For Paraguayan rockstar Norman Rieder, arriving at the Gatton campus as an international student was a bit of a culture shock.
10 December 2010Balancing study and training commitments is a trick many elite athletes learn to perfect, but Danielle Prince has it down to a fine art.
30 November 2010The University of Queensland now has a new monument commemorating one of its first benefactors, Dr James O'Neil Mayne.
21 October 2010University of Queensland alumnus Melanie Gordon has recently been awarded the Queensland Telstra Young Business Woman of the Year in recognition of her outstanding achievements in the mining industry.
24 September 2010GRADUATION ceremonies this week have brought classic scholarly scenes to The University of Queensland, with academic gowns and mortarboards aplenty being worn with pride around the Great Court and other hallowed halls.
22 July 2010WHEN Joshua Keyes-Liley received his Bachelor of Arts this week, he was the fourth generation of his family to receive a degree from The University of Queensland.
22 July 2010TWO friends who studied medicine together almost half a century ago were honoured at a University of Queensland gala dinner on Saturday night.
5 July 2010A United Nations peace negotiator who has worked on high-level mediations in some of the world's most sensitive trouble spots was named The University of Queensland's Young Alumnus of 2010 at a gala dinner on Saturday night.
5 July 2010The University of Queensland scooped the pool when Premier Anna Bligh announced the prestigious Queensland Greats Awards today.
3 June 2010A 2400-YEAR-OLD Egyptian mummy mask has brought good luck to an eight-year-old Brisbane boy, who is now the proud owner of a valuable contemporary artwork.
21 May 2010Aubrey Clark, a graduate of UQ's Economics Honours program, will begin a PhD in economics at Harvard University later this year.
21 May 2010UQ School of Pharmacy alumnus, Mr Bruce Elliot, has been named 2010 Young Professional of the Year.
19 May 2010One of The University of Queensland’s first nursing graduates has been recognised for her work raising awareness of prevention and early detection of cancer by being named the Cancer Council Queensland’s Nurse of the Year.
4 May 2010Three UQ Business School students have received a financial helping hand after being awarded the Frank Finn Scholarship.
6 April 2010