The Courting the Greats event celebrated UQ's alumni community and paid tribute to exceptional alumni who have achieved distinction in their chosen fields and recognition among their peers.

Academic, lecturer and lawyer Dr Kala Mulqueeny is the 2011 University of Queensland Young Alumnus of the Year.

27 September 2011

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

Research undertaken by legal academics from The University of Queensland suggests that Australia is right to act with caution in dealing with Sharia law.

20 July 2011

A new collaborative initiative to deal with water technology issues in the minerals industry in Australia is one of 15 successful applications in two new University of Queensland internal fellowship schemes to foster research excellence.

11 April 2011

This will be the final daily update ahead of the campus re-opening tomorrow Thursday, January 20, when business as usual resumes at the University.

19 January 2011

Details on today's progress in UQ recovery

18 January 2011

Queensland’s first Indigenous doctor, Associate Professor Noel Hayman, has been named Queensland’s Australian of the Year for 2011.

19 November 2010

Placing speed cameras on roads reduces the number of road traffic injuries and deaths, according to a new study by University of Queensland and QIMR researchers.

4 October 2010

Students from UQ’s TC Beirne School of Law are being sought by one of Japan’s leading law firms for legal editor positions in 2011.

31 March 2010

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.

27 January 2010

The University of Queensland's launch of queenslandplaces.com.au - a database of all major settlements in Queensland — will be held at the University's St Lucia campus on Monday, December 7.

1 December 2009

UQ’s Gatton campus hosted the 17th Annual Rural Management and Agribusiness dinner this month, allowing the graduating class to celebrate with key industry representatives.

30 November 2009

The University of Queensland is talking Modernities in a one-day symposium on November 27 aimed at discussing the evolving interdisciplinary field of modernist studies.

12 November 2009

Australian canola farmers are one step closer to protecting their crops from a devastating disease thanks to a researcher from The University of Queensland.

24 September 2009
2009 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award winners

The University of Queensland has paid tribute to its emerging research leaders, awarding $685,000 at the annual UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards tonight (Tuesday, September 22).

22 September 2009
Kathryn Zealand

In just one and a half years, one University of Queensland physics student has completed her Bachelor of Science degree – that’s only half the time it usually takes.

20 August 2009

UQ will host a free public forum on April 23, to discuss the areas of Queensland law that present difficulties for Muslims living in Queensland.

8 April 2009

Indigenous students will have even more reason to choose to study at The University of Queensland from next year, with Emmanuel College launching a scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

4 August 2008

The University of Queensland will turn off its lights for one hour at 8pm on March 29 for Earth Hour.

5 March 2008

Molecular biologists at UQ’s Advanced Wastewater Management Centre (AWMC) will link with leading European researchers to advance a revolutionary “fast sludge” process after receiving $823,00 in Federal Government funding.

28 August 2007