Summer holidays always throw up the same dilemma – so many books and not enough summer holiday hours to read them all.

23 December 2015

On the 12th day of Christmas, UQ gave to me...

21 December 2015

The University of Queensland has been the most successful university in the inaugural Westpac Future Leaders Scholarships.

18 December 2015
Familiarity breeds empathy was the top rating story on UQ News

News from The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences dominates the list of the most popular articles published on the UQ News site this year.

18 December 2015

The University of Queensland’s Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Peter Høj, has received a prestigious award in recognition of his contribution to the global Confucius Institute Network.

7 December 2015
UQ front entrance.

The University of Queensland is in no way affiliated with the so-called University of Queensland White Student Union Facebook page, and no ‘white student union’ exists at UQ.

27 November 2015
Dr Alysha Elliott.

They’re the miracle drug that we take for granted, but antibiotics can’t always save us now, with hundreds of thousands of people worldwide dying each year from infection by resistant bacteria.

6 November 2015
Meeting in the US to discuss the Queensland Emory Drug Discovery Initiative: (from left) UniQuest CEO Dr Dean Moss; UQ Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Peter Høj; Executive Director of the Emory Institute for Drug Development Professor Dennis Liotta; Director of the Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center Dr Haian Fu, Head of UQ’s Molecular Virology Unit Professor Paul Young; Director of UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience Professor Brandon Wainwright; and UniQuest’s Executive Director of IP Comm

An initiative to create new and potentially life-changing drugs has taken a step forward at The University of Queensland following an Advance Queensland funding agreement with the Queensland Government.

5 November 2015

More than a quarter of new nurses and midwives are unaware of the standards for social media in their workplace, though for the most part, they are a responsible bunch.

29 October 2015

Researchers from The University of Queensland have helped identify nearly 1,500 genes associated with ageing that could lead to new health treatments.

22 October 2015
Professor Zhiguo Yuan.

Transforming the way societies manage water has led The University of Queensland’s Professor Zhiguo Yuan to be named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).

16 October 2015

If you are a perpetrator with a history of domestic violence, you cannot hide anymore. That’s the message from Dr Deborah Walsh from The University of Queensland’s School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work who is imploring other states to follow...

15 October 2015

The recent Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) have highlighted the important role The University of Queensland plays in supporting the literary community in the...

14 October 2015

Three UQ researchers have been inducted as fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) at its inaugural scientific meeting.

8 October 2015
UQ 3MT winner Teegan Green

University of Queensland Three Minute Thesis (3MT) winner Teegan Green will compete against 50 finalists from universities across the Asia Pacific on Friday, in a bid to win the 3MT Trans-Tasman final.

29 September 2015

Partnering the innovative PhD mind with industry experience is at the heart of ten new scholarships offered by Boeing Research and Technology - Australia and The University of Queensland.

17 September 2015
The study findings give a genetic basis to the stereotype of tall and lean Scandinavians

University of Queensland scientists have found a genetic basis for height and body mass differences between European populations.

15 September 2015
HealthFusion

It’s finals time across Australia’s major sporting codes – and it’s no different for academics as UQ prepares to defend a treasured crown.

14 September 2015

It’s finals time across Australia’s major sporting codes – and it’s no different for academics as University of Queensland health students prepare to defend a treasured crown. ...

10 September 2015

Social activism around substance abuse should not overlook Australia’s most lethal drug – alcohol.

10 September 2015