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Welcome to the Winter 2012 edition of Contact magazine.
In her Strategic Moves column, Vice-Chancellor Professor
Debbie Terry reflects on the challenges of the past six months,
and how UQ moved quickly to implement improved policies
and processes that underwrite our ongoing commitment to
integrity.
Looking forward, this edition introduces Professor Peter
Høj, who will become UQ’s ninth full-time Vice-Chancellor
in October. A noted biochemist, Peter is currently Vice-
Chancellor at the University of South Australia, and was
previously the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian
Research Council. I am sure our international network of
alumni, friends and partners will join with me in warmly
welcoming Peter to his new role in Queensland.
Building relationships with external stakeholders is a key
part of UQ business, as I was reminded at a recent event at
Customs House. The function formally introduced the new
Head of the TC Beirne School of School, Professor Gerard
Carney, to the legal and UQ communities, and highlighted
the mutual benefits of the school’s engagement with the
profession.
Linking higher education outputs to the bigger picture
is the focus of a special piece on pages 8–9 by former
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie, who shares his
experiences designing the Smart State policies. UQ has been
a beneficiary of forward-looking government and private
funding which has made possible several landmark projects,
including the Translational Research Institute, which is
currently under construction and has Professor Ian Frazer as
its CEO.
Pages 22–23 celebrate an outcome of a different kind,
with the opening of the new UQ Anthropology Museum
following extensive renovations to the Michie Building. The
museum’s director, Dr Diana Young, says the collection is a
“hidden gem” – an apt description. The collection holds some
26,000 treasures, including many that have been donated as
gifts, and the renovated museum will enable a greater number
to be appreciated by a wider public.
I invite the extended UQ
community to the museum’s first
exhibition in the new space,
which is on show until the end
of the year. For a virtual tour, a
video feature on the Contact
website offers a behind-thescenes
look at this unique UQ
teaching and research resource.
Happy reading.
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