Dr Jana Vukovic

Researchers have identified a major shift in how to treat brain injuries, after rejuvenating immune cells to support the repair process.

9 March 2020

Advanced materials developed and manufactured at The University of Queensland were launched to the lower limits of the earth’s atmosphere in Australia’s first commercial rocket launch.

21 November 2018
UQ graduate Jordan English named 2019 Queensland Rhodes Scholar

A University of Queensland graduate has been named the Queensland 2019 Rhodes Scholar.

17 October 2018
Shambhavi Mishra

15 year old Brisbane Student Shambhavi Mishra has been crowned the 2016 Queensland Brain Bee Champion at The University of Queensland's QBI

20 July 2016

Mental health, sexual identity and religion – topics often considered taboo – will be the focus of discussions during orientation activities at two residential colleges at The University of Queensland.

24 February 2016
Dr Martin Luther King Jr ... Dr Hutch met him during a civil rights worker training program in Atlanta, Georgia.

Venturing into the “deep south” of the United States as a civil rights worker in the summer of 1965 was life-changing for Richard Hutch, then a New York college boy.

18 May 2015

The University of Queensland has welcomed 16 new Future Fellows as part of a major Australian Research Council funding announcement today.

23 July 2014

An exhibition showcasing the diverse, quirky and often surprising nature of contemporary art opens at The University of Queensland Art Museum on Friday, 7 December.

23 November 2012
Thesis author Gerald Musa.

Surface diplomacy and conferences that skirt core issues have jaded peace talks between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, says a PhD student investigating ways to facilitate effective dialogue.

16 May 2012

The great religious, political and economic upheaval of the early medieval era has been the topic of conversation at a meeting of international scholars at The University of Queensland this week.

27 April 2012
The Courting the Greats event celebrated UQ's alumni community and paid tribute to exceptional alumni who have achieved distinction in their chosen fields and recognition among their peers.

A distinguished Japanese academic from the tsunami-affected region of Fukushima and a Singaporean CEO who has pioneered clean and renewable energy in South East Asia have been announced as joint winners of The University of Queensland 2011...

27 September 2011
Bees knees: UQ PhD candidate Tobias Smith has been awarded a Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship to further his research on bees and flies in the tropics.

A childhood interest in bees has resulted in the receipt of a prestigious Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship for a PhD student from The University of Queensland (UQ), Tobias Smith.

29 June 2011

The public face of The University of Queensland’s Thanksgiving Service and Body Donor program, Leo Brown, will retire on May 6 after more than 49 years with the same employer.

27 April 2011
Professor Ian Lilley, “UQ’s Indiana Jones”.

A passion for researching early human settlements has taken archaeologist Professor Ian Lilley to some of the world’s most remote regions, and led to him being dubbed “UQ’s Indiana Jones”.

29 November 2010

Being goal-oriented has helped former Toowoomba State High School student Genevieve Brook earn a $24,000 UQ Excellence Scholarship.

29 September 2010
Young Queenslander of the Year Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Giving deaf children an opportunity to be heard has earned UQ graduate and current PhD candidate Dimity Dornan the Queenslander of the Year Award.

3 June 2010

While not an avid churchgoer himself, 81-year-old artist Leonard French has drawn upon Christian symbolism to inspire his painting for St John’s residential college at The University of Queensland.

15 September 2009

Sir Peter Kenilorea, one of the most senior statesmen of the South Pacific, will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate at The University of Queensland graduation ceremony at the UQ Centre, St Lucia, Brisbane, on December 3.

28 November 2008

University of Queensland literacy expert, Dr Carol Christensen, has accepted a personal invitation from Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon to drive the state’s Literacy Action Plan.

6 March 2008