News - Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences - University of Queensland

Poetry in New York: scholarship takes creative writing student to the big apple

Published on: 27 April 2017

University of Queensland Creative Writing PhD student Belle Ling has won a Merit Scholarship from the New York Summer Writer's Institute.
Meeting employees' needs in today's world

Published on: 21 April 2017
International award for UQ research program

Published on: 22 March 2017

The four decades of scientific contribution of a University of Queensland program towards Down syndrome have been internationally recognised.
Three HASS areas rank in top three in 2017 QS Rankings

Published on: 13 March 2017
Story of childhood to be adapted for the big screen

Published on: 7 March 2017
Oxford Scholarship named in honour of IASH Director and former Oxford Professor, Peter Harrison

Published on: 1 March 2017
Queensland-first degree tackles world’s ‘wicked problems’

Published on: 1 March 2017
UQ Journalism, what’s old is new again

Published on: 27 February 2017
UQ academic waltzing with Matilda Award

Published on: 23 February 2017
Grammy Award winner returns to UQ on a high note

Published on: 23 February 2017

Three-time Grammy award winner and University of Queensland alumnus Tim Munro is set to return to UQ for a two-week residency thanks to a generous bequest from the late Paula and Tony Kinnane.
Research probes role of media and religion in anti-vax views

Published on: 16 February 2017

The influence of media and religion on anti-vaccine attitudes in Australia will be the focus of University of Queensland research enabled by a Westpac Bicentennial Foundation fellowship.
UQ graduate brings trailblazing woman out of shadows

Published on: 10 February 2017
UQ students report live from Woodford Folk Festival

Published on: 23 December 2016

The University of Queensland will team up with the Brisbane Times to showcase a pop-up media outlet at the Woodford Folk Festival.
Witnessing History in the making

Published on: 12 December 2016

Mr David Ritchie A.O., former Ambassador to Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein is a BA alumnus from The University of Queensland. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University in December 2016.
A flip in the right direction

Published on: 12 December 2016

Trading in the flying trapeze for the lecture theatre has paid off for this Brisbane former circus performer.

Nile de Jonge will graduate with First Class Honours in Classical Languages on Monday, one of more than 8800 students graduating from The University of Queensland this December.
UQ lecturer's prize-winning translation of wartime novel goes global

Published on: 9 December 2016

German lecturer Dr Geoff Wilkes has received international recognition for his English translation of iconic wartime novel Die größere Hoffnung (The Greater Hope), by Austrian author Ilse Aichinger.
UQ New Colombo Fellows set their sights on Indo-Pacific

Published on: 2 December 2016

Seven University of Queensland undergraduates will study in destinations around the Indo‑Pacific region after being named as 2017 Fellows and scholars under the New Colombo Plan.
Gifts of ancient coins enrich UQ Antiquities Museum

Published on: 29 November 2016

Ancient coins have recently enriched the collection of the RD Milns Antiquities Museum at The University of Queensland.
UQ researchers honoured for humanities success

Published on: 25 November 2016

Two University of Queensland academics have been honoured for their achievements in the humanities in Australia.

UQ’s Professor Alastair Blanshard and Professor John Macarthur have been named fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, alongside Australian author Tim Winton and global philosopher Jay Garfield.
Steroid laws are sexist, say bodybuilders

Published on: 16 November 2016

Prohibition of steroids is not only failing to stop recreational bodybuilders using them, but it is sexist and causes harm, according to participants in a first-of-its-kind University of Queensland study.

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