Photo of a barramundi fish

The University of Queensland and industry, business and community partners will collaborate on research projects worth more than $24 million, under the latest round of Australian Research Council Linkage Projects grants.

27 June 2014
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The Chief Judge of the District Court of Queensland and the founder of a national chemist chain are among prominent University of Queensland alumni recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

10 June 2014
Professor Janeen Baxter will head up the new centre. The successful bid was led by the UQ’s Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR).

The University of Queensland (UQ) will lead a new, multi-million dollar Centre of Excellence aiming to break the cycle of social disadvantage felt across generations within families.

17 December 2013

Research designed to help patients with cancer, schizophrenia, stroke and depression features among projects that were today awarded new funding at The University of Queensland.

23 October 2013

Nobel Award-winning scientist, Laureate Professor and UQ Alumni Peter Doherty returned to his alma mater this week to highlight the importance of philanthropy with guests at the annual Peter Goodenough Memorial Lecture.

19 June 2013

A worldwide consortium of medical researchers and social scientists has found tiny changes to a person's genetic sequence are associated with educational level.

30 May 2013
Kari Gobius (father), Ilan Gobius and Peter Meares (grandfather) together represent three generations of PhD graduates from The University of Queensland.

Graduating with a PhD from The University of Queensland has become a family tradition for Ilan Gobius, her father and grandfather.

19 December 2012

Climate change, threats to our migratory shorebirds and polarisation - a type of light that humans cannot see - will be studied by University of Queensland researchers announced as prestigious Queensland-Smithsonian Fellows tonight.

26 November 2012

A University of Queensland researcher today won the $25,000 Centenary Institute, Lawrence Creative Prize (CILC Prize) at a function in Sydney

15 November 2012

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
Author Melissa Bellanta.

A new book reveals the links between Australia’s first larrikins and today’s rebellious youth on the streets of Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

14 May 2012
Professor Lorraine Mazerolle (left) and Dr Sarah Bennett

In a world-first trial, criminology researchers at The University of Queensland have tested the theory of procedural justice in policing and found that respectful dialogue with citizens during routine encounters makes a big difference to the way...

19 December 2011
Mitjili Napurrula's "Uwalki – Watiya Tjuta" (2005), part of the Painting Country exhibition. Image reproduced courtesy of the artist. Photo: Carl Warner

UQ’s evolving collection of Indigenous art will be on show from this Saturday as curtains close on NAIDOC Week 2011.

7 July 2011

New research highlighting coastal locations where coral can better withstand rising sea temperatures, a leading cause of stress to coral reefs, may guide efforts to conserve the largest living structures on Earth.

24 November 2010

Developing a cervical cancer vaccine and watching it start protecting millions of young women worldwide is more than most researchers would hope for in a lifetime.

29 June 2010

Continued robust use of coal and broad deployment of clean coal technologies is crucial for Australia’s energy and economic future, according to a multi-disciplinary study released today by The University of Queensland (UQ): “Coal and the...

28 October 2009
(from left) Craig McDermott, Harshad Khadiwale, Craig Philipson and Bruce Reid

International cricket has come to The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus.

2 July 2009

UQ forestry researcher Dr Peter Dart witnessed climate change first hand as he waded through knee deep water in Hanoi, Vietnam, to get to the office to prepare course materials for an Australian Government-funded symposium and workshop.

9 December 2008

To celebrate the 2009 centenary of Robert Helpmann’s birth, University of Queensland Press (UQP) has recently published Robert Helpmann: A Servant of Art by Anna Bemrose.

17 November 2008

UQ medical graduate and US-based pediatric researcher, Dr Lane Strathearn, has found a baby's smile can trigger much more than just a fuzzy feeling for a new mother.

8 July 2008