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Heron Island rebirth

UQ's landmark Heron Island Research Station has officially reopened after a $9 million upgrade following a fire in 2007.

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Hope and hardship

Hope and hardship

UQ graduate Dr Colette Livermore has published the first account of working within Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity.

Comic book comes alive

Comic book comes alive

An enterprising UQ student has created her own comic strip about a crime-fighting band of secret agents with a twist.

African autobiography

African autobiography

UQ alumnus Annette Henderson has shared her extraordinary experiences in the African rainforest in a new book.

Margaret Olley magic

Margaret Olley magic

More than 10,000 visitors made the most of a unique survey of Margaret Olley’s work at the UQ Art Museum earlier this year.

Regulars

Strategic Moves

Research investments yield rewards

A record grant for studying pancreatic and ovarian cancers highlights UQ’s growing research achievements and infrastructure.

Graduate News

Worthy winner

Australia’s first female Governor-General, Dr Quentin Bryce, AC, has been presented with the 2008 UQ Alumnus of the Year Award.

Campus News

Architectural achievement

The University of Queensland’s creation of a high-quality built environment has earned the 2008 Australian Institute of Architects President’s Prize.

Cutting Edge

Deep blue dash explored

UQ researchers are uncovering the true struggle of a baby turtle’s life-or-death dash from the sand dunes to the ocean.

Keep In Contact

1959: Music and writing match up

Arts graduate Juliet Hoey has written her first novel – a thriller based on a famous piano composition by Bach.

Facts + Figures

$194

million – amount of funding from the recent Federal Budget to facilitate three key infrastructure projects at UQ

$2.5

million – cost of the Advanced Concepts Teaching Space, which is located at UQ’s St Lucia campus and incorporates touch screens, iPod docks and interactive capabilities

10,831

the number of visitors to the Margaret Olley: Life’s journey exhibition, which ran at the UQ Art Museum from February to April