UQ Young Achiever Tayla Panting hopes to commence study at UQ in 2012.

For University of Queensland Young Achiever Tayla Panting, starting university in 2012 would mean taking the first step to a career dedicated to helping others.

8 December 2011

University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (UQDI) researcher Professor Ranjeny Thomas has been named as a finalist in the Health category of the Australian Innovation Challenge Awards for her development of a rheumatoid arthritis vaccine.

7 December 2011
Emily Neagle in Cambridge where she attended the Cambridge Summer Veterinary School last year in June.

The Smith Family has helped University of Queensland Veterinary Science graduate Emily Neagle reach her childhood dream of becoming a ‘vet’. Today she would like to say ‘thank-you’ to the Smith Family as her hard work and dedication pays off as she...

7 December 2011

The Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, today (December 7) launched a $20 million partnership encompassing industry, government and researchers to further increase the knowledge and skill needs of the growing coal seam gas industry.

6 December 2011
Two of the first female students at Gatton, Tessa Piagno and Anne Chamberlain returned to the campus for the Back to College Weekend.

In 1969, the female student population of the Queensland Agricultural College (now University of Queensland Gatton) was one percent. Today, it's 72 percent.

6 December 2011

People with a close relative with premature cardiovascular disease are being sought for a UQ study.

6 December 2011

Graduation Day. That buzz through the hall as lights dim, scattered coughs as the crowd goes silent, and a brief walk into the limelight that feels like forever. The moment is like magic, but for crack teams of staff the work starts months...

6 December 2011
From L-R: Alexandra Wolhuter; Anna Charles; Brooke Thompson; Catherine Drummond and Lindsay Collins

The plight of child soldiers and the mistreatment of Australian POW's during WWII are two of the real life situations used to illustrate the principles of international humanitarian law as part of a high school education program developed by...

5 December 2011

Visionary philanthropist Mr Andrew Brice and a mainstay of quality current affairs journalism on Australian television screens for more than 40 years Mr Kerry O’Brien will each receive honorary doctorates during UQ's December 7–16 graduation period.

5 December 2011

Mr Millhouse is arguably Australia’s leading expert on the legal issues presented by major public and private infrastructure projects, especially those associated with water.

5 December 2011

an Sri Dato’ Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman completed his postgraduate training in nephrology – the study of the structure and function of kidneys – and became a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians.

5 December 2011

Professor Robin Batterham AO is a long-term friend of UQ's through his high-level interaction with past as well as the present Vice-Chancellor, other senior executive and Executive Deans.

5 December 2011

The Honourable Patrick Keane's academic and professional careers can only be described as exceptional. He has rendered distinguished service to Queensland as its Solicitor-General for many years and, more recently, as Chief Justice of the Federal...

5 December 2011

Andrew Brice is co-founder and CEO of The University of Queensland Endowment Fund (UQef), co-founder and non-executive director of Wotif.com, non-executive director of Diabetes Smart Pty Ltd, founding director of MenzurX Pty Ltd and a Fellow of the...

5 December 2011

Mr Kerry O’Brien has been recognised variously as Australia's pre-eminent television journalist; one of the country’s most respected journalists; one of the best and most formidable interviewers.

5 December 2011
UQ Chinese students Julie Wu, Jonnie Wang, Yolanda Li and Stephanie Tan

The huge growth in Chinese tourism to Australia is proving a boon not only to the economy, but also to Chinese UQ students, who are in demand as translators at a luxury island resort off Brisbane’s coast.

2 December 2011
Shayne Neumann MP with UQ student and UQ Sport staff member, Courtney Bailey lifting weights in the new gym.

There will be no excuse for people to not keep fit this summer with the opening of the UQ Fitness and Aquatic Centre – The War Memorial Swimming Pool at The University of Queensland Gatton.

2 December 2011
Bobby Whitfield will become UQ's first masters graduate from Liberia at a ceremony on December 8

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
On show: the Summer Exhibition, hosted by UQ's School of Architecture

The University of Queensland's (UQ) annual Summer Exhibition, hosted by the School of Architecture was officially opened on Thursday 24 November.

1 December 2011

A University of Queensland biological researcher has led the Moreton Bay release of four turtles that suffered starvation and illness from the January floods.

1 December 2011