UQ alumni awards for 2018

The University of Queensland’s 2018 Alumni Awards have recognised a broad range of leaders who have made exemplary contributions in fields ranging from science to social enterprise.

10 August 2018
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
The UQ team consisted of Carmel Blackburn, Emily Frawley, Rebekah Moran, Courtney Scott-Hunter, Wei Fern Yee and Tereza Stillerova.

A team of six University of Queensland students has won the annual Australian HealthFusion Team Challenge.

8 September 2014

The Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, the Arts Law Centre of Australia and the Queensland Association of Independent Legal Services are among the organisations that have benefitted from support provided by The University of Queensland's Pro...

13 December 2012

Founder and Executive Director of the Hear and Say program, Dr Dimity Dornan, AM, whose lifetime has been devoted to helping deaf children communicate, has been announced as the 2011 UQ Alumnus of the Year.

5 September 2011
Andrew McDonald and Emma McKavanagh at work

There is no shortage of talented apprentice farriers at The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Gatton Vocational Education Centre (G-VEC), with fourth-year apprentices, Emma McKavanagh and Andrew McDonald, showing off their winning skills at the Royal...

13 October 2010
(From left) Professor Michael Keniger; Dr Cindy Blackstock; Dr Jackie Huggins; Ms Donna Klein-Kawane; Dr Jane Thomson; Professor Stewart Gill.

One of Canada’s foremost experts on First Nations child and family welfare, Cindy Blackstock, will speak at UQ today (August 4).

4 August 2009

Indigenous students will have even more reason to choose to study at The University of Queensland from next year, with Emmanuel College launching a scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

4 August 2008

Students at St John's College at the University of Queensland no longer have any excuse for being late for lectures.

5 August 1999

Trying to entice Madagascar's wary flying foxes into nets strung high in forest canopies proved almost enough to drive University of Queensland researcher Nicki Markus batty.

23 July 1999

Julie Webb has not let blindness prevent her from becoming one of the top achieving medallists of the 63 students awarded University of Queensland medals for outstanding scholarship at graduation ceremonies at Mayne Hall, St Lucia on May 18 and May...

15 May 1998