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The legacy of languages pioneer Associate Professor Max Brändle will continue to live on at The University of Queensland after his recent passing.

First-year student Elena James has been kicking goals since she began her journey at The University of Queensland earlier this year.
After a competitive audition process, she was named Assistant Concertmaster for UQ’s Symphony Orchestra (UQSO) and a 2019 Kinnane Scholar; all before she’d even attended her first lecture.

The University of Queensland’s ensemble in residence, the Tinalley String Quartet have released their second album Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 on the Decca/ Universal label.

Two University of Queensland postgraduate students have been recognised among the nation’s brightest, named as 2019 Westpac Future Leaders Scholars.

The University of Queensland has welcomed multi-award winning writer and Indigenous rights champion Dr Anita Heiss as a Professor of Communications.

UQ PhD student Lorraine Cherney has had her work into gambling regulation and policy recognised at a national conference held in Brisbane last month.

An Aboriginal writer who ‘gained a second chance at life’ following treatment for a rare cancer has become the first Indigenous recipient of the Fulbright W.G. Walker scholarship.

Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) Australians continue to experience significant disadvantage when it comes to health and wellbeing compared to their heterosexual peers, a University of Queensland study has found.