From left: Shona Wood, Emy Huntsman, Dominique Fraser, Mikaya Ivanov, Declan Scott.

They may be graduating from The University of Queensland next week, but five valedictorians are already proving themselves to be change-makers off-campus.

17 July 2015
Nell, SUMMER 2012, Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Winner of 'The University of Queensland National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize 2013

Thirty Australian artists will put their best selves forward in The University of Queensland’s biennial 2015 National Artist’s Self-Portrait Prize.

11 June 2015

TEDxUQ returns tomorrow for its third annual installment of sharing “ideas worth spreading” at The University of Queensland.

22 May 2015
Dr Martin Luther King Jr ... Dr Hutch met him during a civil rights worker training program in Atlanta, Georgia.

Venturing into the “deep south” of the United States as a civil rights worker in the summer of 1965 was life-changing for Richard Hutch, then a New York college boy.

18 May 2015

Young Australians often underestimate the importance of having a will and fail to plan ahead, according to the results of a national study.

7 April 2015
More than 350 private and government organisations will take part in the University of Queensland Careers Fair.

More than 350 private and government organisations will take part in the University of Queensland Careers Fair on Wednesday 25 March.

20 March 2015
300 students are expected to attend the event.

A group of 300 high-achieving students from years one to seven will attend a full day of intellectually stimulating workshops at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia Campus on Sunday 29 March.

20 February 2015
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman being interviewed by the media. Credit: Wikipedia.

Much of the credit for the LNP’s political revival belongs to the strategists driving a remarkable rebranding strategy, dubbed “Operation Boring”.

27 January 2015
Farmers in Sussundenga planting maize at the start of the rainy season

A Brisbane researcher is harnessing colour-coding techniques to overcome communications barriers while working to improve summer crop productivity in Australia and Africa.

16 January 2015
Crested Tern with chick (Sterna bergii): Photo Stuart Cohen/Office of Environment and Heritage

A University of Queensland researcher has led the development of an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) green list of the world’s best-managed protected areas.

10 December 2014

The SBS/Blackfella Films production First Contact amassed nearly 1 million viewers, while the program’s Twitter hashtag #FirstContactSBS trended worldwide.

21 November 2014

Three million Australian adults – 15 per cent of the population – struggle through spring and summer with watery eyes, running nose, itchy throat and the hallmark hay fever symptom, sneezing.

17 November 2014
About one in ten people released from prison has an intellectual disability. Jes, CC BY-SA

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) promises to deliver better support to the one in five Australians living with a disability. But what about those inside prison or who have just left prison? Will the NDIS look after them too, or keep...

3 November 2014

Affordable housing and low-cost dengue vaccines are among seven University of Queensland research projects recognised in the State Government’s latest round of science and innovation grants.

30 July 2014

UQ refutes media coverage stating that it is trying to block climate research by stopping the release of data used in a paper published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

20 May 2014

The University of Queensland has been advised that a publication on which a UQ researcher is one of four co-authors has been retracted by an academic journal for what appear to be legal reasons.

2 April 2014
TEDxUQ 2014 – “Old Ideas, New World”.

Some of Queensland’s finest minds will converge on The University of Queensland on 29 March for TEDxUQ 2014 – themed “Old Ideas, New World”.

28 March 2014
(Ms) Ratu Sovi Arinta with UQ President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj

The University of Queensland has further strengthened its Indonesian ties, with the official opening of its representative office in Jakarta tonight (March 25).

26 March 2014

The University of South Australia has presented an honorary doctorate to its former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Peter Høj, honoring the key role he played in the university’s growth.

20 March 2014
Photo of madeleine cakes and tea here

Brain researchers have boosted understanding of the powerful connection between memory and smell

18 March 2014