University of Queensland post graduate student Alicia Kirk will undertake important research on enzymes in Brisbane, after being named a 2020 Westpac Future Leaders Scholar.
5 March 2020
University of Queensland graduand Jack Hill has been appointed Youth Governor of Queensland for 2020, working to amplify the voice of young people across the state.
12 December 2019
A citizen science initiative collecting data on the world’s biggest fish is a finalist at Australia’s premier science awards.
31 July 2018
As a 12-year-old in Western Australia, Kristy Guerin wanted to become a vulcanologist – despite the absence of volcanoes in Australia.
19 July 2016
Swimming with the fishes has just become a whole lot easier for University of Queensland Indigenous Science Scholarship winner Taylah Gerloff.
13 May 2014
A University of Queensland PhD student is one of those selected from more than 10,000 applicants to undertake a three-month traineeship with the United Nations in New York.
25 March 2013
University of Queensland Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR), assistants Renee Zahnow and Andrew Clarke have both won School of Social Science prizes for their Honours theses.
21 March 2012Jenny Max, a University of Queensland Masters of Communication (Communication for Social Change) student, has received a Prime Minister's Pacific-Australia (PMPA) Award in recognition of her leadership potential and academic achievements.
20 December 2011
Next week Bobby Whitfield will become the first former Liberian refugee to have completed a master’s degree at The University of Queensland.
2 December 2011
Ali Rae, 23, from the School of Journalism and Communication (SJC), is one of three UQ coursework masters' students selected to fly to Abu Dhabi in November to take part in the prestigious United Arab Emirates Festival of Thinkers.
15 November 2011An arresting black and white image taken in Nepal has been awarded an annual photo prize organised by UQ’s School of Political Science and International Studies.
14 November 2011As part of World Teachers' Day celebrations, two University of Queensland teaching graduates were recently nominated for a Queensland College of Teachers excellence in teaching award.
27 October 2011
Outstanding science students based at UQ's Gatton campus were recognised for their achievements at a scholarships and prizes dinner last week.
7 June 2011
Melody Pedler has become the second UQ student in three years to win the prestigious Fairfax Award for Rural Journalism.
27 May 2011
UQ PhD candidate Matthew Thompson has received a prestigious Fulbright Queensland Scholarship to further his research into fingerprint matching accuracy in the USA.
8 April 2011
A UQ postgraduate has swapped St Lucia for New York after starting a coveted internship with the United Nations.
25 February 2011
A group of UQ students have devised a blueprint to help promote Brisbane as a world city.
25 January 2011
Two UQ maths students will be working to solve real-world problems after being awarded prestigious summer scholarships.
29 November 2010
The University of Queensland has cemented its position as home to Australia’s best teachers, today adding three more national teaching awards to its collection.
29 September 2010
The University of Queensland has recognised seven of its most inspiring research higher degree supervisors.
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