Professor David Craik portrait

An internationally-recognised scientist is among an extensive list of University of Queensland representatives who have been named on the King’s Birthday Honours List this year.

12 June 2023

Research into how modern birds run and walk is taking an international team of palaeontologists and biomechanics experts a step closer to accurately reconstructing the way extinct dinosaurs moved.

22 February 2018
His Excellency Taneti Maamau with Associate Professor Renuka Mahadevan.

For the first time since US President Barack Obama’s historic visit in 2014, The University of Queensland has welcomed another international president to its St Lucia campus – this time, a UQ alumnus.

8 November 2017
Journalism students Giulietta Avenia and Rhiannon Smith in action. Photo: Courtney Barnes

University of Queensland journalism students will be filing stories from more than 5000 kilometres away this week, with 10 student journalists reporting from Vietnam.

17 February 2015

Seven researchers from The University of Queensland have been shortlisted for this year’s Australian Women in Technology (WiT) Awards.

29 August 2013
DVD cover of The Magic Glasses, which aims to improve child health in China and the Philippines

Almost $1.5 million in funding has been awarded to researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) who are working to reduce one of the world’s most common chronic infections.

25 October 2012

Two University of Queensland researchers have been awarded a $75,000 Ramaciotti Foundations’ grant at a gala dinner last night in Brisbane

17 October 2012

UQ's performance in the highly competitive Australian Research Council (ARC) funding arena has gone from strength to strength with the announcement of successful Future Fellowships and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) yesterday (...

15 November 2011
Professor Melissa Little

UQ has received almost $29 million in National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grants - the fourth-largest share of the $447.5 million awarded to institutions across Australia.

12 November 2010
Members of the Manali Medical Aid Project (from left) Matthew Torbey, Ben Treffene, Juergen Landmann, James English and Arthur Cheung

What started as chatter between medical wards has now grown into a fully-fledged international aid project and this year’s main prize-winner at the 2009 UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Equity and Diversity Awards.

28 May 2009
Phillip Adams

Broadcaster Phillip Adams will again participate in UQ’s annual Diversity Week celebrations (May 25-29) to chair a spirited conversation with eminent panellists on whether it’s possible to truly see the world from another’s perspective.

14 April 2009
Professor Lawrence

Australia's first female State Premier and former Federal Health Minister Professor Carmen Lawrence will participate in a lively discussion on different worldviews as part of UQ Diversity Week 2009 celebrations.

20 January 2009

The University of Queensland has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Solomon Islands Government.

26 September 2007

The British High Commissioner to Australia, who was a UK Minister in Tony Blair`s Cabinet, will discuss major world issues at The University of Queensland this month.

8 September 2005

The former President of Ireland and more recently United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs Mary Robinson, will be a special presenter at a discussion at The University of Queensland today.

15 August 2005

The Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at The University of Queensland will make an important contribution to supporting local development processes and conflict prevention in Vanuatu.

4 April 2005

The Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Greg Urwin, delivered the keynote address for the  international conference on Peace, Justice and Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific Region at The University of Queensland on Thursday March 31.

31 March 2005