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90 unusual facts about University of Queensland


Abdul Ghani Othman

Prior to returning to Malaysia, Abdul Ghani completed a Masters in Economics at the University of Queensland.

Alan McKee

He worked at Edith Cowan University and the University of Queensland before moving to the Queensland University of Technology, where is currently a professor in the Creative Industries Faculty.

Amanda Lohrey

Since 2002 she has held the position of lecturer in School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.

Amber Renae

Renae earned a Bachelor's degree in civil engineering at the University of Queensland.

Andrew McGahan

He commenced an Arts degree at the University of Queensland, but dropped out halfway through, in 1985, to return to the family farm, and to commence his first novel – which was never published.

Andrew Schultz

He studied at the Universities of Queensland and Pennsylvania and at King's College London and he has received awards, prizes and fellowships including a Fulbright Award (1982), the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award (1985), APRA Award (1993) and the Schueler Award (2007).

Annabel Luxford

Luxford during this time obtained her graduate degree in applied law (alternate dispute resolution) from the University of Queensland.

Anthony Pritchard

He completed science and education degrees at the universities of Melbourne and Queensland and taught science and mathematics in government and independent secondary schools in Victoria and Tasmania.

Arthur ter Hofstede

In 1996 he started in Australia was lecturer at the University of Queensland.

Atlantic Philanthropies

In Australia, AP has invested up to $250m and is one of the key benefactors to the University of Queensland, funding a project to build the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN).

B. R. Dionysius

In 2004, he completed an M.Phil (Creative Writing) at the University of Queensland.

Bachelor of Business

Many universities such as Monash University and the University of Queensland are offering Bachelor of Business degrees as a way to further specialise students study needs while other universities such as University of New England, University of Tasmania, James Cook University, Griffith University and La Trobe University have replaced many of their traditional general Commerce programs with Business programs.

Bill Vicenzino

Professor, Dr. Bill Vicenzino is the first Chair in Sports Physiotherapy at the University of Queensland's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.

Brian F. Harris

Originally from Australia, Brian Harris earned a BA in Economics from the University of Queensland and an MBA from Lehigh University.

Brit Andresen

In 1977 Andresen returned to Australia taking up a temporary teaching position at the University of Queensland, becoming the first female to be appointed in the Department of Architecture.

Bruce L. Edwards

In the past, he has served as Fulbright Fellow in Nairobi, Kenya (1999-2000), teaching at Daystar University, and as a Bradley Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC (1989–90), and as the S. W. Brooks Memorial Professor of Literature at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (1988).

Campus Outreach

The Australian franchise of Campus Outreach, at the University of Queensland, was renamed University Impact or rather Uni Impact in 1999, a year after its initial launch.

Capricorn Silvereye

There it has been the subject of long-term biological studies by the University of Queensland which operates the Heron Island Research Station, with the island population having been continuously and accurately monitored since 1965.

Chris de Freitas

De Freitas, born in Trinidad, received both his Bachelor's and his Master's at the University of Toronto, Canada, after which he earned his Ph.D. in Climatology as a Commonwealth Scholar from the University of Queensland, Australia.

Christopher Lovelock

Lovelock’s other visiting appointments include those at IMD (Switzerland), INSEAD (France) and University of Queensland (Australia).

Clinton Haines

At the time of his death he was completing an undergraduate science degree in microbiology at the University of Queensland.

Colin Hughes

At time of the 1966 publication, he was a Professor of Political Science and Western Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Queensland.

Craig Hawker

Hawker received his B.Sc. degree and University Medal in chemistry from the University of Queensland in 1984 and a Ph.D. in bioorganic chemistry from the University of Cambridge in 1988 under the supervision of Professor Sir Alan R. Battersby.

Dale Allender

He earned his PhD at the University of Queensland, Australia and teaches coursework in multicultural literature, urban education, linguistics for educators, and new literacies.

David Stenhouse

After taking degrees in both Philosophy (under John Passmore) and Zoology at the University of Otago, he lectured at Universities in New Zealand and Australia - in the Department of Zoology at The University of Queensland, the Department of Education at Massey University, and the Department of Psychology at Massey University.

David Tribe

Tribe joined the University of Queensland's Faculty of Medicine (where he edited the University medical society's journal Trephine), but found that he did not enjoy hospital work and left.

Deborah Priya Henry

degree in Political Science and Economics from the University of Queensland, in Brisbane, Australia.

Dominus illuminatio mea

It is also found on the piss-cutters (a type of boat) of St Leo's College, an on-campus college of the University of Queensland.

Eckhard D. Falkenberg

In 1982 Falkenberg moved with Sjir Nijssen and Dirk Vermeir to the University of Queensland, where Falkenberg became Senior lecturer in Computer Science and Nijssen became Full Professor.

Edgar Gold

He was an Adjunct Professor at the T.C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia from 2000 to 2010.

Emmanuel Goffi

After two years in Science Po, during which he spent one semester at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, he started working on international relations focusing on military ethics.

Erik Proper

After graduation Proper started his academic as Computer Science researcher at the University of Queensland in Australia, and lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology.

Eva Burrows

In December 1993, she received an honorary Doctor of Philosophy from her alma mater, the University of Queensland.

Gerald Midgley

In 2003 he went to Australia to become Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland, and senior science leader at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research in New Zealand.

Gerard Goggin

Prior to working at the University of NSW in Sydney, Goggin has been associated with the University of Sydney, University of Queensland, Southern Cross University, and Universidat de Barcelona.

Gilbert Bukenya

While outside Uganda, he obtained the degrees of Master of Science (MSc) from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine UK, and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Queensland with a thesis topic of The Epidemiology of Under-Five Childhood Diarrhoeas In A Peri-Urban Population of Papua New Guinea.

Graham Colditz

and medical degree from the University of Queensland, Australia, where he served as President of the Australian Medical Students Association in 1977.

Graham Rowlands

He has a Masters of Arts from the University of Queensland and a PhD from Flinders University, and has worked as a journalist and editor in both the poetry and education fields.

Hagfish

In December 2007, an article was published by the University of Queensland claiming that the hagfish's eye, which lacks both lens and extrinsic musculature, is significant to the evolution of more complex eyes.

Harry Lourandos

He moved to the University of Queensland in 1986 as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology.

Hassan Saeed

Educated in International Islamic University Malaysia before earning his Ph.D. at the University of Queensland in Australia, Saeed served as the Chief Justice of the Criminal Court before being appointed as Attorney-General.

Ian Dorricott

Dorricott attended West Bundaberg Primary School, Bundaberg State High School and the University of Queensland.

Inspector Gadget 2

Settings for this film include the Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point Campus, Queensland Parliament House, University of Queensland St Lucia Campus; South Bank Parklands Beach; Toowong Village, Anglican Church Grammar School and the William Jolly Bridge, all in Brisbane, Australia.

J. Donald R. de Raadt

J. Donald R. de Raadt studied Economics and Politics at the University of Queensland, where he received a Bachelor of Arts, and later studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology where he first obtained his post-graduate Fellowship Diploma in Management and then his Masters in Business.

James Rasband

He has since been a visiting professor in Australia at the University of Queensland and Murdoch University.

John Birmingham

Birmingham received his higher education at Saint Edmund's College in Ipswich and at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.

John Harsanyi

The degree allowed him to take a teaching position in 1954 at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.

John Kasaipwalova

He was originally destined to be a tribal chief, but he was instead sent to Catholic school where he earned an academic scholarship to attend University of Queensland, to study veterinary medicine.

John Tranter

His Under Berlin, published by the University of Queensland Press, won the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (the New South Wales State Literary Award for Poetry) in 1989, and At The Florida won the Melbourne Age 'Book of the Year' award for poetry in 1993.

Jon Stratton

Stratton has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Essex and has worked in Australia since 1980, arriving at Curtin in 1990 after teaching at universities in Brisbane (Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology, University of Queensland), Armidale (University of New England) and Darwin (Northern Territory University).

Jose L. Torero

José Luis Torero (born in Lima, Peru) is a professor in fire safety engineering at the University of Queensland.

Joseph Twist

In addition to his work as a composer, Twist is active as a singer and conductor, and he has lectured in music history and theory at the University of Queensland.

Kabilan Vairamuthu

He pursued his Masters in Communication for Social Change in the University of Queensland, Australia.

Kate Morton

Later she earned first-class honours for her English Literature degree at the University of Queensland, during which time she wrote two full-length manuscripts (which are unpublished) before writing the story that would become the 2006 novel The Shifting Fog (The House at Riverton).

Kathryn Lomer

Her first novel, The God in the Ink was published by the University of Queensland Press in 2001.

Kunjin virus

In 2005, scientists at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and the University of Queensland found that modified Kunjin virus particles injected into mice were able to deliver a gene into the immune system targeting cancer cells.

Lavender Foal Syndrome

Research into the genetics of LFS has been conducted at the University of California, Davis and Cornell University in the United States, the University of Queensland in Australia and the University of Pretoria in South Africa.

Lidija Cvetkovic

She earned a BA at the University of Queensland and has worked as a teacher and currently as a psychologist.

Lynette Lancini

Lynette Lancini studied music at the Queensland Conservatorium and University of Queensland.

Majella Wiemers

Queensland born-and bred, Wiemers graduated with a BA, majoring in journalism, from the University of Queensland in 1996.

Mark Dodgson

In 2003 he moved to become Director of the Technology and Innovation Management Centre at the University of Queensland.

Mars Gravity Biosatellite

Over the next few years, the program grew tremendously in both scope and vision, with staff and students from MIT (Payload), UW (Spacecraft Bus) and UQ (Reentry) collaboratively designing various parts of the mission.

Master of Counselling

A number of Australian universities, including La Trobe University, The University of Queensland, Victoria University, Monash University, and Curtin University, offer a Master of Counselling degree.

Matt Granfield

Granfield was educated at Trinity Lutheran College, the University of Queensland and Harvard Business School.

Meutya Hafid

Other finalists in the same category were Avian Tumengkol (William Angliss Institute), a special vice presidential of foreign affairs, Wishnutama Kusubandio (Kooralbyn International School) a Director of Trans 7, Mohammad Sobary (Monash University) an Executive Director of Kemitraan; and Rahmad Nasution (University of Queensland), Jakarta chief bureau of Reuters.

Michael Hogg

Hogg received a PhD in social psychology from Bristol University and subsequently taught for 20 years in Australia, most recently at the University of Queensland.

Michael Nielsen

In 2004 he was characterized as Australia's "youngest academic" and secured a Federation Fellowship at the University of Queensland; the fellowship of $235,000 per annum was for five years.

Michelle Engelsman

Upon her untimely return to Australia, she continued her studies at the University of Queensland, and trained with Scott Volkers and Stephen Widman for her rigorous preparation at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Milton Moon

In 1967-68, he was an art tutor at the Architecture Department, University of Queensland.

Mitchell Watt

Mitchell is currently enrolled in a Law / Economics dual degree at the University of Queensland, St Lucia, where he holds a High Achievement Scholarship for his academic and sporting excellence.

Nicholas Tarling

In 1957 he took up a teaching post at the University of Queensland in Gordon Greenwood's Department of History and Political Science.

Nico Berg

He later gained a masters in physiotherapy from the University of Queensland.

Paraveterinary workers in Australia

There is also a newly created Bachelor of Applied Science, Veterinary Technology Extended major offered at the University of Queensland.

Peter Jull

Prior to that he was Adjunct Associate Professor and course lecturer in the School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, and earlier Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University's North Australia Research Unit, Darwin.

Philip Freier

He has a PhD from James Cook University, a Master of Educational Studies from the University of Newcastle, a Bachelor of Divinity from the Melbourne College of Divinity, a Diploma of Education from the University of Queensland and a Bachelor of Applied Science from the Queensland Institute of Technology.

Rex Addison

He is currently Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Queensland.

He started his architecture studies at the University of Queensland in 1965 and has a graduate diploma from the Architectural Association in London.

Rhys Lee

Rhys is represented by Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, Australia and is represented by in a range of art collections that include: BHP Billiton, Bank of Switzerland, Artbank and the University of Queensland Art Museum.

Roger Swinfen Eady, 3rd Baron Swinfen

In 2001, he became an Honorary Research Fellow in the Centre for Online Health of the University of Queensland.

Roger Walsh

According to his profile, Dr. Walsh received his degrees from the University of Queensland and is involved in six ongoing research areas: 1) comparison of different schools of psychology and psychotherapy, 2) studies of Asian psychologies and philosophies, 3) the effects of meditation, 4) transpersonal psychology, 5) the psychology of religion, and 6) the psychology of human survival (exploring the psychological causes and consequences of the current global crises).

Ross H. McKenzie

Ross H. McKenzie is a Professor in Physics at the University of Queensland.

Shunya Yoshimi

He was a visiting fellow of El Colegio de México (1993), Ecole des Hautes Etudes Sciences Sociales (1998), University of Western Sydney (1999), and University of Queensland (2000).

Sohar University

In 2001 Sohar University became affiliated to the University of Queensland (UQ), a member of Universitas 21, to ensure that its academic activities meet international standards.

Sosefo Fe‘aomoeata Vakata

He holds a Master of Science degree in Physics from the University of Queensland, and also has an IRB Level 2 Rugby Coaching Certificate; he lists coaching rugby as one of his hobbies.

Suri Ratnapala

He is a Professor of Public Law and Director of the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law in the School of Law at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.

U of Q

University of Queensland, a public university located in Brisbane, Australia

University of Economics, Prague

In 2010/2011, VŠE cooperated with 159 partner universities (including Sciences Po Paris, Universität zu Köln, Tilburg University, Stockholm School of Economics, University of St. Gallen, London School of Economics and Political Science, Tel Aviv University, University of Queensland, McGill University, Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).

Werner Andreas Albert

He directed the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Conducting Workshop for many years, as well as teaching selected Masters’ students at the University of Queensland, of which institution he is an adjunct professor.

William MacGregor

MacGregor assisted in the inauguration of the University of Queensland, he agreed to the handing over of his residence Old Government House to be its first home, and one of his first acts as governor was to attend the dedication ceremony on 10 December 1909.

William Wand

As a member of the University of Queensland senate, Wand worked to promote biblical studies.


HyShot

The team continue to work as part of the Australian Hypersonics Initiative, a joint program of The University of Queensland, the Australian National University and the University of New South Wales' Australian Defence Force Academy campus, the governments of Queensland and South Australia and the Australian Defence Department.

Mortal Kombat controversies

In 2011, a study conducted by Dr. Brock Bastian from University of Queensland's School of Psychology and published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology "found evidence that playing violent video games leads players to see themselves, and their opponents, as lacking in core human qualities such as warmth, open-mindedness, and intelligence."

Penelope Wensley

Born in Toowoomba, Queensland, she was educated at Penrith High School in New South Wales, the Rosa Bassett School in London (UK), and the University of Queensland where she graduated with a first class honours degree in English and French literature.

Philip Dean

Philip was born in rural Queensland and is a graduate of the Queensland College of Art and the University of Queensland.

Trish White

Prior to her election into politics, White gained degrees in Engineering and Arts, from the University of Queensland and the University of South Australia, after which she worked as an engineering project manager in the transport and communications industries, and with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation.

University of Queensland Australian Football Club

UQAFC home games are played at the University of Queensland's No. 7 playing oval on the corner of Sir Fred Schonell Drive and Coleridge Street, St Lucia, Brisbane.