UQ has teamed up with Trade Queensland to deliver a new program focusing on the importance of workplace diversity.

20 November 2009

An academic expert on Fiji who was recently deported from the Pacific region country will give a free public lecture at The University of Queensland on Saturday, November 28 at 2pm at the Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, Campbell Road (Building 23), St...

20 November 2009

The Cooperative Research Centre for Sugar Industry Innovation through Biotechnology (CRC SIIB) based at UQ St Lucia has announced another year of strong progress in providing new and diverse opportunities for the Australian sugarcane industry.

20 November 2009

UQ’s Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM) and QGC Limited have entered a three-year partnership to assist the company in meeting its social performance and sustainable development objectives in Australia and globally.

19 November 2009
Ms Pohlman (right) with PhD supervisor Associate Professor Helen Creese

Research by a University of Queensland language graduate has allowed Indonesian women survivors to tell their stories for the first time.

18 November 2009

The prestigious 2009 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Awards and the Queensland Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year $10,000 prize were announced in Brisbane last night at UQ's Customs House.

17 November 2009

A new book which demystifies the science surrounding coral reefs and climate change, will be launched at the UQ Moreton Bay Research Station open day on Saturday, November 21.

17 November 2009

The Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), at The University of Queensland has established a professorial position of engagement, believed to be a world-first for the tertiary sector.

17 November 2009
Dr Scott with her book

It was curiosity that first prompted UQ Adjunct Professor Dr Ann Scott to begin researching the life of her grandfather, leading British civil servant Ernest Gowers.

17 November 2009

The Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) at The University of Queensland has established a professorial position of engagement, believed to be a world-first for the tertiary sector.

17 November 2009
The winning postgraduate entry, Dan Miller's "Ulaanbaatar Graduation"

A powerful portrait of two girls in a remote community surrounded by snack wrappers has jointly won the inaugural UQ School of Political Science and International Studies International Photo competition.

17 November 2009

Australia’s leading researchers developing the next generation of intelligent systems and robots will come together at a symposium at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute today November 17 and tomorrow November 18.

17 November 2009

To have even a chance of saving the world’s coral reefs from extensive damage caused by global warming, carbon emissions in industrialised countries need to be cut by 25 percent below their year 2000 levels by 2020 – and by 80-90 percent by 2050.

17 November 2009

Five students from UQ’s TC Beirne School of Law are involved in a world-wide project organised by Advocates for International Development (A4ID), a UK-based legal group committed to international pro bono work.

16 November 2009

Researchers from The University of Queensland (Australia) are working with international energy storage company Bicarb Sequestration Pty to study the feasibility of using land-bound salt beds as a medium for isolating carbon dioxide (CO2) as solid...

16 November 2009
Emma Browne in Mongolia.

To most Queenslanders, enduring the harsh Mongolian winter doesn’t sound appealing.

16 November 2009

Learning a foreign language is very important, according to the newly-appointed Australian Ambassador to Germany (and UQ alumnus) Peter Tesch.

13 November 2009

UQ physicist Professor Guifre Vidal has been named by Canada’s Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics (PI) as one of 10 new Distinguished Research Chairs.

13 November 2009

UQ's School of Mathematics and Physics has strengthened its bonds with Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI).

13 November 2009

UQ academic Dr Simon Patton has won second prize in the prestigious international John Dryden Translation Competition for his translation of a Chinese short story.

13 November 2009