David LaMotte. Image: Johnno Chen

Recent UQ graduate and former Rotary World Peace Fellow David LaMotte has been appointed to a prestigious committee that selects Nobel Peace Prize nominees.

21 December 2010
Professor Ian Lilley, “UQ’s Indiana Jones”.

A passion for researching early human settlements has taken archaeologist Professor Ian Lilley to some of the world’s most remote regions, and led to him being dubbed “UQ’s Indiana Jones”.

29 November 2010

UQ Executive Dean Professor Tim Brailsford has been appointed to an influential new committee charged with preparing international business education for the future.

17 November 2010

UQ’s Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (APR2P) has appointed a new Director of Research, Professor Tim Dunne.

22 October 2010

A University of Queensland researcher will serve on Australia’s first regulatory board for naturopaths and herbalists, which from next year will make seeing a complementary medicine practitioner a lot safer.

19 October 2010

School of Tourism Adjunct Professor Stephen Wicks has secured one of his greatest achievements, but says it is all about giving back.

17 September 2010

The University of Queensland's UQ College is now up and running, following the appointment of its first Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Rod Arthur.

5 August 2010

The University of Queensland’s UQ College is now up and running, following appointment of its first Chief Executive Officer, Mr Rod Arthur.

5 August 2010
Dr Anna Ciccarelli, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (International), Mr Michael Kasprowicz, Australian Cricket Identity and Ms Kirti Mishra, President – UQ Indian Student Society.

Former Australian fast bowler, Michael Kasprowicz has been re-appointed UQ’s Goodwill Ambassador to India.

3 August 2010
Dr Pierre Benckendorff

It started as a dream to set up a tourist attraction or run a resort, but along the way Pierre Benckendorff became a teacher and researcher.

21 July 2010

Kathy Hirschfeld was emotionally moved when she walked into UQ’s Senate chamber for the first time this year as a newly appointed Senator.

29 June 2010

The chairman for the Queensland Geothermal Energy Centre of Excellence (QGECE) has been announced.

4 June 2010

UQ mathematicians are Queensland’s latest tool to increase the sustainability and profitability of its fisheries and resources.

18 May 2010

UQ alumna Lizzie Brown has been named as incoming CEO of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Australia.

6 May 2010

UniQuest, The University of Queensland’s main commercialisation company, has appointed Mel Dunn as General Manager, International Projects.

31 March 2010

Distinguished ARC Laureate Fellow and eminent Pew Fellow, Professor Peter J Mumby has been appointed to a newly created position as Professor in UQ's School of Biological Sciences from April 1, 2010.

31 March 2010

Lecturer in Art History at UQ Dr Prue Ahrens says she intends to use an international fellowship to forge stronger links between the University and the Smithsonian American Art Musuem (SAAM).

30 March 2010

Professor Iain Watson from the University of Western Australia has been appointed as Academic Dean and Head of School at UQ Business School.

15 March 2010
Leading health economist Professor Paul Frijters

The School of Economics is pleased to announce the appointment of a new staff member, Professor Paul Frijters.

8 March 2010
PhD student Ann Suwaree Ashton, Associate Professor Brent Ritchie and lecturer and postgraduate coursework coordinator Dr Lisa Ruhanen

The University of Queensland put its best foot forward at a leading national tourism education conference, with researchers taking out three major awards and supplying the body’s new chair.

4 March 2010