A woman with long black hair is smiling at the camera, she is wearing a graduation cap and gown over a white dress and is standing in the sandstone cloisters of UQ's Great Court.

University of Queensland graduate Dr Ella Ceolin can partly thank school holiday boredom for setting her on a career path in medicine.

14 December 2022
A woman stands in a freshwater swamp holding a bundle of long straight reeds.

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
Order of Australia medals on a purple background

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
Mortarboards being thrown in the air

It'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
A white and brown butterfly

A University of Queensland researcher has spent decades compiling a first-of-its-kind database of the butterfly species of the Torres Strait Islands, boosting biosecurity and conservation measures in the region.

16 October 2021

Medical student Sherice Ansell is following in her father’s footsteps, as she prepares to graduate as a doctor from The University of Queensland.

11 December 2019

Social justice and Indigenous issues are subjects close to the heart of University of Queensland Arts Valedictorian Amila Sargeant.

19 July 2019
Professor Marcia Langton and Adjunct Professor Stewart Gill.

Known for her lifelong work in Aboriginal social issues and women’s rights, Professor Marcia Langton AM of the Bidjara Nation has added another honour to her long list of accolades, being installed as an Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College at The...

25 February 2016
Courtney Kelly.

The first female indigenous student to graduate in the 65-year history of The University of Queensland’s mining engineering program will do so at a ceremony on Friday, July 24 at 2pm.

23 July 2015