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November 2024 graduations

Chloe Thomas is launching her own drinks brand. Tobias Rowe is the proud product of a Bond University love story. We catch up with four alumni from the November 2024 graduation ceremonies.
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November 2024 graduations

The scholarly samurai

His formal involvement with Bond University was short-lived but the legacy of Harunori Takahashi will echo forever through the history of the university he helped establish.
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Calculated move

Professor Terry O'Neill retires as Executive Dean of the Bond Business School

Born a 1 in 3,136 statistical anomaly, he has spent half a century making sense of complex data and teaching others the power of numbers.

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Postcards for our ancestors

From Jawoyn Country to Tonga and Bangladesh, our Bond University community is made richer by the diverse community of students, from across Australia and the globe, who call our campus home. Learning about their traditions and family stories inspired Indigenous Student Success and Wellness Officer Teresa Blair to capture a glimpse of their cultural heritage. Through letters to their ancestors, traditional dress, body art and dance, our students have shared with us a look into their legacies.

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Architecture

Miniature to monumental: Historic Bond model small but perfectly formed

This is a 1:500 scale model of Bond University, held in the Bond University Archives collection. It was commissioned in late 1987 when work on the first stage of the University was already underway.

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  • Cream of the crop

    It took a year in the making, two days to film, and three months to edit. But for 17-year-old...
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  • Turning pointe

    Samantha is a multi-award-winning writer and creator of upcoming Netflix series Apple Cider Vinegar...
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  • Through Lily's lens

    Bond alumna Lily Boisvert wrote, produced and directed her film Searching for Daisies in the final...
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  • The King and I

    Baz Luhrmann's blockbuster biopic Elvis was the first major Hollywood movie to be produced from...
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Environment

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Island Class on North Stradbroke Island

Every year, Bond University environmental scientist Dr Daryl McPhee takes international students to one of the most beautiful classrooms on earth.

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Aboriginal dancers at North Stradbroke Island
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Familial bonds 

For the Mahons, it's four graduates and counting

Michael Mahon always hoped his children would attend Bond University. So far, he's got his wish — but youngest child Erica might have different ideas.

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ALUMNI

Eyes on the prize

As Professor Helen O'Neill retires from a five-decade-long career at the forefront of one of the most promising fields of science, she shares her path into immunology and stem cell biology, the advances she’s made, and what’s ahead for Bond’s world-leading research into age-related macular degeneration.

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Baxby to the future

David Baxby met the love of his life at Bond University and rode his degrees to international success. Now he will help shape Bond's future as its ninth Chancellor.
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Baxby to the future

Tom's brutal news cycle

Tom's brutal news cycle takes him from headlines to headwinds.
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Tom's brutal news cycle
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