Dean of the Graduate School Professor Zlatko Skrbis with Dr Kaeleen Dingle, UQ's 9000th PhD graduate

More than 6400 students will graduate from The University of Queensland (UQ) during this December�s graduations.

9 December 2010
UQ student Sebastian Thomas, who has received a Prime Minister's Australia Asia Award to work on climate change policy in Borneo

Blue Carbon projects in Borneo, better support for parents of children with autism, and Australia's relationship with China are UQ research projects to be explored in 2011, thanks to scholarships awarded by the Prime Minister.

8 December 2010

Australian and international mining industry leaders will today join forces to launch the new Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE) at the Sir James Foots building, The University of Queensland.

8 December 2010

A report released today by a UQ law expert has found criminal justice interventions in domestic violence situations in Queensland are in urgent need of improvement.

8 December 2010
Honours Student, Mirta Zupan, working on the new CCM aquaria. Photo by Dr David Kline.

In a world first, a new ‘state of the art’ climate change experimental facility has been completed at the University of Queensland’s (UQ) Heron Island Research Station.

7 December 2010

The University of Queensland will award honorary doctorates to six recipients during its upcoming December graduation period.

7 December 2010

Researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) are seeking first-time mothers to trial a new ‘Sing, Soothe, and Sleep’ instructional DVD that teaches mothers how to use music to settle babies.

7 December 2010
Kathy Brennan

It’s said all good things come to those who wait and this has never been truer than for St Lucia’s Kathy Brennan whose UQ degree has been 48 years in the making.

7 December 2010

Brisbane-based business incubator i.lab is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a new owner, a new CEO and a new direction focused on taking Australian technologies global.

7 December 2010

The environmental scientist whose work on dioxins last year prompted governments around the world to suspend the use of some pesticides says there is more to the problem and authorities need to act urgently.

6 December 2010

The Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies (CCCS) will present a public lecture entitled "Designing Culture: The Technological Imagination at Work" on December 9 at UQ.

6 December 2010
Part of the 2010 School of Architecture Summer Exhibition

The future of architectural design is being showcased at the annual 2010 School of Architecture Summer Exhibition held at The University of Queensland’s (UQ) St Lucia campus.

6 December 2010

Citation – Award of Doctor of Engineering honoris causa to Professor Gregory McRae

6 December 2010

Citation – Award of Doctor of Science honoris causa to Professor Sangkot Marzuki AM

6 December 2010

Citation – Award of Doctor of Letters honoris causa to Ms Jan Fullerton AO

6 December 2010

Citation – Award of Doctor of Laws honoris causa to Mr David Miles AM

6 December 2010

Citation – Award of Doctor of Business honoris causa to Mr Robert Bryan

6 December 2010

The University of Queensland’s (UQ) new Native Wildlife Teaching and Research Facility will provide a valuable research and training facility at UQ’s Gatton campus.

6 December 2010
Jo Sampford with Dr Jose Ramos-Horta

International Relations student Jo Sampford never guessed that attending a small Tuesday-night Oxfam forum in Brisbane would lead to working in the office of Timorese President and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr Jose Ramos-Horta.

6 December 2010

A UQ PhD scholarship is on offer for an outstanding student interested in Indigenous policy.

6 December 2010