Get up close and personal with the 2006 winner of the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award at a free cocktail reception at UQ on Friday.

5 September 2006

Chimpanzees and two-year-old children are as clever as each other but dogs are not as smart as previously thought, according to a University of Queensland study.

22 August 2006

A University of Queensland motor racing team will make its international race debut in England next month against some of the world’s quickest university teams.

28 June 2004

The Queensland Premier, Peter Beattie, will become Dr Peter Beattie after receiving an honorary Doctor of Science degree at a University of Queensland graduation ceremony on Wednesday, December 10

7 December 2003

A joint project being carried out by Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) and The University of Queensland is attempting to reduce negative human interaction with estuarine crocodiles by tracking their movements.

22 August 2003

The University of Queensland is aware that exchange students overseas may be worried about continuing their studies due to the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus and/or the conflict in Iraq.

3 April 2003

Accounting pioneer Professor Ray Ball will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate at UQ’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Law (BEL) graduation ceremony.

17 December 2002

Susan O'Neill, Kieren Perkins and five other celebrated Australians will receive honorary degrees from the University of Queensland during a record round of 17 graduation ceremonies in December.

30 November 2000

Observers of current conflict in the former Yugoslavia might not be surprised by a pragmatic secret agreement worked out by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Marshal Josef Stalin in Moscow in 1944.

18 March 1998

One of Australia's leading fiction writers, Elizabeth Jolley, and Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush will address graduates at University of Queensland graduation ceremonies on Friday, December 19.

15 December 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

Rock samples collected on Heard Island in the Antarctic by a University of Queensland academic will confirm whether Australia has a second active volcano.

15 April 1997