Events

Join us as we venture through majestic landscapes, biodiversity hotspots, historical wonders and cultural centres with UQ academic hosts, providing an exclusive and enriching travel experience.

Join UQ alum Dr Keith Treschman (BSc '71, BEdSt '75, BA '79) on monthly building tours to delve into the history of the 308 Queen Street building and uncover some of the unique and quirky discoveries from the restoration process.

Whether you want to travel the world, learn to speak a language, follow new interests or maintain your language skills, this new language class gives you, our alumni that opportunity to learn in a practical and supportive learning environment in the city. Limited spots, register now!

Age-Ed is a support network for care partners for older persons at the University of Queensland. Join us for the very first Age-Ed Carers’ Café, a relaxed morning tea designed to bring care partners for older persons from the UQ community together. This is a safe, welcoming space to connect with others who understand the experience of being a care partner for an older person. Tea, coffee and morning tea will be provided. Registration is essential and numbers are limited.

You are invited to you to join us to hear from Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee about the ‘inclusion revolution’ and how Brisbane 2032 can help shape a more equitable and inclusive world.

In 2023, Kathleen Folbigg was released and acquitted after serving 20 years in prison, convicted by a jury of murdering her four young children over a 10-year period. She was convicted based on circumstantial evidence alone, without any physical evidence. She has always maintained that she is innocent. Danish scientists Professors Mette Nygaard and Michael Toft Overgaard shed light on how they became involved in the Australian legal inquiry into her convictions, and how their research played a central role in her acquittal.

Join Alastair Blanshard, Paul Eliadis Professor of Classics and Ancient History, as he revisits the birth of portraiture in ancient Greece. Hear the story of how art originally designed to represent images of the immortal gods was transformed to capture the faces of mortal men and women.

Please join us for a reunion event as we celebrate 10 years since our Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) graduation from The University of Queensland.

The University of Queensland Symphony Orchestra invites you to experience Orchestral Visions, an afternoon of bold symphonic storytelling under the baton of Paul Dean, Kinnane Professor of Music, in his highly anticipated debut with the orchestra.

Join UQ’s Friends of Antiquity for the June Sunday Series, presented by ANCH2050 Ancient World Study Tour and Field School students, titled ‘Travels in Greece'.
Cost: $10
Location: Room E302 Forgan Smith Building, St Lucia campus