World-first trials aimed at eliminating dengue fever are set to begin in Cairns.

25 November 2010

A labour law expert from The University of Queensland (UQ) is lending his expertise to a significant collective bargaining rights case in Canada.

24 November 2010

HEALTH students will get immediate feedback during practical skills assessments, thanks to new technology being developed at The University of Queensland.

24 November 2010

New research highlighting coastal locations where coral can better withstand rising sea temperatures, a leading cause of stress to coral reefs, may guide efforts to conserve the largest living structures on Earth.

24 November 2010

University of Queensland student Nicola Paulger has received one of 10 studentships offered through a recent initiative to give students the opportunity to pursue a career in the primary industry sector.

24 November 2010

A partnership between The University of Queensland’s Gatton-Vocational Education Centre (G-VEC) and the Department of Education and Training (DET) has seen the skills of 18 Laboratory Technologists recognised in a special graduation ceremony.

24 November 2010
Professor Michael Stratton

A scientist who is leading an international search for cancer-causing genes is the final speaker in The University of Queensland Centenary Oration Series.

24 November 2010

Australian marine scientists have expressed disquiet over the continued worldwide spread of large, dead zones in the ocean.

24 November 2010
Dow Chair and CEO, Dr Andrew Liveris, and UQ Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Greenfield, take questions from the audience at the UQ Centenary Oration.

The Dow Chemical Company Chairman and CEO, Dr Andrew Liveris, has called on Australia to keep more of its natural gas at home to turn into high value, high margin products.

23 November 2010

Two University of Queensland researchers are among 10 Queensland researchers to receive Tall Poppy awards at the Premier’s Science and Innovation reception this evening, November 23.

23 November 2010

Australia’s biggest-ever humanities research grant will lead to a number of new postdoctoral research fellowships and PhD “top-up” scholarships at UQ, says Professor Peter Holbrook.

23 November 2010
PhD student Sean Muir, AIBN’s Dr Denisa Jurcakova, Dow chairman and CEO Andrew Liveris and Professor Max Lu

Research to focus on sustainable renewable energy storage systems, and on the development of sustainable bioprocesses to produce non fossil fuel derived chemical building blocks of the future.

23 November 2010

Between 40 - 57 per cent of women will experience physical or sexual violence by a man at some point in their lives, according to a University of Queensland academic.

22 November 2010

The Global Change Institute small grant recipients for 2010 have been announced and illustrate the breadth and depth of research activities at The University of Queensland.

22 November 2010

Stray kittens currently calling The University of Queensland home will benefit from an innovative program to get them socialized, desexed and rehomed into loving families.

22 November 2010

More than 80 percent of university students are struggling with psychological distress with almost one-fifth of these classified as having a serious mental illness, according to a UQ study.

22 November 2010

Leading scientists and marine managers have called for a greater national effort to protect vital 1000-kilometre stretches in the middle of Australia’s eastern and western coastlines.

22 November 2010

Queensland’s first Indigenous doctor, Associate Professor Noel Hayman, has been named Queensland’s Australian of the Year for 2011.

19 November 2010

UQ's Moreton Bay Research Station is inviting the public to celebrate its Open Day - free, family-friendly event - tomorrow, November 20.

19 November 2010

Australia’s first science and technology focused Confucius Institute will be officially opened at The University of Queensland (UQ) today (Friday, 19 November 2010).

19 November 2010