UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry presents Human Rights Professor Cees Hamelink with The University of Queensland 2012 Emeritus Award for Communication for Social Change.

The University of Queensland (UQ) has recognised the commitment of a prominent international professor in applying the principles of communication for social change.

26 July 2012

Researchers from UQ’s Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies are concerned about recent messages that parents should never sleep in the same bed as their babies.

10 July 2012

People who felt a lack of control in their lives were more likely to believe in the claimed “psychic abilities” of a famous octopus, a University of Queensland (UQ) study has found.

2 July 2012

A global ranking of universities has confirmed The University of Queensland’s place as one of the world’s top 100 universities.

30 June 2012

Chronic pain relief, the employment aspirations of recently-arrived refugees, urban water use and improved animal production are among new research projects announced today in which The University of Queensland and industry partners will collaborate.

30 June 2012

Despite our inclination to believe equality within a team or group is important, new research suggests that a built-in hierarchy leads to fewer group conflicts and higher productivity.

24 May 2012

Queensland mums-to-be are being denied access to water immersion during labour even though research shows it shortens labour and reduces interventions.

24 May 2012

Opposition to a major dam north of Brisbane divided communities and also brought them together, a researcher from The University of Queensland discovered.

15 May 2012
Mother and daughter, Elena Block and Elena Escalante-Block, both study journalism at UQ.

Elena Escalante-Block, 21, doesn’t have to wait for mother’s day to spend time with her mum - she just has to go to uni.

11 May 2012

Queensland mums are being given the opportunity to have their voices heard on maternity care in Queensland.

1 May 2012
Andrew Harvey with advisors Dr Sean Rintel and Dr Richard Fitzgerald

Meters displaying live data on home electricity consumption have become commonplace in recent years, but researchers are now seeking ways to deliver even more useful information to householders.

30 April 2012

In a first of its kind, The University of Queensland is conducting an Australia-wide study of the relinquishment of care in the disability sector.

29 April 2012
Female cassowary with satellite transmitter on her upper leg.

Wildlife researchers say they are making the cassowary conservation dollar go further by tracking the birds with satellite tags.

24 April 2012
Catherine Drummond … working in Rwanda at a "unique, transitory time"

UQ students are working around the globe in the midst of important legal, political and diplomatic events, after taking up internships with organisations such as NATO and the United Nations.

23 April 2012

With aquaculture on track to overtake global fisheries, a new aquaculture book from The University of Queensland will help industry and students look to the future.

13 April 2012

The University of Queensland will mark National Archaeology Week (May 15-21) with a public lecture by one of the world’s experts on human evolution.

13 April 2012
Brooke Wylie, left, with Prime Minister Julia Gillard... "since high school I have always been really interested in politics," says Brooke.

It’s a long way from Brooke Wylie’s sleepy hometown to Canberra’s halls of power, but the UQ journalism graduate has her dream job — and it sometimes means bringing a sleeping bag to work.

11 April 2012

All University of Queensland undergraduate students are being given the opportunity to add an international focus to their degrees.

29 March 2012
Renee Zahnow and Andrew Clarke have both won School of Social Science prizes for their Honours theses

University of Queensland Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR), assistants Renee Zahnow and Andrew Clarke have both won School of Social Science prizes for their Honours theses.

21 March 2012

Can a little bird tell us who will win in Ashgrove? Analysis of Twitter streams can provide clues to electoral outcomes, according to University of Queensland Masters research student Frances Manfield.

21 March 2012