Winner Tyson Cooke and Director of NOPE, Harry Samson

Maroochydore State High School student Tyson Cooke will be riding with more than just pedal power, after winning an electric bike at a UQ careers day held last week.

21 July 2010
Mr Jorgensen with UN Under-Secretary-General for Public Affairs and Communication Mr Kiyo Akasaka

A University of Queensland student has combined his twin passions of international relations and journalism to land the dream job - blogging for the United Nations in advance of a major youth summit.

20 July 2010

A US astronomer involved in the Mars Rover exploration project will deliver a free, public talk as part of The University of Queensland’s Centenary oration series at 6.30pm on Wednesday July 14.

8 July 2010

Each time a new building pops up in Brisbane, dinner table conversations, blogs and radio talkback programs come to life with candid criticism and appreciation of architecture.

7 July 2010
AES+F's Arrival of Golden Boat (2010). Collection of Dr Dick Quan, Sydney

Digital artworks that have dazzled visitors at the Venice and Sydney Biennales feature in the latest exhibition to open at The University of Queensland.

6 July 2010
The Queensland Tennis Centre at Tennyson

The Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson will hold its Sign-on Day on Sunday 11 July from 11am–2pm.

6 July 2010
One-time classmates and longtime friends Sir Llew Edwards and Nat Yuen were reunited at UQ on the weekend. (Pic Lyle Radford)

TWO friends who studied medicine together almost half a century ago were honoured at a University of Queensland gala dinner on Saturday night.

5 July 2010
Robert Dann at the “Courting the Greats” gala dinner at UQ on Saturday night.

A 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 2010
The 2009 NAAUC Executive Committee outside Dreamworld

Young leaders from around the country will converge on UQ this weekend to make positive changes for themselves and their communities.

2 July 2010

UQ Alumna and Governor-General Dr Quentin Bryce AC will return to The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus, where she both studied and taught, for the unveiling of two new carvings in the heritage-listed Great Court.

2 July 2010

Everyone is invited to enjoy the festivities during The University of Queensland’s Carnival in the Great Court on Saturday July 3.

1 July 2010

Kathy Hirschfeld was emotionally moved when she walked into UQ’s Senate chamber for the first time this year as a newly appointed Senator.

29 June 2010

Knowing how influential parents’ behaviour is with children was the reason a Brisbane father enrolled in a parenting program for divorced and separated couples founded at The University of Queensland.

29 June 2010

A leading cognitive neuroscientist from UQ's Queensland Brain Institute and School of Psychology has been honoured by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) for his research into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

28 June 2010

Thousands of past students and staff from all over Australia and the globe, including Governor-General Dr Quentin Bryce AC and Dr David Malouf AO, are planning their return to The University of Queensland for the Centenary Alumni Reunion weekend on...

23 June 2010

It’s not often you can take a journey from the Red Centre to Guantanamo Bay, and Harlem to East Timor for free.

23 June 2010

Members of the UQ senior executive have recently returned from a tour to Indonesia, consolidating the University’s presence in one of Asia’s strongest performing economies.

22 June 2010

Beauty is in the eye of beholder, or a few hundred psychologists, as will be the case during an international conference in Bristol, England from June 22 – 23.

4 June 2010
Young Queenslander of the Year Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Giving 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 2010
Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield . . . UQ will always be the people's university

The University of Queensland scooped the pool when Premier Anna Bligh announced the prestigious Queensland Greats Awards today.

3 June 2010