Mathuja Bavanendrakumar - Winner of the AWA 2011 Australian Stockholm Junior Water Prize. Photo supplied by AWA.

The most prestigious national award for high school water science research has been awarded to UQ student and Queensland Academy of Health Sciences graduate Mathuja Bavanendrakumar.

3 June 2011

Two young German students were recently awarded prizes granting them a two-week study tour of UQ’s St Lucia campus.

31 May 2011
Journalism student Melody Pedler receives her award from John B Fairfax

Melody Pedler has become the second UQ student in three years to win the prestigious Fairfax Award for Rural Journalism.

27 May 2011

UQ students showcased their knowledge of Chinese language and culture at an international competition held at St Lucia recently.

20 May 2011

UQ Ipswich has awarded 21 scholarships and prizes worth over 42,000 dollars to its students at a special function at The University of Queensland’s Ipswich Campus.

18 May 2011

Six nursing and midwifery students from The Univeristy of Queensland School of Nursing and Midwifery were recognised for their outstanding academic achievements at an awards ceremony at Customs House last week.

13 May 2011

University of Queensland student Lina Preuss has impressed international tourism leaders at the World Tourism Forum Lucerne resulting in a second place win in the Young Talents Awards.

5 May 2011
UQ Brisbane International Student Ambassador Quoc Duy Tran (right) with former Lord Mayor Campbell Newman

Six UQ students were named official Brisbane International Student Ambassadors at a special event last month.

28 April 2011
Professor Jeff Coombes and student prize recipient Vanessa Cavallaro at the awards night

UQ’s School of Human Movement Studies celebrated the outstanding achievements of its top teachers and students at its annual awards night recently.

19 April 2011
UQ graduate and Marie Curie Fellow Dr Amanda Rasmussen

For someone who hadn't planned on completing a doctorate after her honours degree, Amanda Rasmussen has achieved well beyond her expectations.

15 April 2011

Joel Mechielsen certainly knows how to engage both sides of the brain – juggling his real estate studies at The University of Queensland with a burgeoning music career.

13 April 2011
PhD student Matthew Thompson will travel to the US to study fingerprints with the FBI after winning a prestigious Fulbright scholarship

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
Sportswoman of the Year Danielle Prince receives her award from Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield. Image: Chris Marr

The UQ sporting community recognised last year’s outstanding contributors at the Annual Blues & Sports Awards Dinner last Friday.

31 March 2011

A University of Queensland PhD scholar has been awarded the Best Nursing Paper award at the World Congress on Paediatric Critical Care conference.

24 March 2011
UQ rhythmic gymnast Danielle Prince on her way to gold at the Delhi Commonwealth Games. Image courtesy John Holmes

UQ will celebrate its sporting successes of 2010 at the Annual Blues & Sports Awards Dinner on Friday, March 25.

18 March 2011
Dr Esteban Marcellin in the lab

Moving from Mexico to Australia has proved to be a wise move for UQ researcher Dr Esteban Marcellin.

16 March 2011

The Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT) has awarded tuition fee scholarships to seven international students undertaking degrees with the faculty in Semester 1, 2011.

15 March 2011
Master of Environmental Management student Cole Gainer

A UQ postgraduate has swapped St Lucia for New York after starting a coveted internship with the United Nations.

25 February 2011
Professor John Minnery with winning students Isabel Ceron Castano and Heather Lopez

A group of UQ students have devised a blueprint to help promote Brisbane as a world city.

25 January 2011