The Federal Government has released comparative data showing the University of Queensland has received $3.05 million in competitive new grant allocations nationally for 1998 from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

27 November 1997

The University of Queensland has maintained its position as one of the nation's leading research universities by attracting the fourth highest number of new large project grants, in 1998 allocations from the Australian Research Council (ARC).

27 November 1997

University of Queensland archaeologists are testing a radically new hypothetical model of Mayan political organisation in the famous archaeological site of Copan in the Honduras.

26 November 1997

The Federal Government has released comparative data showing the University of Queensland has received $3.05 million in competitive new grant allocations nationally for 1998 from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

26 November 1997

A University of Queensland researcher has been awarded one of only eight national prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) 1998 special investigator awards.

26 November 1997

The University of Queensland is the third highest revenue earner nationally in a new Federal Government scheme to give institutions greater flexibility in negotiating with industry on collaborative research and training activities.

26 November 1997

Delegates to a recent marine science postgraduate conference have called for greater collaboration and communication between marine research groups in the sharing of equipment and knowledge.

20 November 1997

A record number of five academics has been chosen from 27 candidates for the University of Queensland's 1997 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, worth $10,000 each.

20 November 1997

Pregnancy and use of the oral contraceptive pill reduce a woman's risk of developing ovarian cancer, according to a recent study from the University of Queensland and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research.

20 November 1997

Delegates to a recent marine science postgraduate conference have called for greater collaboration and communication between marine research groups in the sharing of equipment and knowledge.

20 November 1997

Australian persimmon growers have developed a $2 million export opportunity with Singapore thanks largely to a marketing strategy devised at the University of Queensland's Gatton College.

19 November 1997

Australia's first teaching materials on the history of South Sea Islander immigrants have been published for use in Queensland schools from 1998.

17 November 1997

One in six Australian doctors now treat patients with alternative medical techniques such as acupuncture and hypnosis, according to a University of Queensland study.

14 November 1997

University of Queensland medical students are learning first-hand about the role and importance of community health groups.

14 November 1997

Acclaimed novelists Robert Drewe and Elizabeth Jolley, Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush and Westpac Banking Corporation chair John Uhrig AO will each receive an honorary degree at the University of Queensland's December graduation ceremonies.

14 November 1997

More than 50 high school students will converge on the University's School of Journalism on November 17-18 to learn how to write, edit and publish their own newspapers on the Internet.

13 November 1997

When Rachael Melville graduates in medicine from the University of Queensland on December 5, she would like to thank a few people, including her family, her school guidance officer and administrators of the University's UQ-Link program.

12 November 1997

The Faculty of Business, Economics and Law plans to take its courses to prospective students with a new suite of programs to be offered from 1998.

10 November 1997

Environmentally sustainable sewerage systems - including toilets which separate urine from faeces, and weekly collection of hermetically sealed waste - are the way of the future, according to a University of Queensland waste treatment expert.

10 November 1997

Motorists can now see the University of Queensland solar car, SunShark, on the road every day - on a large billboard at Riverview, near Ipswich.

10 November 1997