Welcome to Small Change

United States graduate Erik Simmons recounts the stress, the searching, the breakthrough and how he ended up with the PhD project of his dreams at UQ.

From the University of Queensland Press comes the multi-award-winning author of The Protected and The Sky So Heavy comes a new masterpiece that tackles grief, family, and connections to music and surf.

Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on the planet because they can transmit the causes of a wide range of serious human diseases. The most recent front page mosquito-borne disease is caused by Zika virus. 

Studying Social Work as a mature aged student in my forties was not a quick decision, but one that is continually providing opportunities that have helped me realise I made the right choice.

G’day! Here in Brizzy we are on the verge of winter, the sun is shining, the locals are complaining that it’s cold and the shops are full of winter clothes… last time I checked it was 26 degrees. If this is an Australian, sorry ‘stralyan, winter, I could definitely get used to it.

Fear of dying – or death anxiety – is often considered to be one of the most common fears. Interestingly though, neither of the two widely used diagnostic psychiatric manuals, DSM-5 or ICD-10, has a specific listing for death anxiety.

Growing up in a country known more for its canals and dykes than its corals hasn’t stopped UQ’s Dr Chris Roelfsema from developing a mission to protect the Great Barrier Reef. It’s more than 15,000 kilometres from the Netherlands to Heron Island, but Chris’s dedication to diving led him from chilly European climes to the coral cay, where he works  to map the Great Barrier Reef so it can be better managed.

The slew of events around the world marking the death of Shakespeare (on 23 April 1616) and celebrating his achievement prompts the question, “why Shakespeare?” Or rather, “why Shakespeare still?”

In her first full-length collection, University of Queensland Press short story writer Julie Koh explodes out of the gates, drawing on clear-sighted satire and an eye for the absurd to gently eviscerate contemporary Australia.

Schizophrenia affects more than 21 million people worldwide. UQ Queensland Brain Institute neuroscientists are bridging the gap between lab research and clinical care.