The worm is less than 1mm long, and has the same proteins as in flies, mice and humans.

A discovery in a transparent roundworm has brought scientists one step closer to understanding nerve degeneration.

12 February 2016
From left: Shona Wood, Emy Huntsman, Dominique Fraser, Mikaya Ivanov, Declan Scott.

They may be graduating from The University of Queensland next week, but five valedictorians are already proving themselves to be change-makers off-campus.

17 July 2015

Australia’s long-running literary flagship program – Poetica on Radio National (RN) – is slated for axing in 2015. It’s one more casualty of the cuts to the ABC budget, announced last week. For the first time since 1946, ABC Radio will be without a...

1 December 2014
University of Queensland Press has released a 10th anniversary edition of cult classic Pig City.

University of Queensland Press has released a 10th anniversary edition of author Andrew Stafford’s cult classic, Pig City.

17 July 2014
UQ celebrates 50 years of the Department of Microbiology.

This week UQ is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of a Department of Microbiology with an alumni dinner to be addressed by an eminent scientist working on polio – a remerging disease.

3 July 2012
“We’re excited to be bringing our distinctive brand of hospitality to The University of Queensland”

A new café specializing in Italian food has opened at the UQ Tennis Centre, Blair Drive, St Lucia.

30 March 2012
UQ rhythmic gymnast Danielle Prince on her way to gold at the Delhi Commonwealth Games. Image courtesy John Holmes

UQ will celebrate its sporting successes of 2010 at the Annual Blues & Sports Awards Dinner on Friday, March 25.

18 March 2011

Graduating University of Queensland MBA students have gathered to celebrate the end of their studies and to recognise seven of their peers for their outstanding achievements.

14 December 2010
Self portrait dead 2007. Ben Quilty

Art lovers and novices alike will be thunderstruck by a new exhibition opening at the UQ Art Museum next month.

24 April 2009

University of Queensland Press author Karen Foxlee has secured a six-figure US rights deal for her debut novel after a bidding war between top American publishers.

24 December 2007

Information stalls, face painting, and a reptile show will be just part of the fun when The University of Queensland’s Dayboro Veterinary Surgery celebrates its 20th anniversary next month.

26 November 2007

An exhibition of dramatic photographs of historic architecture and mining infrastructure by a UQ artist will mark the 100th anniversary of Broken Hill officially being declared a city.

21 May 2007

The University of Queensland’s Australian Football Club — one of the code's oldest and its biggest club in Queensland — will celebrate its 50th anniversary on July 15.

18 May 2006

Images from the Allied “occupation” of The University of Queensland`s St Lucia campus will be part of a major exhibition commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of the Pacific war on August 15, 1945.

10 August 2005

A major exhibition commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of the Pacific war on August 15, 1945, will be presented by The University of Queensland`s University Art Museum

7 July 2005

It took ten, 10kg bronze ingots, four days of welding and two months to finish her, but Mary Poppins’ transformation from clay to bronze is complete.

12 April 2005

Australia’s brightest middle distance runners will battle against each other at The University of Queensland tomorrow night (Friday 7 May) to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first sub four-minute mile (1609m) in athletics.

6 May 2004

University of Queensland graduate and 1996 Nobel Prize winner Professor Peter Doherty will give his ideas on The role of the public university at a free public lecture at 6.30pm on Friday, August 24. The lecture at Customs House follows the 5....

17 August 2001