Jamie’s Ministry of Food Australia staged a virtual cooking class in Ipswich to celebrate the launch of its first Australian centre recently, with UQ students on hand to assist.
9 December 2010More than 80 percent of university students are struggling with psychological distress with almost one-fifth of these classified as having a serious mental illness, according to a UQ study.
22 November 2010Students shouldn’t have to pick between sport and academia, according to champion swimmer and former St Edmund’s College, Ipswich student, James Devin.
3 October 2010Researchers from the Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence - home to UQ's School of Pharmacy - have identified a potential new target for breast cancer therapy.
1 October 2010Being goal-oriented has helped former Toowoomba State High School student Genevieve Brook earn a $24,000 UQ Excellence Scholarship.
29 September 2010The University of Queensland has recognised seven of its most inspiring research higher degree supervisors.
27 September 2010A search and rescue doctor who led the first western medical team into Banda Aceh following the 2004 tsunami will present a prestigious UQ lecture on Friday.
15 September 2010Medical Student volunteers from The University of Queensland have created a free, kids-friendly mobile clinic to foster positive relations between the community and health professionals and ultimately reduce morbidity from preventable diseases.
8 September 2010After four weeks of work, UQ’s top three interprofessional teams of health students will come together to compete as part of the annual University of Queensland HealthFusion Team Challenge (UQ HFTC).
26 August 2010Students from UQ’s global health club are staging a fashion show to highlight emerging artists in Brisbane, and fundraise for medical educational, research and practice projects.
24 August 2010With programs in medicine, nursing and midwifery, health sciences and arts all on offer in 2011, visitors to the UQ Ipswich Open Day will get to experience a very healthy study environment.
2 August 2010Giving deaf children an opportunity to be heard has earned UQ graduate and current PhD candidate Dimity Dornan the Queenslander of the Year Award.
3 June 2010An Australian Government pledge of $2.4 million to a University of Queensland teaching hospital ensures clinical training for at least 250 extra UQ medical and health students each year.
12 April 2010The University of Queensland will welcome its first Wotif Scholarship recipients at a special ceremony at its St Lucia campus today, Sunday, February 28.
27 February 2010Staff at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) could be forgiven for thinking that Casey Linton was an accomplished honours student having seen her working attentively in the labs over summer and occasionally being mentioned in their monthly...
21 February 2010University of Queensland research has shown “canecutter’s” disease is a growing problem for travellers.
16 February 2010A group of UQ nursing and midwifery students have realised a unique New Year’s resolution – using their studies to assist those in need in Cambodia.
18 January 2010