A challenge among three housemates to identify species around their inner-Brisbane home has resulted in an academic research paper, showcasing the rich biodiversity in urban landscapes.  

8 December 2023

Queensland hospitals have started testing two potential treatments on patients with COVID-19 as part of an international clinical trial involving The University of Queensland.

21 April 2020
What’s the future of paid work in Australia?

Paid work’s place at the heart of Australian culture will come under close scrutiny at a conference in Sydney next week.

22 September 2017

After major gains over the past three years, The University of Queensland has held its position in the prestigious Academic Ranking of World Universities announced today, ranking 55th globally and second in Australia.

15 August 2017

Ahead of World Head and Neck Cancer Day on 27 July, University of Queensland School of Dentistry researcher Kelsey Pateman wants to turn the spotlight to the psychological and social care needs of survivors.

21 July 2016

Australia’s most desired bachelors are those dispensing professional health advice – not roses – according to a University of Queensland professor.

13 August 2015

Measuring the impact of the coal seam gas industry on Australia’s underground water supplies will be one of the initial research projects at The University of Queensland’s Centre for Coal Seam Gas.

21 August 2012

The University of Queensland (UQ) is heading an international collaboration to further the sustainable development of high-value crops in the Pacific Islands.

24 February 2012

Researchers at The University of Queensland have found that male humpback whales ‘change their tune’ every year during their migration across the Pacific.

15 April 2011
Stuart Kininmonth . . . has "a dream job" in tropical Queensland

STUART Kininmonth’s life on a north Queensland tropical island is a world away from his childhood on a farm in Gippsland, Victoria.

17 March 2011

A geothermal energy researcher from the University of Queensland (UQ) has found evidence of a major asteroid impact that occurred more than 300 million years ago in the South Australian outback.

22 October 2010

The lights were low. The music was loud. Song lyrics were displayed on large screens around the room.

2 December 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

"Communications is a serious business". Indian graphic designer and artist, Ms Lakshmi Murthy, should know. Together with Bougainville community broadcaster, Mr Aloysius Laukai, she was presented with The University of Queensland’s top social...

20 October 2009

Nostalgia and imagination are attracting people to a new niche market in tourism, but cold hard facts and plenty of analysis is what has helped two researchers from The University of Queensland write about the phenomenon with considerable success.

15 October 2009

The University of Queensland has advanced two places to be named 41st in the world in the UK's Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings, released today.*

8 October 2009
UQ students (from front left) Lauren Ware, Emily Rowe, Amy Randall, Joshua Adams, Georgina Horsburgh and Isabella Tannock get ready to celebrate local talent at BUGFest

Up and coming UQ playwrights will keep the tradition of BUGFest alive when the annual theatre festival hits the Cement Box theatre from October 21.

6 October 2009

For linguist Ghil‘ad Zuckermann, languages are much more than a means of communication – they are a passion.

28 September 2009

The University of Queensland has again received multiple five star ratings in an independent ranking of Australian universities released tonight.

10 August 2009
Professor Lilley

Living in primitive surrounds with no proper shower or bed for a month would have many people on the first flight back to Australia, but for UQ’s Professor Ian Lilley, the search for that pinnacle find is too overpowering to ignore.

23 July 2009