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For many donors, bequests are a mirror of the passions they held close throughout their lives – this was certainly true for Paula and Tony Kinnane, whose lifelong dedication to the arts will continue in perpetuity through endowments in their name at UQ. The extraordinary $8 million bequest in 2016 from Paula and her late…

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…

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…

Emeritus Professor Frank Finn was a prolific presence during his lifetime of service at UQ’s Business School as a finance researcher and educator, dedicating his career to both his students and his field. His own experience as a scholarship student at UQ came full circle with the Frank Finn Scholarships, established in 2008 by members…

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…