Aerial shot of UQ's St Lucia campus

t'll be a packed schedule for graduations this year, after another tumultuous year. COVID delayed the mid-year ceremonies, so the Great Court and UQ Gatton will host 27 ceremonies between them this month, with 5,500 students to be conferred with...

9 December 2021
Jess sitting on the grass with two dogs each wearing a scarf

Students at The University of Queensland are gaining hands on experience in animal-assisted therapy with the help of Elsa the therapy dog.

8 December 2021
UQ medical students get hands-on training as part of the Central Queensland and Wide Bay Regional Medical Pathway.

One hundred future doctors will be training in the Darling Downs and South West regions within three years - set to ramp up to 120 each year by 2026 - in a partnership between universities and health services.

6 December 2021
An artists impressions showing the the semi-trailer with scanning equipment visible in the trailer

A semi-trailer will be converted into the world’s first mobile lung cancer screening facility to help boost early detection and increase survival rates in rural and remote Queensland where access to specialists is limited.

29 November 2021
Newborn baby wearing a nappy with hands outstretched

The placenta from mothers of healthy newborns could one day be used to reduce brain injury in growth-restricted babies, according to University of Queensland research.

19 November 2021
Dr Harendra Parekh (second from L) and research team looking at module

The University of Queensland has struck a deal with Canadian health and wellness company PreveCeutical Medical which could revolutionise the way patients take medical cannabis.

19 November 2021
An example of native food confectionery creations from past UQ students, including medicinal lozenges flavoured with lemon myrtle, a bunya and boppal brittle, a quandong and burdekin plum sherbet, desert lime jubes and sour lollies from Davidson plums.

Expect more delicious and premium Australian food in fridges across the globe, with the creation of The University of Queensland’s Agri-Food Innovation Alliance.

18 November 2021
Picture of planet with red aura

Scientists have revealed that climate change has already impacted all of Earth’s ‘life zones’ and the effects are set to triple under business-as-usual emissions growth.

16 November 2021
Hand holding chickpea seeds. Supplied by Dr Rajeev Varshney

A massive international research effort has led to development of a genetic model for the ‘ultimate’ chickpea, with the potential to lift crop yields by up to 12 per cent.

11 November 2021
A plane taking-off over water.

New data from The University of Queensland reveals just 51 per cent of Australians plan to travel overseas now that international borders are open.

9 November 2021
Head shot of a man in a black suit.

A senior lecturer at The University of Queensland is gaining international attention for his innovative efforts to change tertiary level teaching and learning with the help of artificial intelligence.

5 November 2021
Group of people standing on stage

Australian Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic representatives are among 34 University of Queensland student-athletes recognised for their sporting achievements at the annual UQ Blues Awards Dinner.

5 November 2021
Woman standing in front of a purple sign.

As a teenager Jemima Hutton never dreamed that she would go to university, let alone study medicine at The University of Queensland.

4 November 2021
Magnifying glass over skin cancer.

University of Queensland researchers will lead the creation of a national blueprint for screening melanoma - one of Australia’s most common and deadly cancers.

3 November 2021
Burning fossil fuels

All eyes will be on Glasgow over the first two weeks of November as world leaders meet at the most important international climate summit in the past decade.

2 November 2021
Woman sitting in front of a microphone smiling.

Until she attended a careers information fair, final-year University of Queensland journalism student Sarah Richards thought teaching art was where her future lay.

1 November 2021
A book with gilt title.

A 200-year-old vampire has been found in a University of Queensland library.

31 October 2021
Luminating composite glasses

Cracked phone screens could become a thing of the past thanks to breakthrough research conducted at The University of Queensland.

29 October 2021
Head shot of Dr Dan Watterson with his arms folded across his chest, and the lab behind

The University of Queensland’s Associate Professor Dan Watterson has been awarded a $1.25 million CSL Centenary Fellowship to research accelerated pandemic treatments.

28 October 2021
2022 Queensland Rhodes Scholar Tahlia Smith

University of Queensland alumnus Tahlia Smith will be heading to Oxford after being named Queensland's 2022 Rhodes Scholar.

27 October 2021