In the lead up to Refugee Week (June 21) a group of University of Queensland law students has taken their coursework beyond the classroom to advocate for the legal rights of asylum seekers and refugees in Australia.

22 June 2010
Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield . . . UQ will always be the people's university

The University of Queensland scooped the pool when Premier Anna Bligh announced the prestigious Queensland Greats Awards today.

3 June 2010

Two UQ law academics have raised serious concerns regarding proposed Federal Government legislation to extend aspects of the NT emergency response and to reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 in the Northern Territory.

9 March 2010

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.

27 January 2010
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh marks 100 years since the establishment of UQ in 1909 with Chancellor John Story, Queensland Governor Dr Penelope Wensley AO and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield

Members of UQ’s 31st Senate and special guests reflected on the original intentions of The University of Queensland’s forefathers and anticipated the next 100 years at the final 2009 UQ Senate meeting on Thursday December 10.

22 December 2009

The University of Queensland (UQ) is playing a vital role in the continued success of Queensland’s resources sector according to the sector’s peak representative body.

21 December 2009

Queensland women are making their mark in the field of mining engineering with a record number graduating from The University of Queensland (UQ) this year.

21 December 2009

Continued robust use of coal and broad deployment of clean coal technologies is crucial for Australia’s energy and economic future, according to a multi-disciplinary study released today by The University of Queensland (UQ): “Coal and the...

28 October 2009

Claims that increased school attendance in two Indigenous communities is a result of the punitive aspects of the Cape York Welfare Reform Project warrant careful scrutiny, according to a UQ law academic.

1 October 2009

One of UQ's leading scientists will take his work to the literary world this Friday, September 11.

8 September 2009
Professor Michael Drinkwater and Forest Lake College entry Captain Stewart Wright

What began as a nationwide contest to encourage an interest in astronomy has ended with a tour of one of the world’s largest telescopes in Hawaii – all without leaving Brisbane.

28 August 2009

A University of Queensland researcher is part of a national project which has received $1 million funding to discover the proteins that cause multiple sclerosis (MS).

27 August 2009
Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB)

IMBcom – The University of Queensland’s (UQ) company for commercialising technology from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) - today announced that PROLOR Biotech Inc (formerly Modigene Inc) has taken out a non-exclusive licence to UQ’s...

13 August 2009
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh

Australia will have a stronger role in global efforts to address major diseases like cancer and diabetes following a $50 million gift, the biggest donation of its kind in the nation’s history.

27 July 2009

UQ staff and graduates feature prominently in the 2009 list of Australia’s 100 most influential engineers.

25 June 2009

Promising new University of Queensland research projects have the potential to revolutionise a diversity of industries, including healthcare, security, chemical, horticulture, energy and electronics.

16 June 2009
Mark Winchester (far right) General Manager - Engineering, Xstrata Coal Australia with Xstrata scholarship recipients.

Thirty-one University of Queensland engineering students have recently benefited from more than half a million dollars in industry-funded scholarships.

4 June 2009

UniQuest start-up company, Lightanate Pty Ltd, has secured a major, confidential seven-figure investment to commercialise titanium-based technologies.

31 March 2009

Journalists who uncovered key details of Queensland’s biggest political scandal will speak at a free seminar presented by The University of Queensland’s School of Journalism and Communication at the Brisbane Powerhouse on Saturday, March 7.

25 February 2009

The retirement of UQ Secretary and Registrar Dr Douglas Porter marks the “end of an epoch” for The University and Queensland, according to Chancellor, Sir Llew Edwards, AC.

17 December 2008