Awards and achievements

University of Queensland student Amy Bergman has been selected as a Laureate of the Embassy of France ‘Nicolas Baudin’ Travel Program, and will complete an exchange semester at Sciences Po, Paris.

University of Queensland student Ryan Harris is heading to Capitol Hill in Washington for a two-month internship in the office of Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

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

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.

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.

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 new book following in the footsteps of a hugely successful University of Queensland free online grammar course will be launched on 27 October.

Research projects designed to capture endangered languages and develop better organic lights are among 87 University of Queensland projects funded in the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) latest grants round.

Researchers from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences have been celebrated for their outstanding contributions to research this week, being recognised at both the UQ Research Awards and HASS Research Awards.