Events

Join UQ’s Friends of Antiquity September Sunday Series event, ‘all about eels – Romans and other animals’, presented by Dr Kit Morrell.
Location: Room E302, Forgan Smith Building, UQ St Lucia
Cost: $10

Documentary exploring how personal healing transforms parenting and impacts child brain development, featuring real stories and expert insights.

Curious about how artificial intelligence is transforming education? Join AI in Action, a speaker series exploring the practical, the ethical, the challenging and the creative ways AI is shaping the future of teaching and learning. Online event.

Kick off your spring by joining your Alumni Friends community for a month of SwimFit and Aquafit classes. You have the option to attend one or all classes and join for an informal coffee at the UQ Pool Café after your class.

This year, Party with a Purpose heads to The Gatsby, where the glitz and glamour of the 1920s come alive.

This free event highlights collaboration, credibility, and action in building a just, resilient and sustainable Queensland economy. Customs House, Brisbane.

In this special event for final-year students, UQ alumni share experiences from their lives and careers to help you learn how to handle those difficult (but inevitable) chats. From a Survivor runner-up’s tales from the Tribal Council to an F1 emergency doctor’s trackside playbook, these young alumni have some extraordinary insights to share.

Hear from leading UQ researchers Associate Professor Michael Westaway, Dr Gilbert Price, and Associate Professor Tiina Manne, with opening remarks by Benny Bol OAM.
Venue: The Atrium, UQ Brisbane City, 308 Queen Street, Brisbane
Cost: $40 (includes a cheese box with tasting notes and one standard drink)

Join us for an engaging conversation on the topic of dermatology, led by Associate Professor Chris Baker about the Cumulative Life Course Impairment (CLCI). This concept is especially pertinent in dermatology, where chronic inflammatory skin conditions—such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and hidradenitis suppurativa—often begin early in life, are visible, and significantly impact quality of life.
37 Kent Street, Woolloongabba, Brisbane. Room: Translational Research Institute Auditorium.

Join us at the Cairns Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre to celebrate National Science Week with an evening of marine marvels and cutting-edge research. Registrations until Friday 08 August or until capacity reached.

Join UQ’s Friends of Antiquity for the Milns Visiting Scholar Sunday Series event, ‘Style and status – Roman women and the art of hair’.
Date: Sunday 10 August 2025
Location: Room E302, Forgan Smith Building, UQ St Lucia or online

Join us in Bundaberg to discover new tactics to deliver top quality service for your customers that’s profitable and sustainable.

Join us for a special UQ Talks panel discussion on the vital role family, community and culture plays in supporting the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

The Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Class of 1985 alumni and their guests are invited to attend a special reunion event as we celebrate a significant milestone - 40 years since your graduation from The University of Queensland.
Location: Mary Emelia Mayne Room, Mayne Medical Building, 288 Herston Road, Herston
Cost: $199 per person

This free 1.5 hour webinar for new and aspiring leaders will equip you with essential skills to step up into leadership, manage people effectively, resolve conflicts and communicate with confidence.

Join us for the QBI Lexus Sunset Soirée - a stunning late-afternoon gathering on the Brisbane River. Indulge in French Champagne, gourmet canapés, and live entertainment, all while socialising on the exclusive private lawn at this beautiful location.

Join us for an exciting, full-day professional development event designed to empower educators with the practical AI tools and insights needed to transform classroom practice and administrative tasks.

Join cyber security professional Dr Mark Carey-Smith for an interactive workshop designed for our Alumni Friends community to help you outsmart scammers and digital pitfalls in everyday life.
Cost: $40

In 2025, we’re kicking off young alumni Friday drinks as a new way for you to have some casual fun with your fellow UQ grads.

Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at UQ’s newest health and biotechnology precinct, UQ Dutton Park.

Quantum science fans, join us for an exciting evening with Nobel Laureate Professor Donna Strickland. Professor Strickland will be in Australia for the Quantum Year National Tour in celebration of the International Year of Quantum, and we are delighted to share her public lecture followed by a fireside chat.
Online and The Edge, State Library of Queensland
Free event

To celebrate this year's NAIDOC theme The Next Generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy, please join us for a conversation between Dr Jackie Huggins and Cheryl Leavy as they explore the nuances of truth telling through published and forthcoming work. They will discuss the legacy that Dr Huggins and younger generations are creating together, as well as how current projects progress her lifelong contribution to First Nations rights.

Join UQ’s Friends of Antiquity for the AGM (optional) and July Sunday Series, presented by Dr James Lancaster, titled ‘From Tartarus to Infernus – classical figures in Dante's Inferno'.
Cost: $10
Location: Room E215 Forgan Smith Building, St Lucia campus

Join us for the UQ Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research on Friday 4 July to officially open the centre.

Join UQ's Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect for an immersive, award-winning virtual reality experience that commemorates the Yazidi Genocide of 2014 in Northern Iraq, and a public seminar on the current state of the Yazidi community and ongoing efforts to achieve justice and accountability for genocide survivors.
Free event
Location: 273 & 275, Global Change Institute Building (20), UQ St Lucia