Alumni and Community

Events

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Film Night: Bandar Band

25 July 2024 6:00pm–8:00pm
 
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Join us for a screening of films running alongside 'Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line'. The selected films have influenced Hoda Afshar’s artistic practice that often blurs the lines between documentary and fiction.
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kith and kin: in conversation with Archie Moore, Ellie Buttrose and Grace Lucas-Pennington

27 July 2024 4:30pm–7:00pm
 
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Representing Australia at the 60th La Biennale di Venezia, Kamilaroi and Bigambul artist Archie Moore is the first Australian artist to be awarded the prestigious Golden Lion for Best National Participation. Join Archie Moore, exhibition curator Ellie Buttrose (BA ’07) and Bundjalung editor and poet Grace Lucas-Pennington, as they discuss Moore’s exhibition kith and kin and the unparalleled experiences that led them to Venice; of community, kinship, and the infinite relations that connect us all.
Location: UQ Art Museum
Free event
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Party with a Purpose

27 July 2024 7:00pm–11:00pm
 
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It's time to set sail with Party with a Purpose 2024. Our much much-loved annual event is taking to the water aboard a luxurious Oasis cruise.
Early bird tickets: $95 each or $90 for a group of 4 or more (early bird tickets are limited)
General tickets: $115 each
Location: River deck, Oasis Cruising
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Smart money strategies

1 August 2024 6:30pm–7:15pm
 
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Whether you're new to budgeting or looking to refine your skills, join Courtney Crawford, Financial Planner at Financial Aspirations (Bachelor of Economics '07) as she provides some tools and insights to take control of your finances.
Free online event
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UQ Finance Roundtable 2024 – navigating the current: capital flows around shifting geopolitics

2 August 2024 11:45am–1:30pm
 
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In an era where geopolitical events heavily influence market dynamics, this year’s Finance Roundtable delves into the intricate relationship between global capital flows and geo-political developments.
Location: River Room, Customs House, 399 Queen Street, Brisbane, 4000, Australia
Tickets start at $100
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UQ Talks: (re)designing Brisbane for 2032

6 August 2024 6:00pm–7:00pm
 
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UQ Talks brings together experts in town planning, economics and sociology to discuss how Brisbane can play the Games just right.
Free online event
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Friends of Antiquity Sunday Series: the funeral oration in classical Athens

11 August 2024 2:00pm–4:00pm
 
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Join UQ’s Friends of Antiquity for the August Sunday Series event, presented by Associate Professor David Pritchard, Greek History, University of Queensland, titled ‘The Funeral Oration in Classical Athens'.
Cost: $10
Location: Room E302 Forgan Smith Building, St Lucia campus
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Heron Island Research Station alumni tour

23 August 2024 9:00am–25 August 2024 3:00pm
 
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Back by popular demand! Join us again for exclusive behind the scenes access to the UQ Heron Island Research Station – the oldest and largest marine research station on the iconic Great Barrier Reef.
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Prostate Cancer Gala: celebrating the Class of 1977

31 August 2024 6:30pm–11:30pm
 
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With live music and entertainment, raffles, auctions, premium food and beverages, this is an event not to be missed. Best of all, funds raised on the night will support prostate cancer research at UQ.
Ticket price: $280
Location: The Long Room, Customs House, Brisbane.
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Join Team UQ at Bridge to Brisbane (B2B)

8 September 2024 6:00am–5:00pm
 
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Entries for Bridge to Brisbane are now open and we hope you’ll consider lacing up your runners to support UQ in the race.

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Discover postgraduate Agribusiness

3 June 2024 5:00pm–6:00pm
 
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Become a future leader in Agribusiness. Come along and learn about your study options in one of Australia’s most important industries.
Free event
Online

How the Antiquities Museum got its pots – recent cases and new directions at the RD Milns Antiquities Museum

2 June 2024 2:00pm–4:00pm
 
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Join UQ’s Friends of Antiquity for the June Sunday Series lecture, presented by James Donaldson, Manager and Curator, RD Milns Antiquities Museum, titled ‘How the Antiquities Museum got its pots – recent cases and new directions at the RD Milns Antiquities Museum'.
Cost $10
Location: Room E302, Forgan Smith Building, St Lucia campus

Seminar: Myanmar Spring Revolution

1 June 2024 1:00pm–4:00pm
 
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Since the February 2021 military coup, Myanmar has faced an unprecedented political, socioeconomic, human rights and humanitarian crisis.
Free event
Location: GHD Auditorium, AEB Building, UQ St Lucia

UQ Postgrad Ready

28 May 2024 5:00pm–6:00pm
 
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Join us for an informative session covering everything for a successful start to your postgraduate study at The University of Queensland.
Free event
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Discover postgraduate Urban and Regional Planning

27 May 2024 5:00pm–6:00pm
 
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Join us for a detailed discussion about the Urban and Regional Planning program. Come along to this webinar and start your acquisition of highly sought after skills. Opportunities abound in both the public and private sector.
Free event
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Discover postgraduate Conservation Science

23 May 2024 5:00pm–6:00pm
 
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Join us to learn about the Conservation Science program and its impact on your career. Come along and learn how you'll deepen your understanding and impact in conservation science with a world-class program at Australia’s #1 institution for environmental sciences (QS World University Rankings 2023).
Free event
Online

Beyond the boundaries: innovations set to transform the way we live, work and play

22 May 2024 6:00pm–9:00pm
 
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Join us as we explore six ground breaking research projects that could change the way we live, work, and play.
Free event
Location: Room 227, UQ Brisbane City, 308 Queen Street, Brisbane and online

Merson Lecture 2024: tools for analysing and repairing the brain

22 May 2024 5:00pm–7:00pm
 
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The annual lecture is named in honour of Dr David Merson, who supported the series in order to promulgate the best neuroscience research and what it has to offer the community in the future. It is given by a prominent, internationally leading neuroscientist whose research is of relevance to laboratories at QBI. This year, the Merson lecture will be presented by Professor Ed Boyden.
Free event
Location: Level 7 Auditorium, Queesland Brain Institute.

Discover postgraduate Biotechnology

22 May 2024 5:00pm–6:00pm
 
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Get the information you need for a successful start to your postgraduate biotechnology study. Come along to this informative webinar and discuss your study options with Australia’s #1 university for biotechnology (Global Ranking of Academic Subjects).
Free event
Online

2024 QBI Lexus Alzheimer's Jazz Gala

17 May 2024 6:30pm–10:30pm
 
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Dust off your dancing shoes and join us at Waters Edge at Portside for the 2024 QBI Lexus Alzheimer’s Gala!
$225 for an individual ticket
$2200 for a table of 10
Location: Waters Edge – Portside. Level 2

UQ Entrepreneurship and Innovation Awards – nominations close 23 June

17 May 2024 12:45pm–23 June 2024 5:00pm
 
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Make your nomination today! Help to celebrate the amazing and talented entrepreneurs at UQ and across our ecosystem – nominate yourself or a fellow entrepreneur superstar for an award. Nominations close 23 June.

Inaugural Mattick lecture 'the junk ain't junk'

17 May 2024 12:30pm–1:30pm
 
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Professor John Mattick co-founded IMB at the turn of the century, as the era of genomics was dawning. Join Professor Mattick as he returns to IMB to deliver the inaugural lecture in the series named for him.
Free event
Location: Queensland Bioscience Precinct Auditorium and online

The Word for World is Ocean: book launch and lecture

16 May 2024 2:15pm–3:15pm
 
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Join us for the final in person session of The Word for World is Ocean reading circle led by Dr Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris.
Cost: free or General Admission + Book $55
Location: UQ Art Museum

Great Court Race

15 May 2024 1:45pm–2:45pm
 
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The Great Court Race is one of The University of Queensland’s proudest traditions – a bucket list event for competitors and a must-see spectacle!
Free event
Great Court St Lucia campus

Naida Haxton Lecture 2024

9 May 2024 6:00pm–8:30pm
 
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The Naida Haxton Lecture is an annual event hosted by the UQ Law Society in honour of Ms Naida Haxton, UQ alumna and the first woman to actively practice at the Queensland Bar.
Free event
Location: Learning Theatre 212, Sir Llew Edwards building (14), St Lucia campus
Frederick McCubbin, 'Portrait of little girl' c.1912-1913,oil on canvas image 46.7 x 57 cm. Collection of The University of Queensland, purchased 1953.

The Secret Lives of Portraits

9 May 2024 5:30pm–7:30pm
 
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Join UQ art history expert, Associate Professor Andrea Bubenik, on Thu 9 May as she shares some of the most unbelievable and hidden tales behind incredible portraits from the UQ Art Museum Collection, including a rare work by Frederick McCubbin.
Tickets: $20
Location: The Atrium, UQ Brisbane City

Discover postgraduate Agricultural and Animal Science

8 May 2024 5:00pm–6:00pm
 
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oin staff from UQ’s postgraduate Agricultural and Animal Science programs as well as the Future Students team to get the information you need.
Free event
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Discover postgraduate Public Health

7 May 2024 5:00pm–6:00pm
 
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Join the team from our postgraduate Public Health program suite, get more information on your postgraduate study options, and get the answer to any questions you have.
Free event
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Friends of Antiquity 2024 Milns Visiting Scholar Lecture

5 May 2024 2:00pm–4:00pm
 
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Join UQ’s Friends of Antiquity for the 2024 Milns visiting scholar lecture, presented by Professor Canevaro, University of Edinburgh, titled ‘Greek subjective rights? Justice, legal discourse, and legal institutions’.
Ticket price: $10
Location: Room E302, Forgan Smith Building, St Lucia campus

Family fun day as part of the UQ Alumni Book Fair

4 May 2024 9:00am–5:00pm
 
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Saturday is family fun day at the UQ Alumni Book Fair, with free story time sessions, face painting and craft.
Free event
Location: UQ Centre, St Lucia campus

Gifts of friendship: rare books and manuscript treasures in the Fryer Library

3 May 2024 6:00pm–7:00pm
 
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Hear from Simon Farley, Fryer Librarian, about a selection of treasures held in the Fryer Library including beautiful, rare books and the manuscript papers of great Australian writers including David Malouf, Peter Carey, Thea Astley, and Oodgeroo Noonuccal.
Free event
Location: UQ Centre, St Lucia campus

How we remember tomorrow: reflections in music

3 May 2024 5:30pm–6:30pm
 
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This innovative event brings together the creative talents of UQ's composition and performance students in reflective and imaginative artistic dialogue with each other and with the evocative artworks featured in the UQ Art Museum’s current exhibition.
Free event
Location: UQ Art Museum, St Lucia campus

Spectrum

3 May 2024 11:00am–5 May 2024 4:00pm
 
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From classical to contemporary soundscapes, join us for a festival of music at UQ St Lucia. Culminating in a rare opportunity to hear Terry Riley’s pulsating minimalist masterpiece In C, alongside George Gershwin's beloved Rhapsody in Blue, the festival will feature diverse music from Mozart to the music of 2024.
Free event
St Lucia campus - various locations

UQ Alumni Book Fair

3 May 2024 9:00am–6 May 2024 3:00pm
 
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More than 110,000 books, magazines, vinyl records, DVDs and other pre-loved goodies will be available at this year’s UQ Alumni Book Fair, from as little as $1, helping us raise funds for UQ student scholarships and research.
Free event
Location: UQ Centre, St Lucia campus

UQ MBA information webinar

1 May 2024 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
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Are you ready to make your next career move? A UQ MBA may be just what you need to take the next step. Join one of our information events to explore how an MBA can help you reach your career goals.
In-person event now full - please register for the webinar.

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