UQ stories

Enjoy a dose of heart-tingling good vibes with our annual series, Love at UQ. Meet the alumni who found lifelong friends and partners at UQ – including one couple who return to St Lucia every year to celebrate their love.

Contact caught up with James Frostick (BJ '10) to talk about how he landed the role, what’s really happening in Brisbane’s hospitality scene, and the best things he ate in 2025.

For our 2025 Summer Reads list, we've once again turned to some bookish members of our UQ community – including critically acclaimed writers and University of Queensland Press (UQP) publishers – for advice.

Choosing snacks — without a sense of restriction or guilt — that are nourishing and delicious can be a special part of the festive fun.

In 2025, we celebrate 15 winners who have had an extraordinary impact in fields including international diplomacy, media, cancer treatment, native title law, entrepreneurship and literature.

Since 1993, 49 of these sculpted portraits have looked upon those passing beneath the Great Court’s cloisters – leaving one blank space unadorned. Now, it has finally been filled. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name and image of a deceased person.

UQ's 50th and final grotesque – Margaret Valadian AO MBE. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name and image of a deceased person.

The University is enhancing its cultural and events offering at St Lucia, to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Mayne Bequest and the Art Museum’s 50th anniversary.

Ahead of September's World Championships, UQ student Lachie Kennedy shares how he manages it all – and his dreams for Brisbane 2032.

Contact is proud to share Nancy’s story, as told to and unearthed by Dr Stephen Townsend, as part of a major research project underway at UQ's Queensland Centre for Olympic and Paralympic Studies.