Professor Ben Hayes, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation at The University of Queensland (photo QAAFI).

Genome technology has unlocked new cattle breeding methods which could improve fertility and lead to increases in profitability, sustainability and productivity.

30 September 2020
First year engineering students with their portable water treatment system

A group of University of Queensland engineering students has used the unusual combination of sand and banana skins to design a portable water treatment system for people in developing nations.

26 October 2018

The University of Queensland has recognised staff members and teams in the 2017 UQ Awards for Excellence.

7 June 2017
Brahman cattle grazing on an Australian property

Increasing fertility in cows, building better computers for aerospace, more accurately predicting land values, and revolutionising athletic footwear are research projects about as diverse as could be imagined.

5 May 2017
Sir David Attenborough and UQ's John Cook.

Researchers from around the world have contributed to a new University of Queensland course that uncovers why the topic of climate change is so controversial, exploding a number of climate myths along the way.

21 April 2015
White blood cells, pictured, are produced by specific stem cells that are damaged during chemotherapy. Source: iStock.

Deadly infections that can follow chemotherapy are the target of a landmark licensing deal between The University of Queensland and a United States-based biotech company.

19 November 2014
Innovative teaching and research technologies are bringing mid-20th Century sub-tropical architecture to life at the State Library of Queensland.

Innovative teaching and research technologies are bringing mid-20th Century sub-tropical architecture to life at the State Library of Queensland.

25 July 2014

Finding the right research article has been made much easier thanks to a new search application developed by Brisbane-based Leximancer and piloted at The University of Queensland (UQ) using ScienceDirect - an online scientific research platform from...

20 July 2012

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers are working with the North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) to create Australia's first "advanced technology" coal terminals' project at Dudgeon Point on the Central Queensland coast.

14 November 2011
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh marks 100 years since the establishment of UQ in 1909 with Chancellor John Story, Queensland Governor Dr Penelope Wensley AO and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield

Members of UQ’s 31st Senate and special guests reflected on the original intentions of The University of Queensland’s forefathers and anticipated the next 100 years at the final 2009 UQ Senate meeting on Thursday December 10.

22 December 2009
Genevieve Beirne

Genevieve Beirne's graduation with her law degree at a University of Queensland ceremony on Tuesday, December 8, would have especially pleased her great great uncle, Thomas Charles Beirne (1860–1949).

2 December 2009
UQ PhD student and conductor of the Indooroopilly Chamber Orchestra Carolina Casaril

A University of Queensland student is making her dreams a reality, conducting the Indooroopilly Chamber Orchestra at their end of year concert later this month.

9 November 2009

UniQuest Pty Limited, The University of Queensland’s main commercialisation company, will celebrate 25 years of taking Australian research innovations and expertise to the world, at gala cocktail event tomorrow August 26.

25 August 2009

The first cohort of metallurgical engineering students to have participated in a new industry-supported initiative have graduated from The University of Queensland.

15 December 2008

Nine of the brightest Year 10 and 11 students from Australia and New Zealand will be competing in their knowledge of neuroscience at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at St Lucia, Brisbane this weekend.

29 July 2008

Despite having retired as Vice-Chancellor of The University of Queensland, Professor John Hay, AC, will retain his academic title.

21 January 2008

Biodegradable packaging may not be all it’s cracked up to be, according to world food packaging expert, Dr Gordon L Robertson, who is also an adjunct professor at The University of Queensland.

5 December 2007

The University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Hay, AC, will be presented with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree tomorrow, Wednesday December 5.

4 December 2007

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has opened the $63 million state-of-the-art Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) research facility at UQ’s St Lucia campus.

16 November 2007

The University of Queensland has topped the nation in the prestigious 2007 national university teaching awards, reasserting its dominance as the home of Australia’s most-awarded tertiary teachers.

8 October 2007