Hybrid black tip shark containing both Common and Australian black tip DNA.

A group of leading marine scientists has discovered that sharks on Australia's east coast display a mysterious tendency to interbreed, challenging several accepted scientific theories regarding shark behaviour.

22 December 2011
Visionary philanthropist Graeme Wood buries a piece of coal in front of the construction site of the Global Change Institute Living Building at St Lucia

University of Queensland alumnus and visionary philanthropist Graeme Wood has marked the beginning of construction of UQ’s new Global Change Institute Living Building with a symbolic gesture of carbon sequestration.

24 November 2011

A UQ researcher has been honoured for his work in developing simple diagnostic tests for devastating human and animal diseases in Africa at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth.

7 November 2011
2011 Eureka Prize nominee and GCI research fellow John Cook

University of Queensland alumnus Mr John Cook, the creator of SkepticalScience.com and a new appointment to UQ’s Global Change Institute (GCI), has been named as a finalist in the 2011 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

24 August 2011

The UQ Solar Array underpins a number of cutting-edge research projects, in diverse fields including physics, engineering, economics and sustainability.

15 July 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
“The concentrating photovoltaic solar tracking array is a high-visibility flagship for the overall UQ solar project.” Professor Paul Meredith

The University of Queensland’s $7.75 million solar power system at St Lucia in Brisbane has reached a milestone, with installation completed on one of the project’s most visible components.

6 April 2011
UQ student Danielle Nilsson with an orangutan at Melbourne Zoo

Living in the jungle with orangutans while creating awareness about deforestation is a dream for The University of Queensland's Danielle Nilsson, but she needs your help to make it a reality.

11 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

The thinning ozone layer in the upper atmosphere may be a key factor in the collapse of frog populations worldwide, new research shows.

17 February 2011

The more humanity acidifies and warms the world’s oceans with carbon emissions, the harder we will have to work to save our coral reefs.

14 February 2011