Australia’s first female Governor-General Her Excellency Dr Quentin Bryce, AC, is The University of Queensland’s Alumnus of the Year for 2008.

24 September 2008

The University of Queensland has paid tribute to its emerging research leaders, awarding more than $800,000 at the annual UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards.

23 September 2008

New UQ volcano research is helping to unlock the mystery surrounding one of the world’s most important tectonic events.

8 August 2008

The University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield has congratulated two Queenslanders with UQ affiliations who tonight will be honoured at the ATSE Clunies Ross Awards at the Sofitel, Brisbane.

14 May 2008

A scramjet experiment involving The University of Queensland as a collaborative partner has safely launched today at the Woomera Test Facility, 500km north of Adelaide.

15 June 2007

The University of Queensland has cemented its reputation as a world-class research and teaching institution, luring five American scholars to study on campus under the prestigious Fulbright Program.

15 February 2007

Seven entrepreneurs will be competing for $100,000 when they pitch their ideas to the judges and public at Enterprize Pitch Day on Friday October 13.

5 October 2006

The University of Queensland has welcomed today’s announcement of an $8.5 million partnership in scramjet development between UQ, the Queensland Government and Boeing.

9 April 2006

The HyShot™ IV experimental scramjet test has been conducted today at the Woomera range, 500km north of Adelaide, South Australia at about 1.10pm local time (CDT).

30 March 2006

The University of Queensland HyShot™ team is bunkered down at Woomera range this week ready for two Defence-managed experimental flights of scramjet technology scheduled for Saturday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 28.

23 March 2006

A scramjet engine developed by British firm QinetiQ will be tested on Saturday, March 25, at the Defence-managed Woomera range at about 12.30pm South Australian local time as part of the HyShot™ experimental flight series.

21 March 2006

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has gifted an advanced rocket launcher to The University of Queensland this week for peaceful, scientific experiments.

20 March 2006

A University of Queensland graduate has reversed the brain drain by returning from NASA to work on air-breathing engines known as scramjets in Brisbane, Australia.

15 February 2006

There are “no secrets to success” in business, according to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the $40 billion US-based The Dow Chemical Company.

15 December 2005

The University of Queensland is making copies of December graduation speeches available at a new podcasting website.

9 December 2005

UQ Ipswich continues to set national benchmarks in the adoption of cutting-edge technology in Australian universities with the upcoming launch of its upgraded wireless network tomorrow.

15 June 2005

Queensland Chief Justice Paul de Jersey will detail the role of theory and philosophy in legal education in Australia when he opens the Australian Legal Philosophy Students Association (ALPSA) 2005 program on Monday (March 14).

10 March 2005

Like bumps in a road, corrugations on a train line can be annoying, costly to fix and dangerous.

22 December 2004

Address by Bob Bishop (Chairman and CEO of Silicon Graphics, Inc.) following his receipt of his Doctor of Science Honoris Causa at the UQ Centre, St Lucia today at 10am.

15 December 2004

After a life in dairy farms, aviation and local government, former Ipswich mayor John Nugent was surprised to hear of his honorary doctorate from The University of Queensland.

6 December 2004