Welcome to Small Change

Most people have no idea how prevalent or deadly kidney disease is. More people die from kidney disease each year than from breast cancer or traffic accidents.

All over Australia volunteers answered the call to clean up their neighbourhoods. Clean-Up Australia Day has been a national institution since the first annual event in 1989. UQ volunteers collected quite a load of rubbish this year from the St Lucia riverbank.

School of Biomedical Science Associate Professor Michael Piper answers some questions about his research on rare diseases.

UQ Faculty of Medicine graduate Clare Van Dorssen is used to facing tough questions as co-host of Channel Nine’s BrainBuzz. But there’s one recurring question that’s important to Clare to answer.

Following a number of recent drug-related deaths at music festivals across Australia, pill testing has again become a hot topic across media outlets. But how does pill testing work, and does it really encourage drug use?

It was a year of change and growth at UQ Art Museum. In 2018 we welcomed 65,676 visitors. We contributed a new energy to campus life — study spaces, later opening hours, up-late programs, and our work with UQ partners brought more people together in and around the Art Museum.

The award-winning art challenging a deeper examination of racism in sport.

Sport can bring about positive social change.
But UQ's Dr Steven Rynne warns it doesn't happen automatically.

An internship in Israel has inspired a University of Queensland student to help Australian business launch high-tech ideas on the world stage.

For UQ Law and Economics graduate Mikhara Ramsing, the journey to her dream career included a double degree, a rural road trip, volunteering at Mount Everest and some honest conversations about mental health in Australia.