Teresa Brown with a patient enrolled in the trial

Head and neck cancer patients stand to benefit from a $55,000 scholarship awarded to a University of Queensland School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences researcher.

1 September 2015

Stand up and be counted: That’s the message from a University of Queensland study that found more time standing could improve blood sugar and cholesterol levels while lowering fats in the blood.

27 August 2015

Do you ever feel guilty about your parenting? UQ Triple P Innovation Precinct Head Mr John Pickering shares his top tips on dealing with parental guilt. Read more on The Conversation and listen to his interview on ABC Sydney 702 at 10am AEST.

13 August 2015

Launching satellites into space could soon be easier and cheaper than ever before, thanks to research at The University of Queensland.

10 August 2015
Terry Starbuck before and after

Terry Starbuck didn’t run for the best part of 30 years before consulting The University of Queensland Nutrition and Dietetics Practice at Ipswich.

24 July 2015

When it comes to the punch, can you rely on an Aussie, a Canadian or an American?

21 July 2015
Nell, SUMMER 2012, Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Winner of 'The University of Queensland National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize 2013

Thirty Australian artists will put their best selves forward in The University of Queensland’s biennial 2015 National Artist’s Self-Portrait Prize.

11 June 2015
Pregnancy: A discrepancy between the ideal and reality has been established as a known trigger for depression and anxiety.

The role that stigma around mental health plays in the stress of a pregnancy – and birth complications - has been thrust into the spotlight by a study from researchers at The University of Queensland.

4 June 2015

A “nightmarish” vision of a future in which technology makes physical education more boring, judgmental and narrow is driving a new study by a University of Queensland academic.

25 May 2015

More than 250 high school students battled it out to take home the title of Queensland’s top sunflower grower at The University of Queensland’s annual Sunflower Competition Weigh-In Day on Tuesday (19 May).

20 May 2015
Jefferson Mac and his guide dog Ice

Psychology graduate Jefferson Mac likes to joke that his orientation work with incoming students at The University of Queensland is a case of “the blind leading the blind”.

11 May 2015
UQ student Patrick Hackett.

University of Queensland student Patrick Hackett lost his luscious locks and celebrity status when he shaved his head as part of the Leukaemia Foundation’s Shave for a Cure just over a year ago.

28 April 2015
Scott Sullivan with QBI Director Professor Perry Bartlett in 2012.

A new Fellowship in motor neuron disease (MND) research has been announced on the first anniversary of the death of campaigner and fundraiser Scott Sullivan.

28 April 2015
The public lecture will reveal how archaeologists traced the remains of trenches and recorded artefact finds.

The 1915 Gallipoli battlefields have been a focus of intense interest for much of the past century, but official archaeological research began there only five years ago.

27 April 2015

Birth weight, the amount of time a mother spends with her child, and the education level of both parents will have more impact on a child than whether they attend a private or public school.

13 April 2015
University of Queensland academics have weighed in on the topic of bullying in school sport.

A new ‎Australian anti-bullying documentary takes the battle to the school-yard, with two University of Queensland academics weighing in on the topic of bullying in school sport.

31 March 2015
Healthy pregnancy

The grandchildren of obese women face a heightened risk of being born and raised to a life of obesity, University of Queensland researchers have found.

26 March 2015

Understanding the frequent emotional and mental struggles involved in weight management and wellbeing is at the heart of a new University of Queensland study.

18 March 2015
Dr Olga Panagiotopoulou

Finding the best method of trimming the feet of captive elephants is the focus of a University of Queensland study to help prevent painful and untreatable foot diseases.

17 March 2015
Associate Professor John Hooper

Brisbane researchers have developed an antibody drug that attacks cancerous ovarian cells and limits the serious side-effects of traditional treatments.

2 March 2015