Features
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
An enterprising UQ student has created her own comic strip about a crime-fighting band of secret agents with a twist.
African autobiography
UQ alumnus Annette Henderson has shared her extraordinary experiences in the African rainforest in a new book.
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.
Web Exclusives
The story behind a sculpture
We unveil the latest sandstone creation of UQ sculptor Dr Rhyl Hinwood.
The sound of silence
A UQ academic has combined Australian and Japanese culture for her latest project.
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
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