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For Meg, her scholarship made a world of difference in her final year as she struggled to balance her studies with the need to support herself. “I am so, so grateful to have received this scholarship – I’ve been juggling a full-time university degree alongside work experience and two part-time jobs,” said Meg. “Being in…

Trevor and Judith St Baker are true patrons of the ‘living giving’ movement, devoting their recent years to supporting the causes they care about most. Alongside almost ten years of generous support of medical research at UQ, the couple made a landmark commitment to sustainability in 2018 when they gave $1.5 million to establish the…

There are many ways we can choose to remember the people we love, but for the family of Roger Trundle, his legacy was best celebrated by supporting the next generation of civil engineers at UQ. The Roger Trundle Memorial Scholarship was established in 2015 by Roger’s wife, Marjorie, and his two children, Matthew and Jennifer.…

Dr Alan van Tran and Minh Ha Tran Indigenous Health Education Bursary It’s been ten years since UQ alumnus Dr Alan van Tran (Doctor of Medicine, ’83) and his wife, Minh Ha Tran, established a scholarship supporting Indigenous medical students at UQ – a decision forged during Dr Tran’s three decades as a GP in…

With an unexpected gift in their wills left to The University of Queensland, Maryborough locals Alfred and Olivea Wynne – known for their contributions to the town’s business, music and community – created a legacy for themselves that would span generations of students. Despite no known connection to UQ, in the late 1960s, the Wynnes…

University of Queensland researchers have discovered a new ‘seeding’ process in brain cells that could be a cause of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute dementia researcher Professor Jürgen Götz said the study revealed that tangled neurons, a hallmark sign of dementia, form in part by a cellular process that has gone astray and allows…