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As a neurobiologist, Dr Adam Walker is no stranger to a challenge – his job is to study the tiniest building blocks in our body to understand why motor neurone disease (MND) happens so we may discover ways to treat, cure or prevent it. Dr Walker joined UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) in 2018 as…

UQ alumnus and donor Geoffrey Huey Sattler lived a long and full life, from the time he spent as a Bomber Squad navigator in WWII to the eight years he lived and worked as an accountant in Fiji, before returning to Sydney in 1980 where he worked as a company secretary until retirement. This was…

As the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Company, UQ alumnus Mr Andrew N. Liveris AO is well aware of the challenges that come with leadership and responsibility. Paula Liveris and students When he and his wife Paula gave a historic $13.5 million to UQ in 2018 to establish the Andrew…

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.…