Founder and Executive Director of the Hear and Say program, Dr Dimity Dornan, AM, whose lifetime has been devoted to helping deaf children communicate, has been announced as the 2011 UQ Alumnus of the Year.

5 September 2011

More than 170 technologically minded Queensland primary and secondary school students converged on The University of Queensland (UQ) campus recently to showcase their technological prowess.

22 August 2011

This weekend, August 21-22, The University of Queensland’s UQ Centre at Union Road, St Lucia will be overrun by a number of very talented robots.

18 August 2011
Detail of St Leo's College's new public artwork "Correlate" by Lincoln Austin

The Director of Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art was on hand to officiate an opening of a different kind at St Leo’s College recently.

15 August 2011
The late Professor John Western AM

UQ will host a public lecture next month to honour the legacy of the late Emeritus Professor John Western AM – the founding father of sociology at the University.

10 August 2011
UQ researchers will study how sporting scandals affect sponsors after being awarded a major research fellowship

Two UQ researchers will explore the timely issue of how sports scandals affect sponsoring brands after winning The American Academy of Advertising (AAA) 2011 Research Fellowship.

1 August 2011

A school oval in Vanuatu was transformed into a makeshift dental clinic during a recent visit by a volunteer team from The University of Queensland.

15 July 2011

The first international student has taken part in The University of Queensland's FEAST program to discover career pathways in science and experience University life.

14 July 2011
(L-R) Tosca Santoso, winner of the individual award in 2010, Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield AO, activist Professor David Bellamy OBE and Sharad Sharma, representative of World Comics India, winner of organisation award 2010

Over 50 nominations from 22 countries have been received for The University of Queensland 2011 Communication for Social Change Award, which closed on Friday, 24 June.

29 June 2011

The University of Queensland will launch the newly constructed Newcrest HVAC Laboratory tomorrow night.

27 June 2011

Seven potential cancer therapies are among 50 innovations UniQuest will be marketing in Washington DC at this month's BIO Convention, the largest annual biotechnology event in the world.

23 June 2011

The University of Queensland is advancing its international engagement activities with the development of a formal strategy to expand highly valued linkages and partnerships with American businesses, government bodies, universities and alumni.

23 June 2011

A powerful series of UQ art exhibitions is providing a rare opportunity to discover the human face behind the asylum seeker debate in time for 2011 Refugee Week (June 19–25).

20 June 2011
Coral reef monitoring in the Solomon Islands

A multidisciplinary team from The University of Queensland have produced a new book to help promote sustainability in the Solomon Islands.

17 June 2011
UQ Gatton students at the 2011 Dinner Under the Stars event

Diamantes, bright feathers and superhero masks were all on show recently at the UQ Halls of Residence Dinner Under the Stars event.

15 June 2011

With a share of $100,000 in cash prizes on offer, staff and students from all UQ faculties, institutes and research centres are encouraged to submit their entrepreneurial ideas and inventions in the annual Trailblazer competition run by UQ’s main...

6 June 2011
Mathuja Bavanendrakumar - Winner of the AWA 2011 Australian Stockholm Junior Water Prize. Photo supplied by AWA.

The most prestigious national award for high school water science research has been awarded to UQ student and Queensland Academy of Health Sciences graduate Mathuja Bavanendrakumar.

3 June 2011

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PAY FOR is a new public awareness campaign, to be launched on Wednesday, June 1, designed to raise awareness about the reality of human trafficking in Australia.

30 May 2011
Members of the Asylum and Refugee Law Project including Marissa Dooris (front row, second from left) and Dr Peter Billings (centre)

A project that has helped year 12 high school students to develop a better understanding of Australia’s asylum and refugee policies is the main winner in the 2011 UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Equity and Diversity Awards, announced this evening.

26 May 2011

Triple P Practitioners from The University of Queensland will be running seminars around Queensland for parents who want to better support their children to cope with the state’s natural disasters earlier this year and any triggers that come up in...

11 May 2011