as Nintendo – the famed creator of Mario, Pokémon and the Legend of Zelda – or maybe PlayStation, the brand associated with mega hits such as Final Fantasy and Uncharted.

For Australian breaker Rachael “Raygun” Gunn, the 2024 Paris Olympics were marred by an outpouring of online trolling.

Finding a suitable location for their home-based start-up was always the plan for Peter and Von Hosking – but a toddler wandering into a sales pitch hastened the move.

Research by two University of the Sunshine Coast academics and novelists has identified a key element of fiction-writing that cannot be replicated by generative artificial intelligence – human creativity.

Australia’s video games development industry urgently needs better marketing to tap into the $3.9 billion spent nationally on buying games, according to new UniSC research.

How you perceive the quality of your sleep might be just as crucial for your physical and mental health as the number of hours you spend sleeping.

After trekking 580km across an ice sheet, exploring a cold war radar station, collecting data for scientists around the globe and rubbing shoulders with billionaires on a research boat, Dr Adrian McCallum is back at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

The global video game industry has been suffering.

A University of the Sunshine Coast neuroscientist who is finding ways to reduce the risk of dementia in older people through lifestyle changes has been named a Queensland Young Tall Poppy.

Paris 2024 might go down in history as the most meme-d sporting event ever.

Life hasn’t been all smooth sailing for Blake Thomasson, who at the age of 15 suffered a debilitating stroke which left him unable to walk, talk or remember his active life before then; but  today, at 32, Blake is challenging his ‘brain injury’ label, relearning how to learn, and forging forward with a Bachelor of Engineering at UniSC.

University of the Sunshine Coast researchers have identified the favourite haunts of white ibis – and why they choose them – in a bid to find more effective ways to stop one of Australia’s smelliest and messiest native pests from taking over parks and urban streets.

An Indigenous-inspired ‘call and response’ allows us to speak from the heart.

The largest and longest-ever survey of wild koalas has confirmed a chlamydia vaccine, developed by the University of the Sunshine Coast, can protect the animals from developing and dying from the disease.

Seven UniSC Spartans have boarded the plane to Paris, determined to impress in the 2024 Paralympics.

We've done a disservice to the white ibis by labelling it a "Bin Chicken".

Physiotherapy is coming to UniSC as a new degree option, so we asked Associate Professor Cherie Wells to tell us about the new program and why physiotherapy is such an in-demand career right now.

An innovative tube feeding initiative led by UniSC is helping to protect hospital patients in the South Pacific nation from malnutrition and give them the best chance of recovery from illness or surgery.