A person sitting down and holding their knee

More than half of Australians who underwent knee replacement for osteoarthritis were obese, increasing their risk of having the operation at a younger age, especially among women.

8 June 2022

An expert in Indigenous architecture, a noted historian and a history-making teacher joined a raft of talented University of Queensland alumni recognised in the 2021 Australia Day honours.

29 January 2021

Twenty one University of Queensland researchers are among 200 nationwide awarded $84 million in grants through the Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRAs) scheme.

3 November 2020
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
The Amazon rain forest from the air.

The world’s last wilderness areas are rapidly disappearing, with explicit international conservation targets critically needed, according to University of Queensland-led research.

1 November 2018
We are just now beginning to understand the potentially irreplaceable services these animals can provide, says researcher Chris O'Bryan

Animal carnivores living in and around human habitation are declining at an unprecedented rate – but they may provide crucial benefits to human societies.

19 January 2018

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

7 June 2017
UQ's new Laureate Fellows - Professor Alan Rowan, left, and Professor Paul Burn

The University of Queensland has received $24.5 million in the competitive Australian Research Council grants announced in Canberra today, securing a greater share of the pool than any other university.

6 May 2016

New Queensland research is indicating that green turtles living near urban and farming areas are absorbing possibly thousands of chemicals.

25 September 2015
UQ Health Sciences Executive Dean Professor Nicholas Fisk, Professor Christopher Chen, UQ Dean of Medicine and Head of School, Professor David Wilkinson and Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj.

A $10.5 million gift from an internationally renowned clinician and research leader will advance The University of Queensland’s global contributions to reproductive medicine.

14 December 2012
AMT Executive Director Professor Peter Taylor accepts the official IOI flag at this year’s closing ceremony held in Lake Garda, Italy, last month. Australia will be hosting next year’s Olympiad, to be held at UQ’s St Lucia campus. (Image courtesy of Daniel Graf)

As the curtain closes on the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2012 in Lake Garda, Italy, and the world’s best and brightest young computer talents return home with their medals, all eyes are now on Australia – host of next year’s Olympiad.

26 October 2012

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

27 August 2012
Kate Shaw's Ecology (2008) - part of the New Psychedelia exhibition

Visitors are invited to take a trip through hallucinogenic patterns, optical illusions and cosmic landscapes when the latest exhibition at The University of Queensland opens this weekend.

5 May 2011

University of Queensland researchers have won the highest number and value of the Australian Research Council's Research Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities (RIEF) grants for 2000.

27 October 1999

Former Queensland Premier Wayne Goss has been appointed an adjunct professor with the University of Queensland's T.C. Beirne School of Law.

1 February 1999

High Court judge, author and playwright Justice Callinan will speak on Law, culture and society at the turn of the century when he gives the 19th Archbishop Sir James Duhig memorial lecture at Mayne Hall on Wednesday, September 9 at 8.30pm.

14 August 1998

The Federal Government has released comparative data showing the University of Queensland has received $3.05 million in competitive new grant allocations nationally for 1998 from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

27 November 1997

The Federal Government has released comparative data showing the University of Queensland has received $3.05 million in competitive new grant allocations nationally for 1998 from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

26 November 1997