QRC scholarship holders (from left) Jack Gaynor, Adam Irelandes, Justin Tang and Daniel Kiyuna

Four prestigious scholarships have been awarded to UQ engineering students in a bid to reward and encourage outstanding scholars who are embarking on a career in the resources sector.

10 June 2009
Members of the Manali Medical Aid Project (from left) Matthew Torbey, Ben Treffene, Juergen Landmann, James English and Arthur Cheung

What started as chatter between medical wards has now grown into a fully-fledged international aid project and this year’s main prize-winner at the 2009 UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Equity and Diversity Awards.

28 May 2009
Associate Professor Sean Grimmond

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers will use a $5 million grant from the Queensland State Government to unlock the genetic causes of pancreatic and ovarian cancer.

20 May 2009

UQ staff and students with entrepreneurial ideas or early stage research projects are encouraged to enter UniQuest’s annual Trailblazer competition, which offers $40,000 in cash prizes.

23 April 2009
Dr Geoff Faulkner (left) and PhD student Ryan Taft

An international consortium of scientists, including researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ), have probed further into the human genome than ever before.

20 April 2009
Phillip Adams

Broadcaster Phillip Adams will again participate in UQ’s annual Diversity Week celebrations (May 25-29) to chair a spirited conversation with eminent panellists on whether it’s possible to truly see the world from another’s perspective.

14 April 2009
Associate Professor Sean Grimmond

Scientists at The University of Queensland (UQ) will use a record research grant to give new hope to patients with two of Australia's most fatal cancers.

26 March 2009
Major Auliff

University of Queensland PhD student Major Alyson Auliff will use a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to help in the battle against malaria, a major cause of Australian military casualties.

12 March 2009
Ms du Plessis

UQ Business School honours student Christilene du Plessis has been awarded a $25,000 RSPCA Qld Scholarship to help in the search for an ethical way to find homes for Queensland shelter animals.

18 February 2009
Professor Adams

Research by UQ Business School’s Renee Adams has found women appear to significantly enhance the monitoring capacity of the boards they join.

2 February 2009
Professor Parton (top) and Professor Hall

Two University of Queensland scientists have been awarded National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australia Fellowships valued at a total of $8 million.

28 January 2009

Juggling several part-time jobs, university study and elite athletics is no easy task, but Catherine Drummond is not your ordinary scholar.

18 November 2008

Underground Productions, UQ’s student-run theatre company, turns 10 today, and all arts lovers are invited to join in the birthday celebrations.

29 October 2008

Better chronic pain relief could be possible in the future, according to research announced today by scientists at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute.

22 October 2008

Researchers have identified a gene critical for the development of the lymphatic system in a discovery that will have implications for treatment of cancer and lymphatic disorders and other diseases.

19 October 2008

A UQ structural biologist has received $85,000 to investigate how material coming into and out of the cell is sorted, information which will improve our understanding of diseases such as cancer.

22 September 2008

The University of Queensland Business School will work with Youngcare – a charity supporting young people with high care needs – to research social innovation.

1 September 2008

The development of low-cost, synthetic vaccines was one of the winning projects in UniQuest’s annual $40,000 innovative ideas competition, Trailblazer.

5 August 2008

Scaring cane toads and targeting their bacteria are two control strategies that will be suggested by a Queensland scientist at today’s (June 12) Australian Vertebrate Pest Conference in Darwin.

12 June 2008

Some of the world's most promising young cricketers will visit The University of Queensland when it plays host to four matches of the Emerging Players Tournament held in July.

5 June 2008