How do you increase diversity in STEM across the globe? UQ PhD candidate Ariel Marcy is using her scientific knowledge to create games to encourage children to pursue science. Ariel shares her hopes for a more scientific and creative world.
UQ alumnus Henry Noller wasn't sure the exact moment his life changed, but he knew after completing the MIT Future of Sustainablity bootcamp in Brisbane, his life would never be the same again.
My son was 10 months old and the breasts that had provided the ‘good stuff’ to him were coming off. Soon after the mastectomy, I allowed a surgeon to end my chances of a second child by removing all my female internal organs. My son’s grandmother – the mother who’d raised me single-handedly – was dead. I’d developed her disease – familial breast cancer – an aggressive type, four years after her last breath
Juggling life as a researcher and a single mother has been the biggest challenge faced by UQ Centre for Clinical Research chief investigator Dr Hanna Sidjabat. Ahead of International Women’s Day, Dr Sidjabat shares her journey from an Indonesian student to a researcher in Australia.
The messages from these women are unmistakable: Gender Matters. UQ’s gender studies course has had profound effects on the students who take it, and those who deliver it.
Graduate and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences sessional academic Melanie Saward is a successful writer, singer and academic, but in some circles, she won’t earn society’s respect until she has a husband.
How much has gender shaped our cities? As International Women’s Day approaches, UQ urban planning expert Dr Dorina Pojani explains how battling sexism in the industry might lead to more cyclists and less dark alleys.
A frosty year spent delivering mail in a small English village proved more fruitful than alumnus Robert Lukins could have ever imagined – it inspired his debut novel. Robert takes us back to the snowy setting that became a home for his characters.
The National Youth Science Forum is a residential program giving senior high school students a broader understanding of diverse STEM career options. Clement Chang attended the first UQ NYSF session in 2018.
