The world’s best athletes may steal the spotlight at the Olympic Games in Beijing, but sporting champions from 2500 years ago still live on at the University of Queensland.

1 August 2008

University of Queensland researchers are seeking volunteers who have regular colds to participate in a project.

13 June 2008

Two hundred secondary school students from Queensland and Northern New South Wales will compete in The University of Queensland's sunflower competition at the Gatton Campus tomorrow Friday, June 6.

5 June 2008

A Swiss marine biologist and an Australian quantum physicist have found that a species of shrimp from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, can see a world invisible to all other animals.

14 May 2008

UQ research into a work-sponsored parenting program, Workplace Triple P, indicates that helping employees balance work and family commitments brings significant benefits for businesses and families.

12 May 2008

A new field in mathematics called percolation has emerged and one University of Queensland researcher has his cup ready to go.

7 May 2008

Ecologists are weighing up the costs of conserving global biodiversity with a new study.

29 April 2008

A public lecture to be held at UQ this week will offer an explanation as to why, despite being one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world, Australia has one of the highest rates of lifestyle diseases.

8 April 2008

University of Queensland researchers are leading the charge in adapting drug dosing to a society that is changing shape.

10 March 2008

University of Queensland literacy expert, Dr Carol Christensen, has accepted a personal invitation from Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon to drive the state’s Literacy Action Plan.

6 March 2008

Rising sea levels from global warming will threaten the livelihoods and homes of more than 200,000 people who live on coral atolls in coming generations.

3 March 2008

A photograph of Jodie Meares – before she became the first Mrs James Packer and swimsuit designer Jodhi Meares – performing an underwater high jump is among the highlights of photographer Craig Holmes’s exhibition Water Line.

25 February 2008

Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) scientists have found another important clue to why nerve cells die in neurodegenerative diseases, based on studies of the developing brain.

6 February 2008

Health loss caused by type 2 diabetes will more than double in Australia by 2023, as health loss from most other major causes falls, according to new research by The University of Queensland’s (UQ) School of Population Health.

11 January 2008

Students from UQ's Gatton Campus have defended State pride this month, announced as the overall winners of the annual "State of Origin Chicken Challenge".

4 December 2007

The impact of climate change on health and the link between socio-economic status and food choices will be some of the topics discussed by the world’s leading public health nutritionists meeting in Brisbane this week.

26 November 2007

With the help of an innovative new machine, University of Queensland researchers are gaining an important insight into the way babies grow and how certain factors affect their development.

26 November 2007

The Director of General Surgery at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Dr Daryl Wall (AM) will give a free public lecture at UQ’s St Lucia campus next week.

21 November 2007

The University of Queensland’s elite athletes and officials were honoured recently at the 2007 Blues and Sports Awards dinner.

12 November 2007

UQ Business School academic, Dr Darren Lee, was one of eight experts from around the world dispelling the myth that responsible investments were doomed to under-perform.

9 November 2007