The University of Queensland has recognised renowned ballet dancer and author, Li Cunxin AO, and pioneering chemical engineer, Katherine Hirschfeld AM, with Honorary Doctorates during UQ’s 2023 end-of-year graduations.
12 December 2023Dr Bronwyn Herbert is the embodiment of lifelong learning. At the age of 90, the long-time social worker is graduating from The University of Queensland after completing her PhD thesis on the generational impacts of homelessness.
11 December 2023LinLi Wan graduates this week from UQ’s Master of Writing, Editing and Publishing, after successfully landing a ‘unicorn’ role in the notoriously difficult to enter publishing industry.
13 July 2023Newly conferred Dr Alison Goodman, who wrote two Regency-era novellas as part of her PhD in Creative Writing at UQ, has signed a major international publishing deal.
15 December 2022Weaving is part of Sonja Carmichael’s cultural inheritance, but despite always living on Country, she only arrived at it by chance.
2 August 2022Naomi Sweasey changed the direction of her UQ Bachelor of Arts degree after an "enthralling" elective subject in her first semester.
14 July 2022An international leader in audiology and an Indigenous author and poet are among an extensive list of University of Queensland representatives who have been named on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List this year.
13 June 2022The University of Queensland’s Alumni Friends are embracing a new chapter to help rebuild the Lismore Library’s book collection that was decimated by devastating floods.
28 April 2022It's been another tough year for the class of 2021, coping with COVID shutdowns and changing circumstances. But finally their hard work has paid off, with graduation underway.
10 December 2021Being part of The University of Queensland’s successful mooting team was the first step towards a potential career at the bar for Arts/Law Valedictorian Mia Williams.
13 December 2019University of Queensland graduate Anna John has supercharged an international legal career by learning a second language.
19 July 2017In 1960 June MacDonald finished her studies at St Mary’s College Ipswich and was heading off to university to continue her education.
14 July 2017Trading in the flying trapeze for the lecture theatre has paid off for this Brisbane former circus performer.
9 December 2016Dami Im was a top performer while studying music at The University of Queensland – and now she’s facing the performance of a lifetime.
4 March 2016Brisbane’s St John’s Cathedral and the Spring Hill Reservoirs are set to be transformed for a series of “immersive concerts” created and produced by a University of Queensland duo.
15 February 2016Forty years after starting his degree, international musician and singer-songwriter Robert Forster has finally attended a graduation ceremony at The University of Queensland.
21 July 2015It’s the end of a long journey for twenty women from Papua New Guinea who will graduate from The University of Queensland today.
21 July 2015Dr George Forgan-Smith has two excellent reasons to be singing — he is about to graduate with his medical degree from The University of Queensland and was among the first members of the acclaimed group “The Ten Tenors”.
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