Research into submarine volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean will lay the groundwork for scientists to map the Earth as it was millions of years ago.

14 February 2011
UniQuest Pty Limited, has appointed Chartered Accountant, Rob Hewitt as its new Chief Financial Officer.

UniQuest Pty Limited, The University of Queensland’s main commercialisation company, has appointed Chartered Accountant, Rob Hewitt, as its new Chief Financial Officer.

9 February 2011

University of Queensland staff, students and alumni have been honoured in the Australia Day awards, featured as Australia Day Ambassadors or became new Australian citizens at ceremonies across the State.

8 February 2011

An extended contract agreement with Queensland company EcoBiotics will see University of Queensland scientist Dr Craig Williams continue to support EcoBiotics’ quest to develop new medical therapies from ancient rainforest species.

7 February 2011

The University of Queensland expresses its concern and sympathy to students, staff and alumni who, with their friends or family, may be affected by Tropical Cyclone Yasi in North Queensland.

4 February 2011

The most complicated human organ goes under the microscope in Auckland later this month with the world’s leading brain researchers arriving to attend the annual Australian Neuroscience Society (ANS) Conference.

24 January 2011

An international team of Australian and Israeli coral geneticists, including scientists from UQ, has found that corals, among the simplest of Earth’s creatures, have some curiously human-like attributes, thanks to shared genes.

20 January 2011

International and Australian students will be back on campus at The University of Queensland this week, with the University making last minute preparations for their return on Thursday, January 20.

18 January 2011
Equine veterinary nurse, Natasha Curlew, checks over the miniature horse foal that was orphaned in the Lockyer Valley floods.

The sick, injured and lost animals that survived the devastating Lockyer Valley flood found refuge at a temporary Noah’s Ark - The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Veterinary Medical Centre at the Gatton campus.

17 January 2011
Master of Commerce student Qi Zhan at UQ St Lucia today, January 16

The University of Queensland is making significant advances in flood recovery with staff working round the clock to restore the St Lucia campus to pristine condition.

16 January 2011

Staff at The University of Queensland (UQ) have begun the massive cleanup with floodwaters retreating from the St Lucia and Gatton campuses this morning.

14 January 2011

Due to flooding, The University of Queensland (UQ) has extended the closure of its St Lucia, Gatton and Ipswich campuses until and including next Wednesday, January 19, 2011.

13 January 2011
Flooding of the UQ Athletics Track.

The University of Queensland (UQ) will remain temporarily closed until and including Wednesday, 19 January 2011.

13 January 2011
Floodwaters over Glasshouse Road at UQ's St Lucia campus. Picture: Geoff Dennis.

Electricity has been reconnected to The University of Queensland’s (UQ) St Lucia campus after a power outage earlier tonight (12/1/2011).

12 January 2011

Summer semester classes have been postponed until further notice at The University of Queensland due to local flooding events across south-east Queensland.

11 January 2011

The University of Queensland Gatton campus is not operational today due to local flooding cutting access for students, staff and visitors.

11 January 2011

The University of Queensland expresses its concern and sympathy to students or staff whose friends or family who may be affected by devastating and extensive flooding in Queensland.

7 January 2011
David LaMotte. Image: Johnno Chen

Recent UQ graduate and former Rotary World Peace Fellow David LaMotte has been appointed to a prestigious committee that selects Nobel Peace Prize nominees.

21 December 2010
David Shaw in the Great Court on his graduation day

One UQ graduate is set to swap the Great Court for the Great Wall, after winning the 2010 ACC AustCham Scholarship in its inaugural year.

21 December 2010
Honours Student, Mirta Zupan, working on the new CCM aquaria. Photo by Dr David Kline.

In a world first, a new ‘state of the art’ climate change experimental facility has been completed at the University of Queensland’s (UQ) Heron Island Research Station.

7 December 2010