Knowing how influential parents’ behaviour is with children was the reason a Brisbane father enrolled in a parenting program for divorced and separated couples founded at The University of Queensland.

29 June 2010

Developing a cervical cancer vaccine and watching it start protecting millions of young women worldwide is more than most researchers would hope for in a lifetime.

29 June 2010

Thousands of past students and staff from all over Australia and the globe, including Governor-General Dr Quentin Bryce AC and Dr David Malouf AO, are planning their return to The University of Queensland for the Centenary Alumni Reunion weekend on...

23 June 2010

It’s not often you can take a journey from the Red Centre to Guantanamo Bay, and Harlem to East Timor for free.

23 June 2010
Dr Lam and Thi Hong Thanh Pham

When Alzheimer’s researcher Dr Hoang Lam Pham (Lam) was given the chance to work at any Australian university, UQ was the straightforward choice.

22 June 2010

Members of the UQ senior executive have recently returned from a tour to Indonesia, consolidating the University’s presence in one of Asia’s strongest performing economies.

22 June 2010
Mr Waldie prepares for a scuba dive off Lizard Island. Image: Tane Sinclair-Taylor

Eager to save shrinking fish stocks and shape the future of their field, two UQ marine biology graduates will soon dive headfirst into a tour of Papua New Guinea.

11 June 2010
Young Queenslander of the Year Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Giving deaf children an opportunity to be heard has earned UQ graduate and current PhD candidate Dimity Dornan the Queenslander of the Year Award.

3 June 2010
Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield . . . UQ will always be the people's university

The University of Queensland scooped the pool when Premier Anna Bligh announced the prestigious Queensland Greats Awards today.

3 June 2010
James Hudson in the UQ Antiquities Museum with the 2400-year-old Egyptian mummy mask he voted for in the Treasures competition

A 2400-YEAR-OLD Egyptian mummy mask has brought good luck to an eight-year-old Brisbane boy, who is now the proud owner of a valuable contemporary artwork.

21 May 2010
Aubrey Clark

Aubrey Clark, a graduate of UQ's Economics Honours program, will begin a PhD in economics at Harvard University later this year.

21 May 2010

UQ School of Pharmacy alumnus, Mr Bruce Elliot, has been named 2010 Young Professional of the Year.

19 May 2010

UQ alumna Lizzie Brown has been named as incoming CEO of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Australia.

6 May 2010
Yana Jones.
Photo: Marty Pouwelse Photography

One of The University of Queensland’s first nursing graduates has been recognised for her work raising awareness of prevention and early detection of cancer by being named the Cancer Council Queensland’s Nurse of the Year.

4 May 2010
Kevin Melton

Kevin Melton’s day starts with a babywipe shower – a world away from life last year when he was completing a Master of International Studies at UQ

9 April 2010
Elizabeth Rosner. Photo: Julia McNeal

When UQ Master of Literature graduate Elizabeth Rosner got the call to say her second novel would soon be re-released in paperback, she had two reasons to be hopeful.

8 April 2010
Frank Finn Scholarship winners (L-R) Jeremy Evans, Frank Finn, Jun Cai, Katie Wood

Three UQ Business School students have received a financial helping hand after being awarded the Frank Finn Scholarship.

6 April 2010

As the University celebrates its 100th birthday, the UQ Staff Club recently marked its own centenary milestone.

25 March 2010

University of Queensland medical alumnus Dr Ron Thomson has decided to say thank you for his education in a big way – with $10million bequest.

5 March 2010
Professor Doherty presents the 2005 Sir James Duhig Memorial Lecture at UQ

Nobel Award-winning scientist Professor Peter Doherty will be among successful UQ alumni returning to the University in its Centenary year.

15 February 2010