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In an act of incredible generosity, University of Queensland alumnus Dr Vince FitzGerald AO last week completed donations totalling over $80,000 to the Archibald Scholarship at UQ’s School of Economics.

A possible cure for dementia and saving the Great Barrier Reef from invasive crown-of-thorns starfish are now within reach as UQ launches an historic $500 million philanthropic campaign.

Three out of the top five spots in a prestigious national economics essay competition have been claimed by University of Queensland students.

One of School of Economics top professors, Emeritus Professor Clement Tisdell and Professor Serge Svizzero of University of La Réunion (France) have completed a focused project on the development in ancient agricultural economies.

The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Law is officially a contender for a 2017 Lord Mayor’s Business Award.

Representatives of eight leading management consulting firms were wowed by some of The University of Queensland’s top student talent at a networking breakfast last week.

An innovative research partnership between The University of Queensland and the Port of Brisbane has been honoured with a 2017 UQ Partners in Research Excellence Award (PIREA).

Congratulations to Dr Peggy Schrobback who was awarded a 2017 Partners in Research Excellence Award

Five distinguished individuals are alumni from The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Law have each been honoured with UQ Alumni Awards.

During May, Professor Tisdell was an invited guest of the Department of Environmental Science of Chengdu (Sichuan) University, China.

Congratulations to Associate Professor Alicia Rambaldi on being awarded an ARC Linkage Grant.