Talking science, sport and superbugs during Antibiotic Awareness Week

Superbug-infested waters posed a major health threat to sporting superstars at this year's Rio Olympic Games.

14 November 2016
The research focused exclusively on recreational bodybuilders, to understand how their motivations to use drugs, and patterns of use.

Prohibition is failing to curb recreational bodybuilders’ use of performance and image-enhancing drugs, and the policy is sexist and causes harm, according to participants in a first-of-its-kind University of Queensland study.

9 November 2016

The University of Queensland’s Professor John McGrath has won a prestigious international fellowship in the Niels Bohr Professorship Program in Denmark to continue his ground-breaking research into schizophrenia.

7 November 2016
Great Court carvings ... agile wallaby frieze; UQ sculptor John Muller; and November lily roundel.

The Great Court at The University of Queensland is “a secret Brisbane doesn’t know it has”, says the editor of a new guide to the St Lucia landmark.

3 November 2016
Blue coral snake: photo by Tom Charlton

One of the world’s most beautiful and venomous snakes has a venom unlike that of any other snake, research involving University of Queensland scientists has revealed.

31 October 2016

The University of Queensland has secured $13.95 million over five years from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to help tackle some of the world’s biggest health challenges.

27 October 2016

University of Queensland neuroscientists have found the major cause of a common developmental brain disorder.

12 October 2016

Treatment with scanning ultrasound has already been proven to reverse Alzheimer’s disease in mice, and now it appears it could also slow down ageing in healthy brains, according to University of Queensland research.

12 October 2016
UQ's SafeZone app

The University of Queensland works hard to ensure the safety of all students, staff and visitors who attend its campuses.

9 October 2016

I refer to Fossil Fuel UQ’s briefing paper “Fossil Fuel Divestment and The University of Queensland” and attendance at the April and August Senate meetings.

7 October 2016
The zika team

University of Queensland experts will head to Brazil and Colombia to join the frontline in the battle against zika virus by sharing research expertise in mapping emerging disease hot-spots and identifying at-risk communities.

5 October 2016
Master the skills of innovation, enterprise and advocacy with UQ’s Create Change Masterclasses

The University of Queensland is delivering on its commitment to develop game changing graduates by offering a series of online learning opportunities - the Create Change Masterclasses.

4 October 2016

A treatment developed at The University of Queensland to control sewer odour and corrosion is set for the international market.

29 September 2016

If you’re a leader who wants to be perceived as charismatic, you’re better off dead.

22 September 2016

The University of Queensland has joined the Universities Australia and the Australian Human Rights Commission to conduct a broad-reaching survey of students and their experiences of sexual harassment.

19 September 2016
The winners were announced at a ceremony on Tuesday night.

Projects spanning social welfare, diabetes, climate change and schizophrenia featured at the University of Queensland’s $592,187 Research Week awards last night.

14 September 2016
The CashCow project demonstrated the potential of electronic monitoring of herd performance

Meat & Livestock Australia is funding new research led by The University of Queensland aimed at reducing foetal and calf loss in beef cattle breeding herds across northern Australia.

12 September 2016
University of Queensland School of Pharmacy researcher Dr Harendra Parekh.

University of Queensland School of Pharmacy researcher Dr Harendra Parekh will host a morbid but fascinating discussion at the upcoming event Murder in Brisbane – The Science of Life and Death.

2 September 2016
Classes were held in various hastily adapted buildings across the city, until the purpose-built Mayne Medical School at Herston was officially opened in 1939.

Generations of the state’s doctors have started their medical careers at The University of Queensland, which is celebrating 80 years of medicine in 2016.

29 August 2016

Research from The University of Queensland could lead to a new treatment for Parkinson’s disease, with future potential applications to nearly 50 other disorders.

27 August 2016