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University of Queensland alumnus Rohan Watt joins 20 young Australians who will head overseas to study at the world’s best universities under the countries newest and most expensive post-graduate scholarship program.

To achieve any entrepreneurial vision, you’ll need a clear head – something UQ graduate Carl Hartmann can help you with.

The serial entrepreneur (Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Business Management ‘05) co-founded Lyre’s Spirit Co – non-alcoholic spirits company – so people could indulge in a drink and still drive home.

‘Healing Country’ – the official theme of this year’s NAIDOC Week celebrations (4–11 July), which calls for Australians to continue to seek greater protections for land, water, sacred sites and cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and destruction.

The number of people prescribed opioids in Queensland increased more than 11-fold in two decades, but most prescriptions were in a low-dose range, according to University of Queensland-led research.

Recent PhD graduate from the School of Social Science, Dr James Boafo, has returned home to Ghana for an academic position with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, one of West Africa’s highest-ranking universities.

Recently retired Queensland Court of Appeal judge the Honourable Anthe Philippides (Bachelor of Arts ’80, Bachelor of Laws (Hons) ’82) believes the arts are absolutely vital for humanity – they bring us joy, they make us think, and they can help us understand the views of others in ways we may never otherwise consider.

And she should know: her Honour has spent a lifetime advocating for the arts in her role as mentor, philanthropist and general aficionado.

Only one in three adolescents are practising appropriate hand hygiene, a new global study involving University of Queensland researchers has found.

Dr Yaqoot Fatima from UQ’s Institute for Social Science Research said there was a renewed emphasis on adequate hand hygiene with COVID-19.

Congratulations to Associate Professor Lisa Featherstone, who has been appointed Head of School for Historical and Philosophical Inquiry for a one-year term starting next month.

Academic freedom – however elusive – is widely championed as the foundation of a good university.

In the latest issue of Australian Universities’ Review, special review editor Professor Kristen Lyons from the School of Social Science joins other University of Queensland researchers – alongside other scholars from Australia and Canada – in exploring what might be meant by academic freedom, and why its defence has become so important.

Congratulations to Professor Greg Hainge who has been appointed Head of the School of Languages and Cultures for a five-year term starting next week.