The University of Queensland has been appointed the Lead Research Organisation for two large solar photovoltaic (PV) projects which will be built in the next three years in western New South Wales.

8 August 2012
Research Professor Robert (Bob) Gilbert.

The People’s Republic of China has honoured one of Australia’s most experienced polymer chemists with a new research posting.

7 August 2012

Women are being sidelined from academic careers, and a new study suggests it may come down to the laws of the jungle.

6 July 2012

The new auditorium at The University of Queensland's Ipswich Campus has won a major award for public architecture.

4 July 2012

UQ staff and alumni feature prominently in the 2012 list of Australia's 100 most influential engineers.

28 June 2012

More than 200 economic theorists across the world will attend next week’s major economic conference in Australia.

27 June 2012
The Gold Coast Desalination Plant … research project there could make 'fundamental advances' in knowledge of coastal processes

A University of Queensland (UQ) research project to help improve the cost efficiency of the Gold Coast Desalination Plant was launched earlier this month and is now in full swing.

27 June 2012

Leading international economics scholars are in Brisbane for the first workshop to be held in Australia by the Association for Public Economic Theory (APET).

26 June 2012

134 aspiring neuroscientists from across Queensland will tomorrow (Tuesday, June 19) compete in the State Finals of the prestigious Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC) at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at The University of Queensland (UQ).

18 June 2012

Two University of Queensland researchers have spent a week in Islamabad training Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in preventing and suppressing trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling.

18 June 2012
Conor Mitchell is one of two UQ students invited to train with the Australian Sevens team.

After impressing the Australian Sevens coach, two students from the UQ Rugby Academy have been invited to a training session with the team.

15 June 2012

Hungry horses could be more susceptible to contracting Hendra virus, according to the findings of a preliminary study into the effect of pasture availability on infection rates.

14 June 2012

The world population increased by 30 per cent over the last quarter century to grow to more than seven billion in 2011

13 June 2012
A piece by artist Robyn Stacey, entitled Ice, is one of the features of the UQ Art Museum's Return to Sender exhibition.

An exhibition featuring 11 artists who left Queensland in the late 1970s and early 1980s, largely in reaction to the political and cultural milieu of the Joh Bjelke-Petersen era, opens at The University of Queensland Art Museum on 16 June 2012.

13 June 2012

A UQ study finds that Caribbean seaweeds are Olympic athletes compared to their equivalents in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. But this triumph is bad news for Caribbean coral reefs.

8 June 2012
Artist's impression of the UQ Lakes bus station.

The UQ Lakes bus station — which is TransLink's second busiest — has doubled in capacity.

8 June 2012

Stargazers are reminded of tomorrow's once-in-a-lifetime chance to observe a rare astronomical phenomenon — the planet Venus passing across the face of the Sun.

5 June 2012

Each year thousands of Australians are affected by chronic disease.

4 June 2012

The University of Queensland’s (UQ) main research commercialisation company, UniQuest Pty Limited, will promote more than 20 "cleantech" innovations at two major international water industry events over the coming weeks.

28 May 2012
Dr Drew Titmarsh is taking science to the masses.

UQ Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology researcher Dr Drew Titmarsh is taking science to the masses, but making sure it is fun as well as informative.

24 May 2012