Professor Jason Mattingley and Professor Bernie Degnan

The University of Queensland has been awarded three prestigious Australian Research Council Australia Laureate Fellowships announced today by Federal Science Minister Kim Carr.

10 August 2011
Sarah Teitt (Outreach Director R2P Centre), Dr Morgan Brigg (UQ School of Political Science and International Studies), Deputy Prime Minister Solomon Islands Manasseh Maelanga, Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Matt Anderson

Following a year of UQ-led field research and workshops, a ‘Framework of Engagement’ for building peace and order in the Solomon Islands has been developed.

4 August 2011

UQ undergraduate Sean Murphy has experienced first-hand how exciting scientific discoveries are often made by accident.

29 July 2011
From left to right, Dr Phil Orchard, Professor Tim Dunne, His Excellency Mr Peter Woolcott and Dr Marianne Hanson from School of Political Science and International Studies.

Australia’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) and Committee for Disarmament, His Excellency Mr Peter Woolcott, recently visited The University of Queensland’s (UQ) School of Political Science and International Studies.

29 July 2011

Students from The University of Queensland (UQ) swapped the classroom for the canals of Venice to get a real-world lesson in tourism authenticity and sustainability.

28 July 2011

Nominations for The University of Queensland’s 2011 Psychology Distinguished Alumnus Award are now open.

21 July 2011
A UQ research project is looking at the "empty nest" syndrome and its effects on parents

Is your child over 18 and still living at home? If so, then UQ invites you to complete a short online survey to assist with new research.

20 July 2011
Bruce Redman (centre) films Family First candidate John Lewis during the 2004 Federal Election campaign

Life is often stranger than fiction, just ask Dr Bruce Redman.

20 July 2011
Jaime Manalo IV speaking to locals as part of his work with the Philippine Rice Research Institute. Photo provided by PhilRice/Al Benavente.

Australian Leadership Awards scholar from the Philippines, Jaime Manalo IV, had never been overseas when he applied to study a Master of Communication (Communication for Social Change) at The University of Queensland (UQ).

20 July 2011
Best view in Brisbane: During her time as traffic reporter for Channel 9's Today Show Sarah Greenhalgh enjoyed the best office view in Brisbane.

While most of Brisbane is either tucked up in bed or just starting their day, Sarah Greenhalgh, is flying high above the city surveying the roads to keep commuters informed of the best routes to work.

19 July 2011

The peace and conflict studies discipline at The University of Queensland is expanding with the recruitment of two new full-time peace and conflict studies academic appointments in the past 12 months.

18 July 2011
An image from the Caroline Tennant-Kelly Collection – a funeral takes place in Cherbourg in 1934. Courtesy Kim de Rijke

A surprise discovery made by UQ researchers will come full circle during NAIDOC Week celebrations next Monday.

1 July 2011

A new lab with the look of a Hollywood movie ‘situation room’ will open at The University of Queensland after a team of academics secured $180,000 to fund a media space that uses the latest in software technology.

21 June 2011

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PAY FOR is a new public awareness campaign, to be launched on Wednesday, June 1, designed to raise awareness about the reality of human trafficking in Australia.

30 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
Adrian McAsey and Geoffrey Ewing, President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs Queensland Branch at the networking event

A group of University of Queensland students moved one step closer to landing their dream jobs at a professional networking event held in Brisbane recently.

27 May 2011
2010 Social Change Award winner Sharad Sharma

Nominations are open for the world’s only communication for social change award, offered by The University of Queensland.

20 May 2011

Fifty two leading researchers from The University of Queensland were honoured on Sunday as leaders in their diverse fields of discovery at the inaugural Q-Index Awards.

17 May 2011

People who handle snakes or spiders regularly are needed for an upcoming University of Queensland study.

10 May 2011

The University of Queensland has been ranked one of the world’s top universities in psychology (world rank 26), biological sciences (world rank 38), and medicine (ranked 33rd) in prestigious new international rankings released today.

4 May 2011