The Port of Brisbane Corporation will donate $750,000 to assist with construction of a new Moreton Bay Research Station and Study Centre at Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island.
4 November 1997In the spirit of artistic and educational exchange, architecture graduate and artist Michael Barnett has donated one of his paintings to the University of Queensland in recognition of the benefit obtained from his studies in architecture.
21 October 1997A University of Queensland medallist has returned to the University in one of its most senior academic posts after a varied career in government, private consulting and academe.
13 October 1997One of the University of Queensland's most highly regarded academics will be honoured by associates and colleagues in a two-day tribute next month.
26 September 1997For the third year in a row University of Queensland graduates under the age of 25 and available for full-time work have achieved the highest employment rate in Australia.
1 August 1997Most children with middle ear infections will not benefit from courses of antibiotic treatment, according to University of Queensland researchers.
11 July 1997The University of Queensland enrolled a record number of first-year students in 1996, including 80 percent of students who achieved Overall Positions of 1, according to the University's annual report tabled in State Parliament.
30 May 1997The University of Queensland will award 72 medals for outstanding scholarship at graduation ceremonies at Mayne Hall, St Lucia on May 12 and May 14.
9 May 1997The University of Queensland soon expects to announce a second round of adjunct professors to be appointed from second semester 1997.
24 April 1997Sick native ducks recuperating at the University of Queensland's Veterinary School will have something to quack about this week following the efforts of a community-minded society from Australia's Defence Force.
8 April 1997Two University of Queensland academics have been awarded $1.8 million, the only grant made to Queensland under a new Federal Government program to commercialise Australia's "smarts."
3 April 1997Queensland will benefit from a new international consortium of world-class research-intensive comprehensive universities.
28 March 1997A leading medical researcher who has discovered a breakthrough ulcer treatment made entirely from Queensland bananas has been appointed an Adjunct Professor with the University of Queensland.
13 March 1997
