People aged over 50 are more agile mentally if they are socially active, a study has found – and the effect is even more pronounced in 80-year-olds.
2 October 2014
A bat species native to Papua New Guinea and thought to be extinct has been rediscovered by a team of University of Queensland researchers.
4 June 2014
Award-winning actor and UQ graduate Geoffrey Rush received one of the highest honours in this year’s Australia Day Awards.
28 January 2014
After three years studying together, living together, and graduating together, University of Queensland nursing graduates Mary and Madeleine Daly will soon be working in hospital wards right next door to each other.
9 December 2013
By the end of The University of Queensland’s December graduation season, Thomas and Leonie McEniery and seven of their eight children will all hold UQ degrees in fields ranging from medicine to arts.
4 December 2013University of Queensland academics and alumni comprise more than a quarter of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering’s 2013 fellows, announced today.
17 October 2013The eight finalists who will compete in The University of Queensland’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Final are set after Wilko Duprez from the UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience won the last-chance Wildcard round on Thursday.
7 September 2012A popular fashion show and creative showcase is returning this August, organised by UQ medical students fundraising to buy medical equipment for developing countries.
13 August 2012With the highest OP requirements in Queensland, The University of Queensland School of Nursing and Midwifery will welcome more than 200 new students into its undergraduate programs in 2012.
17 February 2012
The first of The University of Queensland's (UQ) seven mid-year graduation ceremonies kick off in Ipswich tomorrow (18 July) with two cohorts of students graduating from new degrees.
17 July 2011UQ’s top nursing and midwifery staff and students have an extra reason to celebrate tomorrow’s International Nurses Day - they have just been recognised for their outstanding contributions to academic learning and teaching excellence
11 May 2011An interdisciplinary research team at The University of Queensland has been awarded a third grant from the US based MacArthur Foundation to continue a conservation project in Solomon Islands for a further three years.
21 June 2010The spotlight will be on UQ’s quiet achievers this evening, with the annual Miracle Workers Awards set to recognise a record number of devoted staff members.
20 May 2010
One of The University of Queensland’s first nursing graduates has been recognised for her work raising awareness of prevention and early detection of cancer by being named the Cancer Council Queensland’s Nurse of the Year.
4 May 2010The University of Queensland will welcome its first Wotif Scholarship recipients at a special ceremony at its St Lucia campus today, Sunday, February 28.
27 February 2010The University of Queensland has a new Senate for its new century, with a team that includes a global resources CEO, a former Queensland Treasurer and a senior judge.
25 February 2010
A group of UQ nursing and midwifery students have realised a unique New Year’s resolution – using their studies to assist those in need in Cambodia.
18 January 2010
Powerlink Chair and the first woman to graduate from electrical engineering at UQ, Else Shepherd, AM, is the University's Alumnus of the Year for 2009.
24 November 2009
With a health system under pressure and nurses in continued demand, The University of Queensland will offer the state’s first fast-tracked Master of Nursing Studies for graduates in 2010.
8 October 2009In the wake of changes in life style and pressures affecting natural resources, a UQ law academic is helping Solomon Islands’ traditional leaders deal with related law and governance issues.
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