In a ground-breaking study, tiny sound recorders will be set up near the nests of south-eastern red-tailed black-cockatoos to monitor the nesting habits of the endangered species.

7 September 2017
Brenda L. Croft  Self–portrait on country (Wave Hill), 24 June 2014

Fifty-one years after the historic Wave Hill Walk-Off sparked the national land rights movement, an exhibition exploring the event is on show at the UQ Art Museum.

8 August 2017
Mr Andrew N. Liveris AO

One of the world’s foremost international business leaders will address hundreds of people at a Brisbane event in July.

26 June 2017
Daniel Innes with a resident ... "every morning the stereo went on and I was on my feet, being led around the make-shift dancefloor"

University of Queensland physiotherapy student Daniel Innes can list salsa dancing as one of his skills when he graduates next year.

21 April 2017

A University of Queensland academic who helped invent the term “glass cliff” has celebrated its appearance on the Oxford Dictionaries 2016 Word of the Year shortlist.

18 November 2016
Professor Xue Li ... his analysis is based on data from the previous 24 hours’ social media

A University of Queensland computer scientist who harvests social media to accurately predict election results says he can confidently call next week’s United States election.

4 November 2016
Professor Andreas Obermair (right) and the team

The Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer (QCGC) Research has paid tribute to women who participate in clinical trials, ahead of a patient symposium on research outcomes.

11 August 2016
UQ's SafeZone app

The University of Queensland is harnessing mobile technology to improve student and staff safety.

15 February 2016
Ben Heim (left) and Connor D’Netto in St John's Cathedral

Brisbane’s St John’s Cathedral and the Spring Hill Reservoirs are set to be transformed for a series of “immersive concerts” created and produced by a University of Queensland duo.

15 February 2016
Emeritus Professor Ken Collerson with his beloved bike in UQ's Great Court.

For most people, cycling up a mountain at full speed sounds like anything but fun, but for 70-year-old UQ Emeritus Professor Ken Collerson “the burn” is an almost daily addiction.

11 February 2016
Sir David Attenborough, as he appears while introducing the interactive website

University of Queensland scientific research on the Great Barrier Reef is in the international spotlight with this week’s launch of an interactive website to complement a BBC television series to be released on 30 December.

23 December 2015
Sally McGrouther

Sally McGrouther has every reason – in fact 25,000 of them – to feel special at her Science graduation ceremony at The University of Queensland on Saturday at 10am.

11 December 2015

An international research team led by University of Queensland scientists has returned from the Great Barrier Reef with historical insights that could predict how the reef will respond to future environmental change.

21 October 2015
From left: Shona Wood, Emy Huntsman, Dominique Fraser, Mikaya Ivanov, Declan Scott.

They may be graduating from The University of Queensland next week, but five valedictorians are already proving themselves to be change-makers off-campus.

17 July 2015
Author Gail Wiltshire.

A University of Queensland graduate’s thesis has inspired a play destined for the theatres of Europe, with shows scheduled for London and Vienna over the next two years.

15 July 2015
Beach flags.

New research shows more powerful communication materials are needed to deter tourists who consistently misjudge their risk of drowning on Queensland’s beaches.

7 May 2015
Ben Quilty Self Portrait Dead (Over The Hills And Far Away) 2007. Collection of The University of Queensland. Gift of the Margaret Hannah Olley Foundation, 2007. Reproduced courtesy of the artist and Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane.

Five University of Queensland students will debut as curators in a series of exhibitions opening at the UQ Art Museum on Friday, 17 April.

10 April 2015
Flying a plane through virtual-reality goggles

Fun virtual-reality goggles that allow patients to fly a digitised plane are being used to combat neck pain.

20 March 2015
Students learn from a Taichi master’s demonstration during Chinese New Year celebrations

A Confucius classroom to promote Chinese language and culture will open at Innisfail’s Good Counsel College on Friday (20 February) thanks to a University of Queensland initiative.

19 February 2015

Australia’s long-running literary flagship program – Poetica on Radio National (RN) – is slated for axing in 2015. It’s one more casualty of the cuts to the ABC budget, announced last week. For the first time since 1946, ABC Radio will be without a...

1 December 2014