Giving

Support the athletes of tomorrow today

Published on: 13 August 2024

Every athlete has a story of perseverance, dedication and passion.

A young smiling woman sitting behind a model of a house

Blueprint for change

Published on: 20 May 2024

Meet the UQ scholarship recipient designing a brighter future through higher education.

UQ Giving Day 2023

18 October 2023 8:00am–6:00pm

in Alumni and community events

Giving Day is a 24-hour global fundraising challenge where we call on our UQ community to make a gift towards a cause they are passionate about. Multiple locations.

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An image of Jackson Daylight wearing a purple UQ Giving Day t-shirt and standing in UQ's Great Court.

Indigenous economics student aims to give back

Published on: 18 October 2022

This Giving Day, 'Contact' spoke to Jackson Daylight – a Nughi man from Minjerribah (North Stradbroke) and a scholarship recipient at UQ – about what the support of donors has meant to him.

Rodney Gibson (centre) with past bursary recipients.

Generosity across the decades

Published on: 13 June 2022

Celebrating almost 30 years of the Philip Dimmock Memorial Bursary at UQ

An old book held by two hands over a stack of other old novels.

The life of a donated book is a curious one. The annual UQ Alumni Book Fair is a community favourite for local book lovers, but what exactly is the process that books go through before they make it to the sales floor?

A 'Queenslander' style house on stilts with a veranda.

New life for an old house

Published on: 23 February 2022

Cairngorm House, a ‘Queenslander’ older than UQ itself, has played a formative role as factory, family home and Alumni Friends’ base during 120 years at Walcott Street, St Lucia.

An image of UQ students Olivia, Cameron and Appolonia

Meet the faces of UQ Giving Day 2021

Published on: 18 October 2021

This Giving Day, we’re celebrating the power of diversity: with more unique and courageous voices, we have a richer story to tell. Meet Appolonia, Cameron and Olivia, who are sharing their story to inspire people to support more students like them.