On October 20, 2021, UQ Alumni hosted their annual UQ Giving Day a day encouraging alumni, staff, students, community members, and everyone in between to donate to a variety of causes throughout UQ. For many causes the big draw is that the university will match any donation made to the cause’s fund. A standout performer […]
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An average of 2740.2 Queenslanders were admitted to intensive care units each year between 2015 and 2019 for the flu, now a group of current and former UQ students is working to help reduce the risk to some of the state’s most vulnerable. The VacSeen Project is an initiative started and led by UQ medical […]
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With voting for the UQ Academic Board closing at 9am on August 16 it didn’t take long for the votes in the online election to be tallied and the winners announced. The three undergraduate student representatives will be Alex Smock (343 votes after preferences), Vishaak Gangasandra (337 votes after preferences) , and Samara Paradine (173 […]
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On August 5 The University of Queensland will be holding an event that will see American rapper will.i.am speak to UQ Alumn and former chairman of Dow, Andrew Liveris, discuss ‘how global business cooperation drives innovation’. The university appears to be targeting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students as well as members of the UQ […]
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From next year Male and non-binary students will be able to join Grace College for the first time in more than 50 years. The college’s decision on July 14 means that Duchesne College and The Women’s College will be the only women-only colleges from 2022, while St Leo’s College will be the only men-only college. […]
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When the United States Charge d’Affaires, Michael Goldman, visited UQ in late March to speak with Academics it came just days after the university’s top leadership fronted a parliamentary inquiry into national security risks in the higher education and research sector. The Acting Ambassador is no stranger to universities, before joining the US State Department […]
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This was a talk, to UQ’s Academic Board, by Graeme Orr of the Law School By population, UQ St Lucia is the 10th largest community in Queensland. It would be even higher up that ladder if we measured by density. Yet what kind of community is UQ, in a physical sense of space and place? […]
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Today, the Courier Mail is reporting on The University of Queensland’s plans to demolish the historic student union complex and Schonell Theatre for a new airport-style “commuter lounge” with a towel service. This farce is almost worth laughing at, but it ultimately forms the basis for the most violent attack on student unionism and free […]
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Recently, deprived of my sanity whilst cramming for mid-semester exams, I found myself in the Lawbry bathroom. There I sat, my eyes wandering to a sticker on the door in front of me; ‘bins are for the disposal of feminine hygiene items only.’ At first (perhaps I’ll blame my temporary stress-induced insanity), I accepted it […]
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As part of UQ Life’s SWOTVAC activities on the St Lucia campus, the division spent $1,050 on smoothie bikes. In return for the $1,000 spend UQ Life got the use of 2 bikes from The Smoothie Cycle, 6 jugs, 2 staff for 4 hours, and 200 organic smoothies. Other expenses for their SWOTVAC activities included […]
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