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
UQ Chinese students Julie Wu, Jonnie Wang, Yolanda Li and Stephanie Tan

The huge growth in Chinese tourism to Australia is proving a boon not only to the economy, but also to Chinese UQ students, who are in demand as translators at a luxury island resort off Brisbane’s coast.

2 December 2011

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers and industry partner International Education Services (IES) have globally launched the latest version of LanguageMAPTM: a quick and accurate online English language test.

14 November 2011

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural Brain Awareness Video Contest is University of Queensland’s Shiree Heath, a graduate student in Dr David Copland’s Language Neuroscience Laboratory.

24 October 2011
“Making a Difference”

150 University of Queensland students attended a student forum on “Making a Difference” this month as part of the fifth UQ Latin America colloquium.

29 September 2011

Staff who helped The University of Queensland recover rapidly from flood mode to normal business operations this year are among 65 people recognised as “Miracle Workers” at a special ceremony today, September 29.

27 September 2011
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.

A distinguished Japanese academic from the tsunami-affected region of Fukushima and a Singaporean CEO who has pioneered clean and renewable energy in South East Asia have been announced as joint winners of The University of Queensland 2011...

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

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
UniQuest Pty Limited, has appointed Chartered Accountant, Rob Hewitt as its new Chief Financial Officer.

UniQuest Pty Limited, The University of Queensland’s main commercialisation company, has appointed Chartered Accountant, Rob Hewitt, as its new Chief Financial Officer.

9 February 2011

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.

8 February 2011

International and Australian students will be back on campus at The University of Queensland this week, with the University making last minute preparations for their return on Thursday, January 20.

18 January 2011

The University of Queensland and its main research commercialisation company, UniQuest, congratulate Triple P International on the opening of Australia’s first dedicated Triple P parenting centre in Brisbane this week.

26 November 2010

The University of Queensland topped the nation in the prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowships announced today, being awarded 31 fellowships worth a total of more than $22 million.

17 November 2010
Guests listen to live interpreting in Japanese and Chinese at the opening of the newly refurbished JM Campbell Conference Facility

UQ’s reputation as a global leader in translation and interpreting studies has received a boost with the opening of a high-tech learning space.

17 September 2010

Each time a new building pops up in Brisbane, dinner table conversations, blogs and radio talkback programs come to life with candid criticism and appreciation of architecture.

7 July 2010

The University of Queensland’s decades-long links with an Indigenous group, the Mornington Island Dancers, were strengthened when the group re-visited St Lucia campus recently.

7 July 2010
Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield . . . UQ will always be the people's university

The University of Queensland scooped the pool when Premier Anna Bligh announced the prestigious Queensland Greats Awards today.

3 June 2010

A group of UQ international students are using Facebook, blogs and good old-fashioned advice to help spread the word about studying in Brisbane.

24 May 2010

The long-lost works of one of Australia’s leading early anthropologists have been discovered in the shed of a northern New South Wales cattleman.

30 March 2010