Women lead the way in 57 University of Queensland Sporting Scholarships awarded to 55 student-athletes, including Olympic, Paralympic and Australian representatives.

15 March 2019
Left to right: Breanna Koenen (AFL), Callum Breetzke (Surf Life Saving), Meg Gemmell (Rugby Sevens), and Leo Lark (Weightlifting)

A record 56 University of Queensland students – including five Olympic and Paralympic representatives – have received 2017 UQ Sporting Scholarships.

23 March 2017
UQ's new Laureate Fellows - Professor Alan Rowan, left, and Professor Paul Burn

The University of Queensland has received $24.5 million in the competitive Australian Research Council grants announced in Canberra today, securing a greater share of the pool than any other university.

6 May 2016

Cheese-making and techniques for producing sustainable plastic dollar bills from sugar cane are among the new research projects on which The University of Queensland and industry partners will collaborate from next year.

2 November 2011

The world-renowned co-inventor of the cervical cancer vaccine, Professor Ian Frazer, has been appointed chief executive of the new $345 million Translational Research Institute.

24 February 2011

Due to flooding, The University of Queensland (UQ) has extended the closure of its St Lucia, Gatton and Ipswich campuses until and including next Wednesday, January 19, 2011.

13 January 2011
Flooding of the UQ Athletics Track.

The University of Queensland (UQ) will remain temporarily closed until and including Wednesday, 19 January 2011.

13 January 2011

The University of Queensland topped the nation in the prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowships announced today, being awarded 31 fellowships worth a total of more than $22 million.

17 November 2010

The University of Queensland topped the bill when funding under the Go8-Germany Research Co-operation Scheme was announced this week.

5 November 2010

The vision to create an Australian-first home for medical research, clinical trials and treatment commercialisation reached an historic milestone today with the official start of construction on the $354 million Translational Research Institute in...

19 October 2010

You might think that law, occupational therapy and music students don’t share much in common, but Brisbane’s newest choir is hoping to change that.

22 July 2010
One-time classmates and longtime friends Sir Llew Edwards and Nat Yuen were reunited at UQ on the weekend. (Pic Lyle Radford)

TWO friends who studied medicine together almost half a century ago were honoured at a University of Queensland gala dinner on Saturday night.

5 July 2010

Kathy Hirschfeld was emotionally moved when she walked into UQ’s Senate chamber for the first time this year as a newly appointed Senator.

29 June 2010

Australian journalists and media workers are invited to attend and report on global UNESCO World Press Freedom Day (WPFD), a three day conference featuring some of the world’s most courageous journalists to be held at The University of Queensland in...

27 April 2010

First-year students from UQ’s Advanced Study Program in Science have organised a national symposium to explore ideas such as the origins of the Universe and the possible nature of life on other planets.

21 October 2008

Australian triathletes are poised to make history at the 2008 Olympic Games, and UQ graduate Mark Alexander will be playing his part in the attempt.

31 July 2008

Australia’s budding entrepreneurs have the chance to pocket $100,000 for a top business idea – but they had better get in quick.

9 July 2007

The ongoing contribution of Emeritus Professor Bob Milns, AM, to the study of Ancient History and Classics will be recognised this week with an endowment fund established in his name.

10 May 2007

With four young children and a three-hour round trip just to make it to class, Suzanne Alexander will be particularly proud when she graduates at The University of Queensland tomorrow.

6 December 2005

Seventeen-year-old Mount Isa Kalkadungu didjeridu artist William Barton often performs with heavy rock bands, but he will do a gig with a difference on Sunday, October 11.

7 October 1998