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Final-year UQ medical student and proud Pitjantjara man Pirpantji Rive-Nelson is determined to improve healthcare in Central Australia by breaking down language barriers. Pirpantji is currently attending the Rural Medical School in Toowoomba.

UQ Faculty of Medicine Student Coordinator Paige Wilcox is used to multitasking – she’s an author, actress and activist who juggles her work at UQ with a demanding role as the Queensland Director of Out for Australia. At the recent 2018 Queen’s Ball Awards, Paige found herself juggling duties again, as she both hosted the awards and was named the Trans Activist of the Year.

If you’ve spent any time on the St Lucia or Fig Tree Pocket campuses you’ll be familiar with UQ’s bush turkeys. They’re those scrawny, black birds with weird red heads that make a mess around gardens and pathways, and contribute significantly to sustainable employment for ground staff. And they’re also a bird everyone loves to hate.

Have you ever wondered what manta rays on the Great Barrier Reef do when we're not watching? World first research might have answered that question and many more - but not without a major team effort. Project Manta's Christine Dudgeon explains.

Renowned environmental scientist Professor Tim Flannery wil present the UQ Global Change Institute Challenge of Change lecture on Tuesday 25 September, much to the delight of GCI communications officer Ron Hohenhaus.

For Chinese executive Max Zhou, taking part in an executive leadership program at The University of Queensland was a life long dream.

Research intersecting biology and social science can have a profound impact, but securing funding can be a challenge. PhD student and UQ staffer Sheridan Rabbitt shares her story.

Philosophy, language and gender experts Associate Professor Deborah Brown and Dr Dino Willox apply critical thinking to gender-neutral language.

The University of Queensland proved to be more than just an educational institute for visiting international academic Dr Khadija Shabbiri and her family – it became a home and a place of opportunity to help her thrive.

In January 2018, four University of Queensland law students embarked on a six-week international placement to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah in Malaysian Borneo with Forever Sabah, a non-profit Malaysian organisation.