Professor Maree Smith . . . has two game-changing pain therapies close to being available on the global market

A vaccine against cervical cancer, a global parenting program, new forms of pain relief, better yielding crops and improved medical imaging are some of many high-impact outcomes of University of Queensland research.

19 September 2013
Jonathan Homes. Image courtesy of Sam Mooy, The Australian.

The evolution of Australia’s media watchdog program Media Watch will be the focus of the annual Henry Mayer Lecture at The University of Queensland on 16 May.

3 May 2013

Some of the many secrets of Stonehenge will be revealed at a public lecture to mark National Archaeology Week at The University of Queensland.

10 April 2013

A leading Australian university will collaborate with one of Indonesia’s largest national universities to examine the way laws and informal processes deal with community conflict in Indonesia.

7 March 2013

Toowoomba is holding a unique Rural Birth Summit today with the aim of bringing birth facilities back to the bush.

5 December 2012
An image from one of last year's finalists entitled 'The Journey to School'

Organisers of the 2012 Annual Photography Competition at The University of Queensland's School of Political Science and International Studies are delighted to have secured sponsorship for a first prize to the value of $1000.

4 September 2012

Food, farming and fashion are just a taste of what five University of Queensland (UQ) students will experience at this year’s Ekka.

6 August 2012
Carved female figure, before 1950, 240 x 30 x 35cm, wood, sago plant fibre, store bought paint
Morobe province, Papua New Guinea

An exhibition exploring the colour 'red' marks the opening of an exciting new gallery space for The University of Queensland’s Anthropology Museum.

1 August 2012

The University of Queensland will mark National Archaeology Week (May 15-21) with a public lecture by one of the world’s experts on human evolution.

13 April 2012

Experts from government will attend presentations by the nation's leading researchers on families and family policy at a two-day workshop, "Family, Work and Wellbeing over the Life Course", at The University of Queensland, held on October 20–21.

18 October 2011
Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield and the Honourable Kevin Rudd MP

The University of Queensland recently welcomed Australian Foreign Minister, The Honourable Kevin Rudd as guest speaker at the UQ Annual Lecture in Politics and International Affairs.

11 October 2011

Director of independent, grass-roots community advocacy organisation GetUp! Simon Sheikh will visit The University of Queensland as the keynote speaker in a free, half-day public symposium on ‘Listening to the Quietest Voices’ on Wednesday October...

10 October 2011

UQ will play host this week to the first ever International Studies Association (ISA) conference to be held in the Asia-Pacific Region.

27 September 2011
The 2010 winning entry "Children in Ghanzi" taken by Stephen McLoughlin in western Botswana

Entries are now being received for the annual World in Focus photography competition hosted by UQ's School of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS).

24 August 2011

Internationally renowned Bangladeshi photographer, writer and activist, Dr Shahidul Alam, will lead a free public discussion next week (23 August).

16 August 2011
The late Professor John Western AM

UQ will host a public lecture next month to honour the legacy of the late Emeritus Professor John Western AM – the founding father of sociology at the University.

10 August 2011
An image from the Caroline Tennant-Kelly Collection – a funeral takes place in Cherbourg in 1934. Courtesy Kim de Rijke

A surprise discovery made by UQ researchers will come full circle during NAIDOC Week celebrations next Monday.

1 July 2011
2010 Social Change Award winner Sharad Sharma

Nominations are open for the world’s only communication for social change award, offered by The University of Queensland.

20 May 2011
UQ’s top teachers were presented with their awards at Customs House this week

A DIVERSE group of academics united by a passion for teaching was last night recognised at the 2010 University of Queensland Excellence in Teaching & Learning Awards.

2 November 2010

ANALYSING techniques used in the theatre to keep audiences spellbound led a University of Queensland psychology lecturer to change his own teaching style, with amazing results.

1 November 2010