Athletes at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games will benefit from the work of The University of Queensland's 2000 Alumnus of the Year.

3 July 2000

Thousands of University of Queensland staff and students lined the streets in and around the St Lucia campus on June 14 to cheer on runners in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay.

15 June 2000

Medical, business and professional, and environmental ethics will be discussed at a major national conference at The University of Queensland next month.

13 June 2000

The University of Queensland will give parents, partners and friends of new students a preview of university life at its St Lucia, Ipswich and Gatton campuses next month.

20 January 2000

First-year students will sample University life at Orientation Program activities at The University of Queensland's St Lucia, Ipswich and Gatton campuses in the second week of February.

20 January 2000

Margaret Olley, one of Australia's most admired and respected artists, will be awarded an honorary degree at one of two University of Queensland graduation ceremonies on Monday, December 15.

20 December 1999

The University of Queensland today announced the five academics who have won the UQ Awards for Excellence in Teaching 1999.

22 November 1999

A ceremony for the National Week of Prayer for Reconciliation will be held at the University of Queensland's St Lucia campus on Wednesday, June 2.

1 June 1999

An honour board of 46 University graduates and staff who have represented Australia in Olympic Games since 1948 could become part of a permanent sports museum or hall of fame at the St Lucia campus.

13 May 1999

A Sino-Australian wool research project involving the University of Queensland has contributed to Chinese tariff changes and an extra $2.8 million a year for the Australian economy.

16 April 1999

Former Queensland Premier Wayne Goss has been appointed an adjunct professor with the University of Queensland's T.C. Beirne School of Law.

1 February 1999

Eminent plant physiologist Dr Cathryn Mittelheuser will be part of a University of Queensland "first" when she receives an honorary Doctor of Philosophy at a graduation ceremony on December 14 at 6.15pm.

10 December 1998

The researcher who discovered apoptosis or programmed cell death will receive an honorary doctorate at a University of Queensland graduation ceremony on December 4.

3 December 1998

Emeritus Professor John Kerr AO, Keith McDonald OBE, William Yang and Dr Cathryn Mittelheuser will each receive an honorary degree from UQ.

2 December 1998

A University of Queensland student's extraction of DNA from human bones submerged in the sea for more than 200 years is believed to be a world-first.

13 November 1998

First there was one, and now there are six baby koalas - the world's first marsupial offspring born following artificial insemination of their mothers

27 October 1998

When he first came to Australia from Wales at the age of 16, David Williams was broke and had little formal education.

20 August 1998

A scientific study at the University of Queensland has shown that vision really does improve when spectacles are removed

19 August 1998

A University of Queensland project is researching the use of virtual reality computer systems to save real lives by reducing road accidents.

6 August 1998

Julie Webb has not let blindness prevent her from becoming one of the top achieving medallists of the 63 students awarded University of Queensland medals for outstanding scholarship at graduation ceremonies at Mayne Hall, St Lucia on May 18 and May...

15 May 1998