Retiring UQ Gatton grounds supervisor Steve Barakin sitting on the back of his work ute.

The man who tended the mammoth grounds of UQ’s Gatton campus for more than 4 decades finished his career the same way it began – clearing the destruction and debris of a major weather event.

24 March 2025
Hands with a smart phone showing health apps.

Digital tools such as telehealth, remote monitoring and mobile health apps are key to transforming healthcare but trust in these new ways to provide care remains a stumbling block, UQ researchers have found.

18 March 2025
Tobacco display with toys

Gaps in Australian tobacco laws are allowing children to be targeted by retailers with some using window toy displays, cartoons and movie characters on their shopfronts, UQ researchers have found.

10 March 2025
A woman in a patterned grey and black shirt standing in front of a sandstone building

A UQ linguistics professor who specialises in the documentation and revitalisation of Australia’s First Nations languages has been named a 2025 Fulbright Senior Scholar.

28 February 2025
UQ researchers with a component of a newly developed rapid sensor.

UQ researchers have developed a new rapid sensor that can detect pregnancy complications as early as 11 weeks – with a simple blood test.

27 February 2025
Two young Indigenous Australian girls smiling

Indigenous children and young adults are dying from rheumatic heart disease due to ‘culturally unsafe’ and inaccessible healthcare in Australia, UQ researchers have found.

25 February 2025
Sick child in a hospital bed with a drip

UQ research using 'natural killer' cells may lead to the first new treatment for a devastating childhood cancer in 40 years.

12 February 2025
First-year medical students with Professor Riitta Partanen.

The first cohort of “home grown’’ doctors, trained exclusively in the Central Queensland and Wide Bay regions, has begun first-year studies through The University of Queensland’s Rural Clinical School.

5 February 2025
A pair of hands on a car steering wheel.

UQ research has highlighted the need for specialised support services to help people with young onset dementia cope with giving up driving.

17 January 2025
Elderly hand holding a youthful hand with greenery background

Fall-related injuries in Australia’s residential aged care could be costing the health system $325 million annually, a University of Queensland study has revealed.

13 January 2025
Young child holding a cellphone

Mental illness in Australian youth is rising. We don’t know why but despite very little evidence, social media is bearing the brunt of the blame.

7 January 2025
An underwater image of a black and white reef fish with some baby fish in front of coral.

Researchers have discovered a rare example of ‘great fish parenting’ with a common coral reef species found to actively protect their young by eating parasites.

12 December 2024
Coloured pills falling out of a container

University of Queensland research has found antimicrobial usage is significantly higher in affluent communities in Australia.

6 December 2024
Two female scientists in whitecoats, gloves and goggles inspect a same from a machine.

UQ's capabilities in drug discovery and development are set to be strengthened by a new partnership between UniQuest and global biotech company Molecule to Medicine.

8 November 2024
A woman with long black hair is sitting up in bed wincing in pain and one hand is on her chest.

UQ-led research has found inflammatory markers in the blood of long COVID patients which could explain why many experience ongoing cardiovascular issues.

31 October 2024
An image of an Australian green-head ant.

UQ researchers have uncovered the workings of ant venom by measuring electric currents through individual channels in cells to understand how it causes pain.

17 October 2024
A pregnant woman holds a coffee mug and looks through sheer curtains out a window.

A UQ-led study has failed to find any strong links between drinking coffee during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental difficulties in children.

10 October 2024

UQ Cycle Club member Korey Boddington collected a gold medal and a Games record in the C4–C5 1000 metres time trial in his Paralympic Games debut.

2 September 2024

UQ Paralympians have had a remarkable weekend in the pool, with swimmers Jack Ireland, Lakeisha Patterson and Brenden Hall claiming silver and bronze medals.

2 September 2024
The revitalised Avalon Theatre

Drama students are taking the stage at the revitalised Avalon Theatre, more than a century after construction of the original building in St Lucia.

30 July 2024