΢ĸ

One-time classmates and longtime friends Sir Llew Edwards and Nat Yuen were reunited at ΢ĸon the weekend. (Pic Lyle Radford)

TWO friends who studied medicine together almost half a century ago were honoured at a University of Queensland gala dinner on Saturday night.

5 July 2010
Robert Dann at the “Courting the Greats” gala dinner at ΢ĸon Saturday night.

A United Nations peace negotiator who has worked on high-level mediations in some of the world's most sensitive trouble spots was named ΢ĸ's Young Alumnus of 2010 at a gala dinner on Saturday night.

5 July 2010
The 2009 NAAUC Executive Committee outside Dreamworld

Young leaders from around the country will converge on ΢ĸthis weekend to make positive changes for themselves and their communities.

2 July 2010

΢ĸAlumna and Governor-General Dr Quentin Bryce AC will return to ΢ĸ’s St Lucia campus, where she both studied and taught, for the unveiling of two new carvings in the heritage-listed Great Court.

2 July 2010

Everyone is invited to enjoy the festivities during ΢ĸ’s Carnival in the Great Court on Saturday July 3.

1 July 2010

Kathy Hirschfeld was emotionally moved when she walked into UQ’s Senate chamber for the first time this year as a newly appointed Senator.

29 June 2010

Knowing how influential parents’ behaviour is with children was the reason a Brisbane father enrolled in a parenting program for divorced and separated couples founded at ΢ĸ.

29 June 2010

Developing a cervical cancer vaccine and watching it start protecting millions of young women worldwide is more than most researchers would hope for in a lifetime.

29 June 2010

Thousands of past students and staff from all over Australia and the globe, including Governor-General Dr Quentin Bryce AC and Dr David Malouf AO, are planning their return to ΢ĸ for the Centenary Alumni Reunion weekend on...

23 June 2010

It’s not often you can take a journey from the Red Centre to Guantanamo Bay, and Harlem to East Timor for free.

23 June 2010
Dr Lam and Thi Hong Thanh Pham

When Alzheimer’s researcher Dr Hoang Lam Pham (Lam) was given the chance to work at any Australian university, ΢ĸwas the straightforward choice.

22 June 2010

Members of the ΢ĸsenior executive have recently returned from a tour to Indonesia, consolidating the University’s presence in one of Asia’s strongest performing economies.

22 June 2010
Mr Waldie prepares for a scuba dive off Lizard Island. Image: Tane Sinclair-Taylor

Eager to save shrinking fish stocks and shape the future of their field, two ΢ĸmarine biology graduates will soon dive headfirst into a tour of Papua New Guinea.

11 June 2010
Young Queenslander of the Year Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Giving deaf children an opportunity to be heard has earned ΢ĸgraduate and current PhD candidate Dimity Dornan the Queenslander of the Year Award.

3 June 2010
Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield . . . ΢ĸwill always be the people's university

΢ĸ scooped the pool when Premier Anna Bligh announced the prestigious Queensland Greats Awards today.

3 June 2010