An LNP billboard on the Captain Cook Highway, Cairns. Picture: Margo Kingston, via Twitter.

Driving back to Brisbane from my childhood home of Nambour, I saw the most extraordinary political billboard. In monumental black and white, it simply said: Hung Parliament. Chaos.

2 February 2015
We’re in a protracted war against superbugs because we’ve overused existing antibiotics: a key weapon against disease.

As the threat of superbugs continues to rise, the number of new treatments available has flatlined, placing us close to a return to the pre-antibiotic era.

14 January 2015
University of Queensland School of Medicine valedictorian Ms Ng with Professor Darrell Crawford, Head of the School of Medicine.

Monica Ng was bitten by the medical bug young – and it has stayed in her bloodstream ever since.

20 December 2014

The controversy ignited by the Australian National University in October, when it decided to sell its shares in seven resources companies, has raised two important questions about divestment from assets such as fossil fuels.

1 December 2014
Ashwin Sadhwani recently travelled to Shanghai and Beijing on university exchange

University of Queensland students looking to broaden their horizons will converge on the St Lucia campus on Tuesday, April 9 to attend the 2013 Global Experiences Expo.

8 April 2013
Team Maunder gets ready to "be brave and shave" in front of crowds at Regatta Hotel to raise funds for the World’s Greatest Shave campaign. (Left in orange, Kane Boucaut, back in blue, Louis Stephen, middle in blue John Maunder and right in orange Mac Alison.) Photo by Kate Bishop.

A University of Queensland medical student suffering from a rare, incurable blood cancer is leading a team with a $60,000 fundraising goal in the World’s Greatest Shave campaign.

14 March 2013

The move to university life can be daunting at first, but this social student group is providing a series of outings and activities to help students to feel welcome in 2013.

13 March 2013
Like humans, giraffes choose who they want to hang out with. Photo taken by UQ's Kerryn Carter of giraffes at Etosha National Park.

Studying social relationships among female giraffes may provide essential information for the management and conservation of the species, a study by The University of Queensland (UQ) has found.

23 January 2013

A University of Queensland researcher today won the $25,000 Centenary Institute, Lawrence Creative Prize (CILC Prize) at a function in Sydney

15 November 2012

Australian and US scientists have developed a new technology for studying the genetics of a common roundworm used to understand nerve development and nerve degeneration.

30 April 2012
“The visual nature of the project will also help bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and public awareness,” Professor Hoegh-Guldberg

A pioneering scientific expedition that will document the health of coral on the Great Barrier Reef will be undertaken as a joint venture between global technology giant Google, the UQ Global Change Institute, not-for-profit organisation Underwater...

23 February 2012
Kathy Brennan

It’s said all good things come to those who wait and this has never been truer than for St Lucia’s Kathy Brennan whose UQ degree has been 48 years in the making.

7 December 2010

Some of Australia’s most prominent authors have contributed to a new book that reveals the literary and historical treasures of The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Fryer Library.

30 November 2010
Sideshow alley at the famous Brisbane Ekka

UQ journalism students will report the fun, sights and stories of the 2010 Brisbane Exhibition alongside Nine News television professionals.

19 July 2010

UQ Professor of Psychology Jolanda Jetten says the quality of a person’s social life could have an even greater impact than diet and exercise on their health and well-being.

9 September 2009
Dolphin in Moreton Bay

A UQ Science student’s research on the bottlenose dolphin population of Moreton Bay is so important, a German TV documentary crew has flown half way round the world to film it.

18 May 2009
An orange fangblenny

Scientists from The University of Queensland have revealed a coral reef fish has been successfully living incognito by using its colour-changing ability.

26 February 2009

A wet and dry fusion of science and art will enchant Brisbane when The University of Queensland’s School of Integrative Biology launches its inaugural Artist-in-Residence exhibition at Waterfront Place in Brisbane city in May.

14 April 2008

Andrea Marshall put everything on the line to follow her African dream to research and save one of the world’s largest manta ray populations.

5 December 2007

People travelling by CityCat between West End and The University of Queensland St Lucia campus on Saturday, December 2 will witness an unusual artwork involving local Indigenous people.

24 November 2006