Recent UQ graduate and former Rotary World Peace Fellow David LaMotte has been appointed to a prestigious committee that selects Nobel Peace Prize nominees.
21 December 2010Blue Carbon projects in Borneo, better support for parents of children with autism, and Australia's relationship with China are UQ research projects to be explored in 2011, thanks to scholarships awarded by the Prime Minister.
8 December 2010International Relations student Jo Sampford never guessed that attending a small Tuesday-night Oxfam forum in Brisbane would lead to working in the office of Timorese President and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr Jose Ramos-Horta.
6 December 2010Playing Djembe and football with some Ghanaian friends was an enjoyable part of Charles Hunt's recent research trip to West Africa.
6 December 2010World-first trials aimed at eliminating dengue fever are set to begin in Cairns.
25 November 2010UQ has received almost $29 million in National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grants - the fourth-largest share of the $447.5 million awarded to institutions across Australia.
12 November 2010World-leading research into the application of large-scale electricity storage will begin at The University of Queensland early next year.
21 October 2010Three University of Queensland students selected as delegates to promote cross-cultural relations with China attended the inaugural Australia-China Youth Dialogue (ACYD) earlier this month.
14 October 2010An innovative, Australian-first project conducted at The University of Queensland (UQ) will provide new insights into language disorders.
28 September 2010Dr Sebastian Kaempf, from UQ's School of Political Science and International Studies, says he believes that digital new media technology has altered the nature of war.
20 September 2010It could be argued that one of the best things that can be done to protect the environment is to educate bright young students about ecology, wherever they come from in the world.
7 September 2010Sixteen UQ students recently travelled to China for a month as part of a research internship study tour.
6 September 2010In a first for The University of Queensland School of Journalism and Communication Indigenous Voice project, student stories are being broadcast across the United States on the National Native News radio program.
7 July 2010When Alzheimer’s researcher Dr Hoang Lam Pham (Lam) was given the chance to work at any Australian university, UQ was the straightforward choice.
22 June 2010Corals right out on the exposed edges of the world’s great coral reef zones may hold an important clue to the survival of coral ecosystems facing intensifying pressure from human activities and climate change.
17 June 2010Eager to save shrinking fish stocks and shape the future of their field, two UQ marine biology graduates will soon dive headfirst into a tour of Papua New Guinea.
11 June 2010Beauty 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 2010Following last year’s success, UQ’s School of Political Science and International Studies is delighted to launch the 2010 International Photography Competition.
19 May 2010Nine UQ researchers will travel the world building research links and bringing that knowledge back to Queensland thanks to funding from the Queensland Government.
19 May 2010UQ’s Rotary Peace Fellows will present their experiences of contemporary peacebuilding during their annual seminar on May 22nd.
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