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 2010An Australian biodiesel company and a UQ student research group have teamed up to produce green energy.
12 November 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 2010The University of Queensland has recognised seven of its most inspiring research higher degree supervisors.
27 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 2010An image of a tiny bird from a remote island in British Columbia has seen a UQ researcher shortlisted for a top photography prize.
13 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 2010After diplomatic trips to Kashmir and Berlin, UQ student Misha Byrne is ready to tackle nuclear disarmament at the UN.
23 April 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 2010What do you get when you marry the latest advances in computer science and molecular biology?
8 April 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 2010Uma Jha from Perth has been crowned the 2010 Australian Brain Bee Champion in a battle of neuroscience knowledge in Sydney.
1 February 2010Dhwani Patel had already come a long way when she arrived in Brisbane from Mumbai in early 2007.
20 January 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 2010There are more species of insects on the planet than any other group. While they are not everyone’s favorite topic, they fascinate UQ entomology lecturer Dr David Merritt, who leads Entomology Curriculum Australia (ECA), a project making an...
13 January 2010