The great religious, political and economic upheaval of the early medieval era has been the topic of conversation at a meeting of international scholars at The University of Queensland this week.

27 April 2012
Chilean engineering student Samuel Valdes (right) discusses a research project with Professor Paul Strooper, Head of School, Information Technology and Electrical Engineering.

A trip to Brisbane has given a group of ambitious Chilean engineering students a new understanding of the role that research and commercialisation will play in their future careers.

26 April 2012

Around 170 young Australians will spend a day learning about the complex issues surrounding humanitarian law (the law of armed conflict), forced migration and seeking asylum at a conference hosted by The University of Queensland's TC Beirne School...

10 April 2012
One of the striking images from the Beijing Hao! exhibition at UQ Art Museum, on until June 3. The exhibition features works from six photomedia artists working in and around Beijing.

An exhibition of Chinese photomedia is expected to attract an audience familiar with its themes among the many Chinese students at The University of Queensland.

3 April 2012
“We’re excited to be bringing our distinctive brand of hospitality to The University of Queensland”

A new café specializing in Italian food has opened at the UQ Tennis Centre, Blair Drive, St Lucia.

30 March 2012
Manager James Donaldson in the new “atmospheric” and accessible RD Milns Antiquities Museum.

A more “atmospheric” museum space in a busy part of campus is expected to attract more visitors than ever to the university’s collection of ancient relics.

23 March 2012

UQ students and members of the wider community are currently being recruited for a unique archaeological fieldwork experience taking place in Africa in July.

13 March 2012
Laura-Jane Dunne and Pat Clark, Down Syndrome Ireland CEO at the launch of Latch-On in the Republic of Ireland.

The University of Queensland has taken a significant step in introducing its highly successful literacy program, Latch-On, to the world beyond Australia.

5 March 2012
The new Gatton Research Dairy is the only facility of its kind in Australia, focused on a sub-tropical feed base

Huge benefits will flow to the dairy industry from a new $7 million research centre that was officially opened at Gatton today.

5 March 2012

Vietnam’s version of Oprah Winfrey, Bui Thu Thuy, hopes her upcoming PhD research at UQ will improve educational television programs targeting vulnerable groups in her home country.

28 February 2012
School of Tourism students with Dr Richard Robinson, Mr Neil Scanlan and Mr Gavin Wheeler at the Novotel Brisbane

UQ School of Tourism students recently had the exclusive opportunity to experience the culture and workings of an international hotel from an insider’s perspective, staying as live-in guests and participating in immersion style classes at Accor...

10 February 2012

Professor Jason Mattingley, Foundation Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience at The University of Queensland, released his findings into ‘brain waves’ at the Australian Neuroscience Society’s (ANS) annual conference last week.

7 February 2012

Want to know why sports fans get so worked up when they think the referee has wrongly called their teams’ pass forward, their player offside, or their serve as a fault?

1 February 2012
Philanthropist, Dr Graeme Wood, was awarded a Member (AM) in the General Division, for service to business, particularly the tourism industry, and through philanthropic support for young people and tertiary education institutions in Queensland. Dr Wood is the Founder and Chairman, University of Queensland Endowment Fund (UQef).

University of Queensland staff, students and alumni have been honoured in the Australia Day awards, featured as Australia Day Ambassadors or became new Australian citizens at ceremonies across the State.

26 January 2012
The Gold Dust rice flower was launched to highlight not only the hardiness of the Australian spirit on Australia Day this year, but also that Australian native plants can be used to bring colour to gardens in all seasons.

A new native plant variety developed by The University of Queensland (UQ)’s Dr Dion Harrison, in partnership with the Centre for Native Floriculture, has been launched to commemorate this year’s Australia Day celebrations.

16 January 2012

The University of Queensland's (UQ) Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT) has performed extremely well in the latest round of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Project grants.

16 December 2011
Professor Robert Parton, from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, is leading a $7.1 million research project to study the mechanisms behind healthy cells transforming into cancerous cells.

Cutting-edge research that aims to stop the transformation of healthy cells into cancerous cells is one of nine prestigious grants and scholarships awarded to health and medical researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ).

15 December 2011
From L-R: Alexandra Wolhuter; Anna Charles; Brooke Thompson; Catherine Drummond and Lindsay Collins

The plight of child soldiers and the mistreatment of Australian POW's during WWII are 2 situations used to illustrate the principles of humanitarian law.

5 December 2011

A team of first-year engineering students from The University of Queensland (UQ) have won the State finals of the 2011 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Challenge.

29 November 2011

University of Queensland researchers from the School of Human Movement Studies have together scooped four of the fourteen prestigious 2011 Australian Sports Medicine Federation Fellows Awards (ASMF Fellow Awards).

16 November 2011