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Photo of Geoffrey Rush

Award-winning actor and ΢Åĸ£Àûgraduate Geoffrey Rush received one of the highest honours in this year’s Australia Day Awards.

28 January 2014

University of Queensland School of Economics graduate and Adjunct Associate Professor Mark Gray is the new Queensland Under Treasurer.

21 November 2013

A leading New York fund manager and University of Queensland alumnus has donated $1 million to ΢Åĸ£Àûto support a recently established institute that will drive business and economics research.

5 November 2013
X Factor winner and ΢Åĸ£Àûmusic graduate Dami Im.

Dami Im, a talented music graduate of ΢Åĸ£Àû, has been crowned the winner of Australian TV talent show X Factor.

29 October 2013

Business and philanthropic leaders, an engineer who inspired a worldwide movement, a medical expert striving to reduce melanoma, and even a Grammy award winner are among 15 alumni celebrated at ΢Åĸ£Àû’s 2013 Courting the Greats...

17 October 2013

Nobel Award-winning scientist, Laureate Professor and ΢Åĸ£ÀûAlumni Peter Doherty returned to his alma mater this week to highlight the importance of philanthropy with guests at the annual Peter Goodenough Memorial Lecture.

19 June 2013
Professor Lu (right) received his award from Premier Campbell Newman

The State Government has recognised ΢Åĸ£Àû’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Max Lu, and prominent ΢Åĸ£Àûalumna Dr Dimity Dornan, for their significant contributions to society.

31 May 2013

Have you ever wanted to dive into tropical reef research with a world-renowned marine scientist? Maybe travelling many times faster than the speed of sound interests you more?

21 May 2013

A ΢Åĸ£Àûalumnus is in the running for one of the world’s best jobs, beating more than 45,000 entrants from 196 counties to score a place as one of the three ‘Queensland Park Ranger’ finalists in Tourism Australia's 'Best Job In The World' campaign.

16 May 2013

Eleven University of Queensland staff and alumni have been named as 2013 Queensland Australia Day Ambassadors.

25 January 2013
΢Åĸ£Àûgraduate Angelina Hermon has established a non-government organisation to promote the practice of social work.

University of Queensland (UQ) graduate Angelina Hermon is helping children cope with conflict after opening a non-government organisation in Sri Lanka (Sensitizing Animators Foundation) to promote and practice social work.

16 January 2013

Leading minds in nanotechnology, medicine, environmental engineering and academia were honoured by the University of Queensland (UQ) at its annual alumni awards ceremony in Brisbane on Tuesday night.

25 October 2012

΢Åĸ£Àû has awarded Dr Lee Boon Yang an Honorary Doctorate degree at an event in Singapore.

14 September 2012
A 1918 photo from the ΢Åĸ£ÀûWomen's Hockey Club.

The first women’s hockey club in Queensland celebrates 100 years of history with a centennial ball this August.

19 July 2012

΢Åĸ£Àû acknowledged the significant contributions made by staff, students and alumni to equity and diversity at the Vice-Chancellor’s Equity and Diversity Awards held on Thursday, 24 May 2012.

25 May 2012