The 2012 Rotary World Peace Fellows will graduate on July 17.

A soccer coach pursuing peace education through sport, a coffee fanatic from Kansas, and a cowboy with a passion for humanitarian work are among the peace graduates from UQ this July.

25 June 2012
An artist's representation of the Wall House.

The University of Queensland will have a huge presence at the world’s most prestigious architectural showcase, constructing a full-scale building onsite.

5 June 2012
German delegation (from left) Ulrike Franz, Florian Ettlinger, and Anna Taranko with UQ representative Reinhard Flessner (third from left). Photo: Jugend Forscht.

For the second year in a row UQ will have the pleasure of hosting three of Germany’s "best and brightest" young scientists.

24 May 2012

In the past decade the world has increasingly turned its attention to Asia as the next global economic workhorse, with predictions the region could account for over half of global output by the middle of this century.

21 May 2012
Tess McLennan, Geoffrey Wu, and some of the UQ members of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

UQ musicians are packing for a summer tour to the lands of Bach and Vivaldi, making up a large portion of the international-standard Queensland Youth Symphony.

17 May 2012

The great religious, political and economic upheaval of the early medieval era has been the topic of conversation at a meeting of international scholars at The University of Queensland this week.

27 April 2012
Catherine Drummond … working in Rwanda at a "unique, transitory time"

UQ students are working around the globe in the midst of important legal, political and diplomatic events, after taking up internships with organisations such as NATO and the United Nations.

23 April 2012
One of the striking images from the Beijing Hao! exhibition at UQ Art Museum, on until June 3. The exhibition features works from six photomedia artists working in and around Beijing.

An exhibition of Chinese photomedia is expected to attract an audience familiar with its themes among the many Chinese students at The University of Queensland.

3 April 2012

Many of the world's most rare and rich forests, the tropical montane cloud forests, could be all-but obliterated by 2080.

22 March 2012
Ben Endicott-Davies in West Africa meeting with Ghana’s Queen Mother

International travel, working with African farmers, learning from leading scientists is all part of the job for University of Queensland Agricultural Science student Ben Endicott-Davies.

14 March 2012
Professor Matt Brown (Director of the UQ Diamantina Institute) talks with Professor Ian Frazer (CEO of the TRI) and Premier Anna Bligh about UQDI’s state-of-the-art genomics facilities

The vision of a specialised centre to better understand and treat head and neck cancers will come to fruition — thanks to $15 million funding from Atlantic Philanthropies, the Queensland Government and the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

9 March 2012
Laura-Jane Dunne and Pat Clark, Down Syndrome Ireland CEO at the launch of Latch-On in the Republic of Ireland.

The University of Queensland has taken a significant step in introducing its highly successful literacy program, Latch-On, to the world beyond Australia.

5 March 2012

MUCH of the formal interaction between international aid agencies and local officials in countries where they work can be seen as “performance”, according to new research published by a University of Queensland anthropology lecturer.

29 February 2012

University of Queensland School of Journalism and Communications Research Higher Degree student, Edward Reynolds has won the 2011 Graduate Student Paper Award from the American Sociological Association Section on Ethnomethodology and Conversation...

27 February 2012
“The visual nature of the project will also help bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and public awareness,” Professor Hoegh-Guldberg

A pioneering scientific expedition that will document the health of coral on the Great Barrier Reef will be undertaken as a joint venture between global technology giant Google, the UQ Global Change Institute, not-for-profit organisation Underwater...

23 February 2012
State Councillor and Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong congratulated Professor Lu in Beijing

CHINESE state leaders have presented The University of Queensland’s Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Max Lu, with a prestigious science and technology award.

16 February 2012