Professor Maree Smith . . . has two game-changing pain therapies close to being available on the global market

A vaccine against cervical cancer, a global parenting program, new forms of pain relief, better yielding crops and improved medical imaging are some of many high-impact outcomes of University of Queensland research.

19 September 2013

The University of Queensland was recently ranked one of the world's top universities for social sciences by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-13.

30 October 2012

Fifty two leading researchers from The University of Queensland were honoured on Sunday as leaders in their diverse fields of discovery at the inaugural Q-Index Awards.

17 May 2011

Sociology and Education at The University of Queensland have been identified as national leaders in their fields following the recently released Excellence in Research for Australia survey.

17 February 2011
David LaMotte. Image: Johnno Chen

Recent UQ graduate and former Rotary World Peace Fellow David LaMotte has been appointed to a prestigious committee that selects Nobel Peace Prize nominees.

21 December 2010

Now in its second year, The School of Political Science and International Studies’ Annual International Photography Competition has attracted an outstanding field of entries.

17 November 2010
Zuzana Petovska on fieldwork in the Tiwi Islands

UQ’s Rotary Peace Fellows will present their experiences of contemporary peacebuilding during their annual seminar on May 22nd.

17 May 2010

The Visiting Nursing Service of New York will trial the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI), developed at The University of Queensland (UQ), with older people it provides care to in the Greater New York area.

30 March 2010
Dr Ferdinand Brockhall, 81, will graduate with a PhD from UQ on Monday 14 December 2009.

At the age of 81, UQ student Dr Ferdinand Brockhall will prove it’s never too late to learn new tricks as he crosses the graduation stage at the St Lucia campus on Monday December 14.

10 December 2009

A group of 11 students recently became the first graduating class for UQ's Graduate Certificate in Community Relations (Resources Sector) program.

20 May 2009

UQ staff and students with entrepreneurial ideas or early stage research projects are encouraged to enter UniQuest’s annual Trailblazer competition, which offers $40,000 in cash prizes.

23 April 2009
Former UQ peace scholar Karla Castellanos on her field study
placement in Tamil Nadu, India

For some, the word peace conjures up images of hippies and free love. Not so for the new 2009 cohort of UQ Rotary World Peace Fellows.

15 April 2009