a man in a check shirt leans against a window in which he is reflected

Indigenous Elders, senior figures in Queensland law and leaders in education are among The University of Queensland’s seven 2022 Honorary Award recipients.

15 December 2022
A man sitting on a chair receiving ultrasound treatment on his head in a lab. Two ultrasound technicians are behind him.

A pioneering treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, developed at The University of Queensland, is being tested in a small safety trial underway in Brisbane. 

13 December 2022
Chuck and Helga Feeney sitting down and smiling. Helga has her arm across Chuck's shoulders.

Throughout the 2000s, The Atlantic Philanthropies gave more than $100 million to UQ to help establish several UQ institutes and centres.

27 July 2022
Feeney Way sign in front of building

A University of Queensland landmark has been named in honour of extraordinary philanthropist Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney, whose generosity permanently changed Australia’s research landscape and led to many research discoveries.

27 July 2022
Sheep grazing in a paddock.

Tiny nanoparticles less than a thousandth of a millimetre in size are providing a promising new method to protect sheep against deadly flystrike, according to University of Queensland research.

30 June 2022
An old Queenslander house overlooking grass and a garden

UQ’s new student residential building, named in honour of Kev Carmody, offers independent living for an additional 610 students at St Lucia campus.

9 May 2022
A small white plastic device being held to a man's forehead

A skin microbiopsy device developed by researchers at The University of Queensland, that takes tissue samples smaller than 0.5mm in diameter, could change the way skin cancers and other skin conditions are diagnosed and monitored.

19 April 2022
Coral skeleton rubble.

Stabilising reef rubble may help corals recover faster after being damaged by the impacts of climate change and natural degradation.

2 December 2021
Head shot of Dr Dan Watterson with his arms folded across his chest, and the lab behind

The University of Queensland’s Associate Professor Dan Watterson has been awarded a $1.25 million CSL Centenary Fellowship to research accelerated pandemic treatments.

28 October 2021
Headshot of Professor Leanne Hides

Increasing access to cost effective, evidence-based treatment for alcohol and drug use is the focus of a University of Queensland-led Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council.

24 September 2021

Queenslanders could have skin cancer diagnosed earlier using world-first 3D scanning technology with the launch of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation Australian Centre of Excellence in Melanoma Imaging and Diagnosis.

13 September 2021
An arch of UQ's sandstone walls around the Great Court

University of Queensland researchers are among finalists in the 2021 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes. Projects in Science, Business and Humanities have been nominated for the event which is known as the ‘Oscars’ of Australian science.

2 September 2021
Black-coloured funnel web spider on a white background

A potentially life-saving treatment for heart attack victims has been discovered from a very unlikely source – the venom of one of the world’s deadliest spiders.

16 July 2021
Sir Llew Edwards in UQ's Great Court

The University of Queensland today pays tribute to one of the most influential figures in the history of the University and the State, the Honourable Sir Llew Edwards AC.

26 May 2021
David Craik standing in a greenhouse, surrounded by plants

The University of Queensland’s Professor David Craik has been elected as a Fellow of the oldest learned society in the world, the Royal Society, for his outstanding contribution to science.

7 May 2021
Amritesh Kumar Maurya with his parents

An Indian student who grew up in a slum in Delhi will have access to an international education thanks to The University of Queensland’s partnership with Asha – an Indian non-profit organisation which improves the lives of slum dwellers.

21 April 2021

The winners of the 2020 UQ Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Learning have been announced and celebrated at a ceremony held at Customs House.

16 March 2021
Sarah Kendall, Professor Peter Greste, Richard Murray and Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh ... advocating for a “journalism-based exemption from criminality”. Photo: UQ.

Journalists must be protected from prosecution in a much-needed overhaul of Australia’s Espionage Act 2018, according to a group of academics pushing for reform.

1 March 2021
No credible evidence or data exists to suggest asylum seekers are a security risk to Australia. Getty image.

University of Queensland researchers have debunked the theory that asylum seekers pose a terrorism threat in Australia.

3 November 2020

A dietary fat supplement could improve the prognosis and quality of life for the 40 Australian children living with the incurable degenerative disease Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T).

21 July 2020