Professor Michael Yu is working on revolutionary termiticide products

Challenges of a modern Australia – ranging from melanoma, to termites, to degenerative disorders, reef protection and food provision – are in the sights of six UQ projects to share $4.2 million in State Government funding.

20 October 2017
A total of 7280 bacterial and 623 archaeal genomes were obtained

A remarkable effort from UQ researchers has helped increase the number of known genomes by almost 10 per cent.

12 September 2017

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

7 June 2017
Justice Roslyn Atkinson AO

The Supreme Court’s Justice Roslyn Atkinson, AO, is among University of Queensland alumni who received awards in the Australia Day 2015 Honours List.

27 January 2015
Nobbi Dragon.

University of Queensland researchers have found that naturally regrowing woodlands in the subtropics can help to reduce declines in Australia’s reptiles.

10 February 2014

A University of Queensland social network program designed to reach out to parents at risk of harming or abusing their children has received national recognition.

25 June 2013

The University of Queensland’s (UQ’s) main research commercialisation company, UniQuest, has partnered with US-based Emory University to package biotech assets for a new start-up company from Australian university-linked research centres, including...

17 December 2012

In an important breakthrough, plant biologists at The University of Queensland (UQ) have identified a hormone that plays a key role in determining the size and shape of plants.

8 July 2011

Brisbane-based business incubator i.lab is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a new owner, a new CEO and a new direction focused on taking Australian technologies global.

7 December 2010

Leisure is becoming a forgotten word and academics from The University of Queensland want to put it back into people’s lives.

12 January 2010
Maria and Claudia Bruckner with the project team

Seven UQ Business School students learnt a valuable entrepreneurship lesson this semester—business isn’t just about making money, it’s about improving peoples’ quality of life.

9 July 2009
Wotif.com founders Graeme Wood (left) and Andrew Brice

The inaugural University of Queensland Endowment Fund (UQef) scholarship recipients were given the opportunity to meet benefactors at a special morning tea on May 5 at the Sir Llew Edwards Building, St Lucia Campus.

25 May 2009

University of Queensland research is discovering the power of the media in South-East Asia.

15 July 2008

The University of Queensland is rediscovering elements of a native rainforest at its 7.5 hectare Indooroopilly Experimental Mine site and staff are observing with delight the return of native fauna.

2 April 2008

The University of Queensland Endowment Fund (UQef) was launched in Brisbane today with a $18 million kick start from UQ graduates Graeme Wood and Andrew Brice.

25 February 2008

The University of Queensland has rewarded a dedicated and inspirational group of academics at its annual teaching awards held on Monday, October 29.

25 October 2007

Professor Ian Frazer will use his profile as Australian of the Year to help ensure his cancer vaccine reaches those who need it most – women and girls living in poverty.

25 January 2006

The University of Queensland’s original art collection will be reassembled for public display for the first time in 60 years for a Brisbane exhibition opening next week.

8 April 2005

An Australian research consortium has today called for 500 women around Australia to volunteer to help find a solution for a troublesome side effect of the popular sub-dermal implant contraceptive, Implanon.

11 March 2005

An architectural masterpiece hidden for 75 years will be unveiled today (Thursday, November 18) at The University of Queensland’s School of Medicine in Herston.

18 November 2004