Features
Senior leadership changes
UQ's governing body, the Senate, has confirmed the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Greenfield AO, would cease his executive role at the University on 16 December 2011.
Admissions integrity assured
UQ has expressed its confidence in and commitment to the integrity of its academic system following an extensive review of student admission processes.
US foundation opens
The University of Queensland has officially launched its new American strategy at a special event at the Australian Embassy in Washington DC.
Antarctic adventurer
Experiencing two weeks without sunlight while withstanding average temperatures of -20°C would be enough to send most Queenslanders packing.
Remembering Margaret Olley
The University of Queensland joined with the Australian arts community earlier this year to mark the passing of singular artist and philanthropist Margaret Olley AC.
Regulars
Strategic Moves
Listening to alumni
In mid-2011 more than 6600 alumni in almost 100 countries took the opportunity to express their views of UQ by being part of an online survey.
Cutting Edge
UQ eyes a needle-free future
Pioneering UQ research into a needle-free vaccination system has received a major boost with a $15 million investment.
Campus News
Every desk tells a story
Did you scribble on a desk in the Physiology Lecture Theatres at the St Lucia campus some time in the past 48 years?
Graduate News
Exceptional alumni in the spotlight
Founder and Executive Director of the Hear and Say program, Dr Dimity Dornan AM, has been named the 2011 UQ Alumnus of the Year.
Keep In Contact
2007: Tiger tamer
Little did Liz Bellward realise a career change would involve cuddling and caring for a dozen tigers.
Keep In Contact
2005: Talent with a twist
Science and circus have combined with winning results for young entrepreneur Cody Freeman.
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Artistic legacy
See Margaret Olley in conversation during the record-breaking Life's journey exhibition.
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Facts + Figures
53
– number of E.S Meyers Memorial Lectures held to date. Search and rescue doctor Commander Paul Luckin delivered the 2010 oration
2006
– year the Teddy Bear Hospital began. It involves University of Queensland medical students teaching children about good health using their soft toys
1400
– number of people who attended the UQ Centenary oration on the Global Financial Crisis by economics expert and Nobel laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz
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