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Image: South_agency/Getty Images." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2025/01/odds-shift-gender-appeal-of-sports-betting">Odds on for a shift in the gender appeal of sports betting</a></h3> <p class="summary">Sports betting has historically been considered an overwhelmingly male pursuit – but those odds could be about to change, a UQ study has found.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">14 January 2025</span></span> </div> </div> </li> <li class=""><div class="feature list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-landscape"><a href="/news/article/2025/01/how-having-baby-makes-it-more-likely-australian-couples-rely-mans-income"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_landscape/335669/conversation-genderpaygap-adobe-530w.jpg?itok=_VmB5pz0" alt="Young parents with dad holding toddler in air" title="Image: Adobe" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2025/01/how-having-baby-makes-it-more-likely-australian-couples-rely-mans-income">How having a baby makes it more likely Australian couples rely on the man&#039;s income</a></h3> <p class="summary">Australian women are better educated than men but still face poorer job prospects and lower incomes.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">2 January 2025</span></span> </div> </div> </li> <li class=""><div class="feature list-item uq-core-article no-image" > <div class="content"> <h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/uq-scholars-elected-australian-academy-of-humanities">UQ scholars elected to Australian Academy of Humanities </a></h3> <p class="summary">Three University of Queensland academics have received the nation’s highest honour in humanities. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">25 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="view-footer"> <hr /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/09/do-traits-we-value-partner-predict-who-we-pursue">Do the traits we value in a partner predict who we pursue?</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/09/do-traits-we-value-partner-predict-who-we-pursue"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/330987/habs-speed-dating.jpg?itok=3cZPMfDj" alt="A man and a woman on a date, the woman holding a drink" title="Image: Adobe" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/09/do-traits-we-value-partner-predict-who-we-pursue">Do the traits we value in a partner predict who we pursue?</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">UQ research has found the traits people value in a romantic partner can influence their dating choices. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">15 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/09/book-reveals-secrets-of-fascinating%E2%80%99-termites">Book reveals secrets of ‘fascinating’ termites</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/09/book-reveals-secrets-of-fascinating%E2%80%99-termites"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/329875/HASS Termite book 620w.JPG?itok=WGirpBTJ" alt="Three people sitting at a table looking at book." title="(L to R) Violet Wadrill, Professor Felicity Meakins and Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal working on book translations. " /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/09/book-reveals-secrets-of-fascinating%E2%80%99-termites">Book reveals secrets of ‘fascinating’ termites</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">A children’s book which takes readers inside the life of termites, published with the help of a UQ linguist, has received a top literary award.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">13 September 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/08/critically-acclaimed-australian-musician-takes-new-role-uq">Critically acclaimed Australian musician takes up new role at UQ</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/08/critically-acclaimed-australian-musician-takes-new-role-uq"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/329146/HASSPaul Dean530W.jpg?itok=c3ZStG3k" alt="A man standing in a sandstone building holding a clarinet" title="Mr Paul Dean will begin teaching at UQ in January 2025." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/08/critically-acclaimed-australian-musician-takes-new-role-uq">Critically acclaimed Australian musician takes up new role at UQ</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">One of Australia’s leading musicians and educators will join UQ as the Kinnane Professor of Music early next year.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">30 August 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/08/securing-voices-of-country">Securing voices of Country</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/08/securing-voices-of-country"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/327636/HASS Voices of Country 530W.jpg?itok=i4-h3QCT" alt="An image showing a laptop screen over a person&#039;s shoulder, with an Indigenous Australian on the screen." title="Image: ARDC Symposium, June 2024." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/08/securing-voices-of-country">Securing voices of Country</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">UQ is moving to protect Australia’s invaluable heritage of Indigenous languages with the development of a centralised digital archive. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">8 August 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/05/alcohol-ads-flood-young-people%E2%80%99s-social-media">Alcohol ads flood young people’s social media </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/05/alcohol-ads-flood-young-people%E2%80%99s-social-media"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/323177/HaBS Alcohol ads 620w.jpg?itok=nDnWIow2" alt="A street in daylight with people with pedestrians looking at their phones as they walk with a young woman in the foreground." title="Image: Adobe." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/05/alcohol-ads-flood-young-people%E2%80%99s-social-media">Alcohol ads flood young people’s social media </a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">Young Australians are being exposed to an alcohol advertisement on social media every 2 minutes and 43 seconds on average, according to UQ research.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">7 June 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/05/uq-anthropology-museum-unveils-long-lost-indigenous-sculptures">UQ Anthropology museum unveils long-lost Indigenous sculptures</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/05/uq-anthropology-museum-unveils-long-lost-indigenous-sculptures"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/323009/fred-embrey-carvings-closeup-620w.jpg?itok=QNtZCFwT" alt="Three carved statues in a glass case " title="Image: Carl Warner" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/05/uq-anthropology-museum-unveils-long-lost-indigenous-sculptures">UQ Anthropology museum unveils long-lost Indigenous sculptures</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">Three sculptures carved by an Indigenous elder are on display together for the first time in 90 years at an exhibition at The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">27 May 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/04/international-stage-beckons-brisbane-gallery-startup">International stage beckons for Brisbane gallery startup </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/04/international-stage-beckons-brisbane-gallery-startup"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/321141/UQAM-ortelia-program-530w.jpg?itok=agc_Xplm" alt="A digital screenshot of a gallery space designed by the Ortelia program" title="An example of a gallery space created with Ortelia Curator. Image: Ortelia" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/04/international-stage-beckons-brisbane-gallery-startup">International stage beckons for Brisbane gallery startup </a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">A University of Queensland founded startup that builds exhibition design software for art galleries, museums and theatres has been acquired by Swiss company Culture Software Group. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">23 April 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/03/neighbourhood-connection-improves-mental-health">Neighbourhood connection improves mental health </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/03/neighbourhood-connection-improves-mental-health"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/319760/HaBS Neighbourhood identity 620W.jpg?itok=9cOVf5Fx" alt="Picture of neighbours talking to each other over the fence." title="Neighbourhood connections and sense of community are key to improving mental health. Image: Adobe" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/03/neighbourhood-connection-improves-mental-health">Neighbourhood connection improves mental health </a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">University of Queensland research has found building a sense of community is key to improving people’s mental health, particularly in low socio-economic suburbs.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">21 March 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/02/uq-art-exhibition-honours-intergenerational-storytelling">UQ art exhibition honours intergenerational storytelling </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/02/uq-art-exhibition-honours-intergenerational-storytelling"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/318452/art-museum-Stephanie-Comilang-and-Simon-Speiser-530px.jpg?itok=1mzhtSQV" alt="A woman leaning onto the edge of a swimming pool, holding a mobile phone " title="Works by Stephanie Comilang and Simon Speiser will be on display as part of the exhibition." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/02/uq-art-exhibition-honours-intergenerational-storytelling">UQ art exhibition honours intergenerational storytelling </a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">Exploring storytelling across oceans, generations and cultures is the subject of a new UQ Art Museum exhibition opening this month. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">13 February 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/02/problematic-zombie-leadership%E2%80%99-lives">Problematic ‘zombie leadership’ lives on </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/02/problematic-zombie-leadership%E2%80%99-lives"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/318145/HaBS - Zombie Leadership 375.jpg?itok=uSCJ9jrz" alt="Illustration of exhausted zombie characters working in office. Image, Adobe" title="Zombie leadership is harmful to people, groups and organisations. Adobe" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/02/problematic-zombie-leadership%E2%80%99-lives">Problematic ‘zombie leadership’ lives on </a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">Outdated perceptions of leadership persist across society despite being repeatedly debunked, University of Queensland research has found.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">8 February 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/10/tempting-teens-vape-%E2%80%93-social-media-under-spotlight">Tempting teens to vape – social media under the spotlight</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2023/10/tempting-teens-vape-%E2%80%93-social-media-under-spotlight"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/311736/HaBS youth vaping 620W Adobe.jpg?itok=jcNgiH1e" alt="A young woman in profile with long dark hair falling across her face, holding a vape and a mobile phone." title="Image: Adobe." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/10/tempting-teens-vape-%E2%80%93-social-media-under-spotlight">Tempting teens to vape – social media under the spotlight</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">A UQ research project will investigate the online influences behind young people taking up vaping - and develop social media content to support them in quitting.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">15 December 2023</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/12/uq-honours-remarkable-individuals">UQ honours remarkable individuals</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2023/12/uq-honours-remarkable-individuals"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/316104/ADV_Li Cunxin AO Honorary Doctorate 530W PS.jpg?itok=nwVbPK87" alt="Li Cunxin AO stands in the Great Court wearing his red and yellow academic dress and cap." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/12/uq-honours-remarkable-individuals">UQ honours remarkable individuals</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">The University of Queensland has recognised renowned ballet dancer and author, Li Cunxin AO, and pioneering chemical engineer, Katherine Hirschfeld AM, with Honorary Doctorates during UQ’s 2023 end-of-year graduations.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">12 December 2023</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/12/proving-age-no-barrier-social-worker-earns-phd-90">Proving age is no barrier: social worker earns PhD at 90</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2023/12/proving-age-no-barrier-social-worker-earns-phd-90"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/316083/uq-news-dr-bronwyn-herbert-phd-graduation-530.2.jpg?itok=rVzZ59fm" alt="An older woman wearing a graduation gown and cap while smiling broadly" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/12/proving-age-no-barrier-social-worker-earns-phd-90">Proving age is no barrier: social worker earns PhD at 90</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">Dr Bronwyn Herbert is the embodiment of lifelong learning. At the age of 90, the long-time social worker is graduating from The University of Queensland after completing her PhD thesis on the generational impacts of homelessness. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">11 December 2023</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/11/whovians-gather-uq-mark-60-years-of-travelling-time-lord">Whovians gather at UQ to mark 60 years of the travelling Time Lord</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2023/11/whovians-gather-uq-mark-60-years-of-travelling-time-lord"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/314819/Dr Who tardis 620W Adobe.jpg?itok=pkiLas8L" alt="A graphic of Doctor Who&#039;s tardis surrounded by swirling red and yellow light rays." title="Image: Adobe. " /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/11/whovians-gather-uq-mark-60-years-of-travelling-time-lord">Whovians gather at UQ to mark 60 years of the travelling Time Lord</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">The University of Queensland will help mark a milestone for the world’s longest running sci-fi television show, hosting Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary Symposium on Friday 24 November. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">20 November 2023</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/10/there-deeper-meaning-halloween">Is there a deeper meaning to Halloween?</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2023/10/there-deeper-meaning-halloween"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/313836/TWITTER history of the supernatural.jpg?itok=jRyx1BCk" alt="A dark, eerie street surrounded by houses. One window is lit up from the inside. A pumpkin carved with a spooky face in the bottom left " /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/10/there-deeper-meaning-halloween">Is there a deeper meaning to Halloween?</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">With Halloween enthusiasts young and old preparing for another evening of trick or treating, UQ News spoke to Associate Professor Tom Aechtner about the universal fascination surrounding two popular supernatural phenomena. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">31 October 2023</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> <div class="item-list"><ul class="pager"><li class="pager-previous first">&nbsp;</li> <li class="pager-current">1 of 43</li> <li class="pager-next last"><a href="/news/t/arts-society?page=1">older articles ›</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sub-content" class="twelve columns"> <div class="region region-sub-content"> <div id="block-feeds-link-topic-rss" class="block block-feeds-link"> <div class="block-content"> <div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first"><a href="/news/t/17982/feed">Arts + Society RSS</a></li> <li class="last"><a href="/news/rss.xml">Latest Headlines RSS</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div id="content-footer" class="twelve columns"> <div class="breadcrumb"> <a href="/news/">Home</a> &rsaquo; 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