UQ exercise and nutrition sciences graduate William Maish is pursuing a medical career.

William Maish, formerly of the Sunshine Coast, has his sights set on a medical career that will ultimately combine his passion for exercise, nutrition and medicine.

20 December 2013

A collaborative research project aimed at discovering a drug to treat a highly resistant form of breast cancer is one of two projects given the green light by the Queensland Emory Development (QED) Alliance.

7 November 2013

University of Queensland (UQ) scientists have made a fundamental breakthrough into how the brain decodes the visual world.

30 October 2013
Chancellor Mr John Story presents 2013 Miracle Worker awards to group winners from the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. (<i>Back from left:</i> Sally Clark, Christine McCoy, Heidi Hood, Erin Zielke, Bianca Ohlson, Holly Dennis. <i>Front from left:</i> Kaylene Power, Chloe Burton, Melinda Conlan, Jane Fisher, Rachelle Croton.)

Forty-seven University of Queensland (UQ) professional staff members have been recognised as “Miracle Workers”.

30 August 2013
UQ graduates who completed their studies in 1913, pictured at their graduation ceremony the following year. Image courtesy of Fryer Library.

Queensland celebrates a century of home-grown university graduates this month, 100 years after The University of Queensland (UQ) graduated its first five students.

12 July 2013

Twenty-seven people with links to The University of Queensland were honoured for outstanding service and community contributions in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

26 June 2013
University of Queensland Law Society (UQLS) President Chad Hardy, The Hon Justice Patrick Keane and Catherine Drummond, winner of the UQLS Medal for the Most Outstanding Graduate of the Year.

University of Queensland law students have been awarded for their exceptional academic performance, in areas from taxation law to criminal procedure.

23 May 2013

Australia has maintained its overall ranking at eighth position in the second annual Universitas 21 assessment, which compares the quality of higher education systems in 50 countries.

9 May 2013

Researchers at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, The University of Queensland and Hunan Institute of Parasitic Diseases have reported huge success with a cartoon DVD promoting hygiene across rural China.

26 April 2013
Attending the Match Day celebration are, from left,  Deputy Head of School Dr Richard Deichmann and  Head of School Dr William Pinsky with  graduates Dr Steven Sushinsky, Dr Emily Sineway, and Dr Katherine Weyer, and Deputy Head of School Dr Leonardo Seoane.

The University of Queensland’s Ochsner medical program has reached a major milestone with its first graduates all placed in United States clinical residency positions.

9 April 2013
Professor Andrew White, Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj, Professor Max Lu, Professor David Craik and Professor Matthew Brown

The University of Queensland’s place as a global research leader has been highlighted with today’s announcement that five UQ scientists are among 20 new Australian Academy of Science Fellows for 2013.

27 March 2013

The University of Queensland’s place as a global research leader has been highlighted with today’s announcement that five UQ scientists are among 20 new Australian Academy of Science Fellows for 2013.

27 March 2013

The University of Queensland has received a major funding boost to its development of a saliva test to diagnose the early stages of head and neck cancer linked to Human Papillomavirus (HPV).

8 March 2013

Australian researchers are harnessing a world-first scientific discovery to develop a stress-test for coral, to measure how coral reefs are being impacted by pressures from climate change and human activity.

27 February 2013
UQ’s Dr Emma Hamilton-Williams secures funding for her research into identifying immune pathways responsible for causing type 1 diabetes.

Research toward understanding the developmental risk of type 1 diabetes is a step closer after a major funding grant to The University of Queensland’s Diamantina Institute.

27 February 2013

Queensland lawyers and businesses affected by the Commercial Arbitration Bill 2012, can learn about the implementation and benefits of the new laws at a conference on tomorrow.

4 February 2013

After recent severe rain and storm events, The University of Queensland anticipates that all campuses will be open for business and core courses will proceed tomorrow Tuesday 29 January, however some roads to campuses may be closed.

28 January 2013

For their outstanding service in a range of fields, an inspiring and distinguished group of staff, students and alumni from The University of Queensland community have been honoured in the 2013 Australia Day awards and honours list.

26 January 2013