Beauty is in the eye of beholder, or a few hundred psychologists, as will be the case during an international conference in Bristol, England from June 22 – 23.

4 June 2010
"Dream job" winner Niquel Rhoden experiences the beauty of New Zealand up close

Nicquel Rhoden may have returned to Australia, but part of her mind is still in New Zealand, where she climbed through caves, overcame her fear of bungy jumping and even swam with sharks.

2 June 2010
Jonathan Wei's winning entry

UQ Mechanical and Aerospace engineering student Jonathan Wei has put his design skills to good purpose to win the UQ 2010 Diversity Week Design Competition.

27 May 2010
Sunflowers

Year 10 students from Goondiwindi State High School tipped the scales with a sunflower weighing in at 1.837kg proving they have mastered the science of growing plants.

26 May 2010

The University of Queensland's Confucius Institute hosted the heats of an international Chinese language and knowledge competition last week.

19 May 2010

UQ will kick off National Archaeology Week by presenting one of the world’s leading experts on the ancient environment of the Amazon.

7 May 2010

Researchers from The University of Queensland are recruiting participants from central Queensland to trial a new technology aimed at helping patients manage Type 2 Diabetes.

27 April 2010
Dr Abdullah Mamun

Women who gain excessive weight during pregnancy are more likely to be overweight or obese 21 years after giving birth, UQ research has found.

16 April 2010

The witches of Macbeth have never looked quite like those currently rehearsing at Borallon prison.

14 April 2010

Two of Australia’s most promising water polo players have jointly won the University of Queensland Sportsman of the Year Award.

22 March 2010

Olympic and Commonwealth Games athletes are among those who will be honoured at a gala event this Friday night at Hillstone, St Lucia.

18 March 2010

The University of Queensland’s annual Sunflower Competition hosted by the School of Land, Crop and Food Sciences (LCAFS) is once again looking to be a success with over 45 high schools having registered from as far north as Cooktown Qld to Griffith...

18 February 2010

University of Queensland research has shown “canecutter’s” disease is a growing problem for travellers.

16 February 2010

A University of Queensland study has found that women who live with a partner gain more weight than those without a partner or child.

8 January 2010

World Heritage listing can be a double-edged sword, a researcher from The University of Queensland’s School of Tourism has found.

22 December 2009

The University of Queensland today received more than $360,000 in Government funding to further strengthen research linkages with China.

18 December 2009

The Cooperative Research Centre for Sugar Industry Innovation through Biotechnology (CRC SIIB) based at UQ St Lucia has announced another year of strong progress in providing new and diverse opportunities for the Australian sugarcane industry.

20 November 2009
UQ medical student Bayden Sales checks on Tamasipini Palenapa, 5, at Apia Hospital. Photo Bruce Long, The Courier-Mail

A group of UQ medical students have sprung into action in the wake of the Samoan tsunami, raising $2000 in a distinctly Australian way before heading to the island nation for a month-long internship.

20 October 2009

Help for those with type 2 diabetes is only a phone call away, thanks to a research team from UQ’s Centre for Online Health.

16 October 2009

Two UQ physicists have taken to the big screen to explain how the weird and wonderful world of quantum principles is being tamed to advance our future technologies.

15 October 2009