About 5000 miniature robots are floating in oceans around the globe, constantly monitoring temperatures, salinity and other data, one of the world’s top oceanographers told an audience at The University of Queensland this week.

15 April 2010
Security Officer Michael Malcolm switches off

The University of Queensland will switch on to Earth Hour by switching off on Saturday, March 27.

15 March 2010

University of Queensland researcher Craig Froome will join colleagues from the Equator Alliance climate change specialists group on Monday, March 22 to answer clients’ key questions on recent changes to the federal government’s Renewable Energy...

15 March 2010

Provocative author Clive Hamilton will discuss his new book “Requiem for a Species” in a public lecture this month hosted by the newly established Global Change Institute at The University of Queensland.

12 March 2010

The Governor of Queensland told the audience at last night’s inaugural UQ Centenary Oration that bridging the gap between research labs and everyday life is key to changing people’s perceptions about global change.

11 March 2010

A major new international research institute that will address the problems of a rapidly changing world and develop innovative solutions was launched in Brisbane tonight.

10 March 2010
An example of deforestation in Kalimantan, Indonesia

How much does it really cost to stop deforestation?

26 February 2010

First year UQ student, Clarissa Womack, hopes that her persistence and ability to stay focused will be an inspiration to those who have a medical condition, when she finally begins her Bachelor of Engineering/ Bachelor of Science in March.

21 February 2010

It might seem an unlikely path to take, but Beth Smith has used her business and tourism studies at The University of Queensland to land a dream job in tennis and meet stars such as Marcos Baghdatis and Andy Roddick.

4 February 2010
Dr Lane Strathearn

UQ researcher Dr Lane Strathearn sees strengthening the bond between mother and baby as a possible way of reducing childhood neglect.

9 December 2009

How could picture-perfect Heron Island – a remote coral cay on the Tropic of Capricorn north east of Gladstone – possibly be the subject of an artist’s ecological scrutiny?

5 October 2009
Associate Professor Marc Hockings

When the Korean Government wanted a report card on the state of the country’s national park system, it sought out the right man for the job – UQ’s Associate Professor Marc Hockings.

28 September 2009

Science and humanities may be at opposite ends of the academic spectrum, but the disciplines will come together at a climate change conference to be held at Harvard University in 2010.

24 September 2009
Winners of the Miracle Workers Awards with UQ Chancellor John Story

UQ’s quiet achievers took centre stage at the Miracle Worker Awards cocktail function, held on September 7 at the Staff and Graduates Club on the St Lucia Campus.

8 September 2009
The New Dawn FM team

A pioneering community radio station in Papua New Guinea’s Autonomous Province of Bougainville, New Dawn FM 95.3, has won the UQ School of Journalism and Communication's 2009 Communication and Social Change Award.

22 August 2009

He has reached the pinnacle of Australian investigative journalism thanks to his work on crooked cops and public figures, and now Chris Masters will receive acknowledgement of a different kind at a UQ graduation ceremony on July 24.

23 July 2009

Mock news feeds and on-camera television news reading and reporting will be some of the attractions when the School of Journalism and Communication showcases its new state-of-the-art facilities on UQ St Lucia’s Open Day.

30 June 2009

University of Queensland students now have enhanced access to research, internship, sponsorship, exchange and orientation opportunities, thanks to the newly established Office of Undergraduate Education.

10 June 2009

Six scientists from The University of Queensland have received Smart Future Fellowships to help further their research into areas such as disease detection and clean energy.

5 June 2009
Artist-in-residence Judy Watson

A stint at UQ's Heron Island Research Station has prompted Brisbane-based Indigenous artist Judy Watson to explore the concept of renewal in her latest work.

2 April 2009