a small tuft of leaves sits in a round glass plate under bright lights

A process similar to that used to store human embryos is being used by scientists at The University of Queensland to save native Australian plants under threat from the invasive fungus, myrtle rust.

24 October 2023
Order of Australia medals on a purple background

An international leader in audiology and an Indigenous author and poet are among an extensive list of University of Queensland representatives who have been named on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List this year.

13 June 2022

The University of Queensland commitment to leading research has been recognised again with the Federal government awarding 19 Australian Research Council grants.

15 November 2019
UQ Research Award winners 2019

The University of Queensland has shined a spotlight on its outstanding researchers at the 2019 Research Week awards.

18 September 2019

Twenty-seven University of Queensland researchers have been named in a prestigious 2018 Highly Cited Researchers List – with one featuring in two categories.

28 November 2018
Dr Chris Hay for the UQ Drama: Building Pathways to Creative Careers team and right, Dr Kay Colthorpe

The University of Queensland celebrated excellence in teaching and learning at Brisbane’s Customs House last night.

30 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
Vale Emeritus Professor John Hay AC

The University of Queensland today pays tribute to one of the most influential leaders in its 106-year history, former Vice-Chancellor and President Emeritus Professor John Hay AC.

4 November 2016

60 University of Queensland (UQ) professional staff members have been recognised as “Miracle Workers” at a special ceremony today, August 27.

27 August 2012

Three figures associated with The University of Queensland have received the highest award in today’s Queen’s Birthday honours list.

11 June 2012

UQ staff members and teams who have made an exceptional contribution to the University were recognised this month at the annual UQ Staff Recognition Awards.

23 February 2012

Discovering ways to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is just another day at the office for UQ graduate David Boughey.

21 September 2011

Australian entrepreneurs behind a drug to slow down the formation of cataracts, a tool for faster patent searches, and a new way to prevent corrosion and odours in our sewerage systems, are among the five finalists for UQ Business School Enterprize...

16 August 2011
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
Professor Fiona Rohde

Resilience is the theme of a business summit at The University of Queensland, featuring Ausenco’s Zimi Meka and former investment banker John R. Talbott.

31 August 2009

Two UQ Science researchers have proved two famous physical laws that have been widely used for the past 25 years do not always work.

6 July 2009

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

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

Four leading cultural historians have been appointed at UQ’s Faculty of Arts signalling a major refocusing of its research efforts.

15 October 2007