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The annual University of Queensland Alumni Awards recognise outstanding UQ alumni making significant contributions to their communities.

Sophie Coombs, Bachelor of Arts graduate and recipient of the prestigious ‘Sélection Internationale of the École Normale Supérieure’ (ENS) scholarship, has experienced first-hand just how far – in her case, also geographically – Honours in Languages can take you.

Congratulations to our remarkable HASS researchers who were recognised and celebrated in this year's Research and Innovation Awards for Excellence.

Programs designed to address violent extremism in Australia are largely effective, according to a University of Queensland expert.

Year 11 and 12 Study of Religion students from Catholic colleges across the Rockhampton region recently took part in The University of Queensland’s World Religions Experience Day.

This week Maggie realised her dream, graduating from UQ’s School of Education with a Master of Educational Studies (Guidance, Counselling and Careers).

An international study of infant remains from 50,000–75,000 years ago has provided new evidence about the developmental trajectory of our evolutionary ‘cousins’, Neanderthals.

Growing up in regional Queensland, netballer Chelsea O’Neill learned early that the pursuit of sporting dreams often means going the extra mile, sometimes literally.

Now studying Primary Education at The University of Queensland, the 18-year-old is balancing elite netball, university study and work with the support of the UQ Firebirds Scholarship.

Gabrielle Hall is the first female and youngest‑appointed Australian Consul‑General and Trade and Investment Commissioner to Brazil, based in São Paulo.

An analysis piece by Associate Professor David Pritchard.

Mother’s Day celebrates the vital role mothers play within our families and communities. It is often a day of recognition, appreciation and connection. However, for some young mothers the experience of motherhood is accompanied by uncertainty, stress, isolation and hardship.

University of Queensland student Jack Young is one step closer to realising his dream of becoming a sports journalist after being selected for the prestigious International Olympic Committee (IOC) Young Reporters Programme at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.

Symphony for the History of Time interprets modern cosmology in orchestral and choral form, and headlines The University of Queensland’s 2026 Music by the Lakes festival.

Swahili, one of the most widely spoken languages in Africa, is now being taught at The University of Queensland.

Experts are warning Australia’s charity sector to be judicious in its use of Artificial Intelligence or risk losing public trust.

To mark International Women’s Day, researchers from UQ’s School of Political Science and International Studies have shared findings from a project documenting the challenges of daily life as a woman under Myanmar’s military regime.

Alcohol pricing is often analysed using sophisticated computer models to understand how policy changes, such as adjustments to excise, might affect drinking behaviour and public health.

The full Season One of the Creative Flourishing podcast is now available online via podbean, or wherever you get your podcasts from.

Listening, restraint, and empathy are skills that Adjunct Associate Professor Ian Kemish AM regularly used during his 25-year career in diplomacy, and they were just as valuable when writing his first novel.

Anthropologists Dr Richard Martin and Dr Kim de Rijke have received funding from the Commonwealth Government’s Attorney-General’s Department to establish the Centre for Native Title Anthropology (CNTA) at UQ.