UQ Neighbours

Professor Louisa Collins is a health economist with 20 years' experience and conducts applied research on the economics of cancer.
Free event
Location: Mary Emelia Mayne Room, Mayne Medical Building, 288 Herston Road, Herston

Hear from leading voices on current water research in the humanities, arts and social sciences.

Each year, UQ’s School of Music hosts a celebration of women performers and composers. This year, Rebecca Cassidy and Alex Raineri will perform works exclusively by Australian women composers.
Free event
Location: Nickson Room, School of Music, Zelman Cowen Building, St Lucia campus

Join the UQ St Lucia Museums for a free day of community, art, workshops, performances, tours, learning, heritage, food and more.

Feather Star is a choreographic commission by Alicia Frankovich that explores human and non-human entanglements, attuning a myriad of bodies to the beauty and diversity of interdependent ecological systems.
Free event
Location: UQ Art Museum

An event to celebrate the launch of the Research Handbook of Academic Mental Health.
Location: St Lucia campus

This timeless masterpiece, brimming with wit, charm, and stunning melodies, promises an unforgettable night, showcasing the UQ School of Music's finest vocalists and instrumentalists.
Location: Opera Queensland Studio

The 2024 Gatton Back to College Weekend will be held from Friday 29 November to Sunday 1 December, hosted by the UQ Gatton Past Students Association.

This symposium is convened by Verónica Tello with presentations by Tello, Helen Hughes, Tristen Harwood, Ellie Buttrose, Astrid Lorange and Andrew Brooks.
Free event
UQ Art Museum St Lucia campus

Join the School of Social Science for an enlightening event that explores how Indigenous archaeology is reshaping the field by integrating Indigenous knowledge and practices.
Free event
Location: GHD Auditorium, Level 3, Advanced Engineering Building (49), UQ St Lucia

Featuring works by Australian composers, conducted by Rachel Howley, a leading advocate for inclusivity and diversity in music.
Free event
Location: UQ St Lucia campus and online

Join the choir and viol consort for an evening of Orlando Gibbons' music, featuring verse anthems and "The Silver Swan".
Free event
Location: Level 4, Zelman Cowen Building (51), Staff House Road and online

Join us to hear from internationally regarded researcher and Yidinji Elder, the Honorary Professor Henrietta Marrie AM, as she shares the story of Lani Mulgrave Blair (1883-1900).
Free event
Location: UQ Art Museum

Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the cutting-edge cardiovascular research underway at IMB and learn how our scientists are tackling Australia's #1 killer.
Location: Queensland Bioscience Precinct Auditorium (Building 80), 306 Carmody Road Saint Lucia, QLD 4072
Free event

Join UQ’s Friends of Antiquity for the October Sunday Series event, presented by Dr Andrew Sneddon, internationally acclaimed archaeologist and author, titled ‘The archaeological evidence for happiness in prehistory'.
Cost: $10
Location: Room E302 Forgan Smith Building, St Lucia campus

Research on pedagogy-focused professional development: Demonstrable improvements in teacher and student outcomes presented by Professor Jenny Gore. Join the School of Education for an insightful lecture on Quality Teaching Rounds (QTR) professional development, which has shown significant positive effects on both teachers and students over 20 years of rigorous research.
Free event
Location: Terrace Room, Sir Llew Edwards Building (14), UQ St Lucia

The University of Queensland’s Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and the Justice and Accountability Network invite you to this event.
Location: Room 212, Sir Llew Edwards Building (14), UQ St Lucia
Free event

At our 2024 Compassion Symposium Keynote Address, we are excited to welcome Professor Jakob Hohwy. Jakob is a Professor of Philosophy at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia and the director of the Monash Centre for Consciousness & Contemplative Studies.
Free event.
Location: Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, St Lucia campus

Dusk of Nations features selected works by leading Australian-based artists drawn primarily from the UQ Collection.
Free event
Location: UQ Art Museum

Pulse’s eclectic repertoire ranges from masterworks of the string orchestra and string quartet genre, to transcriptions of Bartok’s Mikrokosmos and works of contemporary and past Australian composers.
Free event
Online and Nickson Room, Zelman Cowen Building, St Lucia campus

Join leading writers Samuel Wagan Watson and Ellen van Neerven for a conversation about Samuel’s 2004 volume of poetry Smoke Encrypted Whispers, now part of UQP’s First Nations Classics series. Showcasing Wagan Watson’s imaginative brilliance, this publication is a stunning collection of exhilarating poems, urban songlines and ancestral ties that have become the hallmarks of this poet.
Free events
Location: University of Queensland Art Museum

Professor Liam Semler will explore the intriguing parallels between Swift and Shakespeare as seen online and in classrooms.
Free event
Location: Avalon Theatre

Pack a picnic and discover The University of Queensland's (UQ) Boyce Gardens during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers on Sunday 15 September.

Join our student-led tour as we explore the ecology behind the redeveloped lake and learn about the life that calls our campus home, followed by morning tea in the Dr Mary Mahoney AO Amphitheatre.

Presented by the renowned international scholar, Professor Kate Newey – step into a world where the stage was set for revolutionary change and uncover the untold stories of women who transformed global popular culture.
Free event
Location: Avalon Theatre St Lucia