University of Queensland President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj and Hanban Director-General Madam Xu Lin in China this week.

A key global organisation for Chinese scholarship and culture has added The University of Queensland’s President and Vice-Chancellor to its senior consultancy board.

14 November 2013
Exotic lies and sacred ties (the heart that conceals, the tongue that never reveals) 2008installation: pastel, pencil, glitter, Swarovski crystal and wash on paper, framed, with mosaic china, taxidermy and painted wood 325 x 325 x 130 cm variableCollection of The University of Queensland, purchased 2009

A decade of artwork by leading contemporary artist Danie Mellor is the focus of The University of Queensland Art Museum exhibition Danie Mellor: Exotic Lies Sacred Ties, opening on 31 January 2014.

3 October 2013

Creativity and genius are commonly seen as attributes of an individual, but new research indicates the role played by the surrounding group may be just as important.

3 October 2013
Professor Maree Smith . . . has two game-changing pain therapies close to being available on the global market

A vaccine against cervical cancer, a global parenting program, new forms of pain relief, better yielding crops and improved medical imaging are some of many high-impact outcomes of University of Queensland research.

19 September 2013

Eight researchers and two research supervisors working across a range of disciplines were celebrated at a University of Queensland awards ceremony tonight.

17 September 2013

About 300 South East Queensland primary school students will take part in activities ranging from crime scene investigations, dancing, and robotics at The University of Queensland St Lucia campus on 15 September.

27 August 2013
Professor Lu (right) received his award from Premier Campbell Newman

The State Government has recognised The University of Queensland’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Max Lu, and prominent UQ alumna Dr Dimity Dornan, for their significant contributions to society.

31 May 2013

A research laboratory using advanced imaging techniques and computational analysis to understand brain behaviour is being established as a joint initiative between The University of Queensland (UQ) and The Institute of Automation at the Chinese...

21 March 2013

Students and staff passionate about exchanging extraordinary ideas have secured top speakers for The University of Queensland’s first ever TEDx event on March 23.

7 March 2013
Screening for bacteria just got speedier

Chicken meat and other foods will be able to be screened for bacteria even faster and more effectively than ever, thanks to breakthrough nanobiotechnology research.

14 January 2013

The University of Queensland was today awarded more than $51 million in National Health and Medical Research Council grants that will fund research projects investigating health issues such as cystic fibrosis, respiratory illness in Indigenous...

19 October 2012

The University of Queensland’s School of Tourism is strengthening ties with one of the most prestigious universities in China after hosting a delegation of prominent academics from the School of Tourism Management at Sun Yat-Sen University.

4 October 2012

Discover some of the career-defining moments discussed at The University of Queensland’s School of Tourism’s 4th annual Executive Discussion Panel.

18 September 2012

The University of Queensland has been ranked as one of the world's top 50 universities for the ninth year in a row in the QS World University Rankings released today in Dublin.

11 September 2012

The University of Queensland is giving Brisbane foodies a chance to stretch their culinary skills in a Chinese cooking course featuring distinguished chefs from across Australia.

3 September 2012

A University of Queensland animal welfare researcher tonight won the 2012 Australian Museum Voiceless Eureka Prize for Scientific Research that contributes to Animal Protection.

28 August 2012

American Studies scholars from Australia, New Zealand and around the world converge in Brisbane today to discuss topics ranging from cultural history to the American dream.

2 July 2012

Leading mathematicians from across the world will converge at The University of Queensland next week to shed light on some key areas of contemporary mathematics.

28 June 2012

Opening ceremony of the 2012 AMSI/ANU/UQ Winter School on Geometric Partial Differential Equations (July 2-13, 2012)

25 June 2012
This painting by Michael Zavros, portraying a thoroughbred horse draped with the skin of a panther, features at the ANIMAL/HUMAN exhibition at the UQ Art Museum. The exhibition explores the animal-human relationship.

Visitors to a new exhibition at The University of Queensland Art Museum will come face-to-face with animals and be prompted to consider how we relate with them.

4 May 2012