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 2023
Dr 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 2023
LinLi 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 2023
Newly 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 2022
Weaving is part of Sonja Carmichael’s cultural inheritance, but despite always living on Country, she only arrived at it by chance.
2 August 2022
Naomi Sweasey changed the direction of her UQ Bachelor of Arts degree after an "enthralling" elective subject in her first semester.
14 July 2022
An 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 2022.jpg?itok=lH0mxWOe "Thousands of books, magazines, and other items will be on sale at the Book Fair.")
The 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 2021
Being 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 2019
University of Queensland graduate Anna John has supercharged an international legal career by learning a second language.
19 July 2017
In 1960 June MacDonald finished her studies at St Mary’s College Ipswich and was heading off to university to continue her education.
14 July 2017
Trading in the flying trapeze for the lecture theatre has paid off for this Brisbane former circus performer.
9 December 2016
Dami 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 2016
Brisbane’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 2016
Forty 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 2015
It’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 2015
