- Each year, the United Nations celebrates the International Day of Rural Women – acknowledging the integral role rural women and girls play in society. In honour of the day, 'Contact' is revisiting the stories of some of UQ’s remarkable rural women.
- Among the many questions raised by the Optus data leak is why the company was storing so much personal information for so long. UQ Senior Research Fellow Dr Brendan Walker-Munro explains.
- By 2050, experts predict that climate change could kill off the 2 main coffee varieties we drink daily while also jeopardising 60 per cent of the planet’s 124 wild coffee plants.
- E-scooters offer commuters and tourists a way to cover shorter distances quickly – and without breaking a sweat. But one question previously unanswered is: what about the weather? If the skies open, do e-scooter users switch to cars or public transport? What about intense summer heat?
- Contact asked experts from across UQ about why certain diseases – like monkeypox attract stigma, what impact this stigma has on various communities, and what we can do to stop it?
- Australia is bracing for another wet spring and summer, but it’s not just the landscape and catchment areas that will struggle to cope with 1 million Australian households already facing extreme levels of insurance stress.
- Meet the UQ graduate and children's author diving into the world of Sir David Attenborough.
- UQ staff members share their inspiring and, at times, distressing stories of living with ADHD, and how they have learned to embrace the challenges and positives in their adult lives.
- Introducing the 2022 UQ Alumni Award winners.
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- How a UQ student swapped her farming life to help guide the UQ Space team towards a world record.
- UQ graduate Elliot Stein analyses what a Joe Biden presidency will mean for Australia.
- Queensland is now home to one of the world’s most stunning eco-retreats.
- UQ graduate Tennille Parry reflects on life in 2020 as an ex-pat in Singapore.
- From a dairy farm in Beaudesert to the metropolitan lights of Singapore.
- Meet UQ graduates Josh and Louise Daly, the scientists turned owners of Little Black Pug Café.
- When Ella Ceolin was in high school, she’d never heard of Indigenous western medicine doctors – now, with the support of the Tran family, she’s well on her way to becoming one.
- How a distinctive Aussie architect has built a career pursuing his passions.
- Australian philanthropists Trevor and Judith St Baker are committed to making a difference.
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