UQ staff and students are taking part in a new initiative to gather creative ideas on how the people of Brisbane can plan for and respond to natural disasters in the future.

15 March 2011

The free public lecture series "North by Northwest: Local and Global Architectural Culture" will commence on Tuesday, March 15, ensuring that Architectural Culture will be a hot topic in Brisbane over the coming months.

15 March 2011
Dr Gray . . . enjoying being "home among the gum trees"

The new director of The University of Queensland Art Museum, Dr Campbell Gray, stepped into his new role this week - "very excited" to be back in Australia.

11 March 2011
Detail of Pumpkin chess (2003) by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama

Famous artists including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin will be among the players when two chess-themed exhibitions open at The University of Queensland tomorrow, February 26.

25 February 2011

With Valentine's Day fast approaching, a UQ study is shedding light on differences in relationships between people of different cultures, especially Chinese and non-Chinese backgrounds.

1 February 2011
Fukushima University students help raise awareness of the Queensland floods

Friends from far and wide have helped a UQ partner university in Japan raise more than $2000 for those affected by the Queensland floods.

28 January 2011
"Sydney Fox" (1946) by Albert Tucker. Collection of the National Gallery of Australia. Courtesy Barbara Tucker

Impressive portraits from the National Gallery of Australia – some of them on show for the first time – will be on display at The University of Queensland from Saturday.

24 January 2011
2010 intern UQ journalism and law student Naomi Lim . . . “so many academic, professional and cultural opportunities”

Some of The University of Queensland’s best and brightest students go straight to the top, gaining work experience on Washington’s Capitol Hill through an internship program co-ordinated through the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

10 January 2011