A young women seated in a wheelchair is working at a pull-down weights machine in a gym, assisted by a female coach. The photo is in black and white.

UQ's ParaSTART program is giving people with high support needs a pathway to high performance sport.

29 April 2024
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Remote cameras and conservation dogs will be deployed as part of a University of Queensland research project aiming to conserve four threatened Queensland reptile species.

12 April 2024
A slice of a 3D map of the universe showing Earth at its centre.

An international team of researchers has created the world's largest and most detailed 3D map of the universe – measuring the expansion of the cosmos over the past 11 billion years.

5 April 2024
A four wheeled rover with an excavator attachment on a sandy field

A team of aspiring students from The University of Queensland has won a share in honours in an international space competition.

3 April 2024
Young woman playing games on a personal computer. Image, Adobe.

University of Queensland research has found gaming for more than three hours a day can lead to health problems.

14 March 2024
A green lawn in front of a sandstone building. People are sitting on purple beanbags under jacaranda trees on the lawn.

University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry and leading criminologist and educator, Professor Lorraine Mazerolle have received the nation’s highest civil award in the 2024 Australia Day Honours.

26 January 2024

Online gaming could be the answer to engaging young Queenslanders to help create a legacy for the city from the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

6 December 2023

Researchers from The University of Queensland have secured more than $20.5 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) 2024 Discovery Projects scheme.

1 November 2023
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The commercial potential of University of Queensland research partnerships has been recognised by the Australian Economic Accelerator.

25 October 2023
a koala sleeps in the fork of a tree surrounded by bright green leaves

Financial payments made by land developers to offset their impacts on threatened species may fall short, according to University of Queensland-led research.

12 July 2023
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Cost-of-living will be front of mind when Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick delivers his economic plan on June 13. UQ has experts available to analyse the budget.

12 June 2023

The University of Queensland Chancellor has met the Australian Prime Minister in Hanoi to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations and to strengthen UQ’s institutional ties with Vietnam.

7 June 2023
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Researchers from The University of Queensland have determined how Botox – a drug made from a deadly biological substance – enters brain cells.

26 May 2023
Parliament house in Canberra under a gloomy sky. Adobe.

All eyes will be on Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday when he hands down the Government’s first major budget since Labor’s election win last year. UQ has experts from a wide range of fields available to analyse the budget and what the...

5 May 2023

The University of Queensland community is celebrating a half-century of graduations, music, concerts, exams, lectures, protests and exhibitions in Mayne Hall.

29 March 2023
Two scientists wearing protective equipment in a science laboratory.

Recruitment is underway for a pivotal proof-of-concept human trial of The University of Queensland’s second-generation molecular clamp vaccine.

20 March 2023
Koala joey in tree

Mortality rates of orphaned koala joeys could be greatly reduced by a non-invasive stress test kit being trialled by University of Queensland researchers.

20 March 2023
A snake with a light orange-coloured head and a brown striped body on a dirt ground at night. Its head and neck are raised off the ground.

A University of Queensland-led study has found that contrary to popular belief, snakes can hear and react to airborne sound.

15 February 2023
Emeritus Professor Ian Frazer uses a pipette in a lab at TRI

The University of Queensland has recognised the outstanding contribution to society of medical researcher and philanthropist Ian Frazer AC by renaming the UQ Diamantina Institute in his honour.

11 November 2022
a person in white coat wears virtual reality glasses and holds handsets in front of a screen with an image of a mouth and teeth

Virtual and augmented reality technologies are being used as an important teaching tool for University of Queensland dentistry students, who practice with 3D headsets before working on real-life clients.

4 November 2022