Cover of the book Last Days of Ava Langdon

University of Queensland Press publishing director Madonna Duffy knew she had found “something special” when she first read a manuscript from Mark O’Flynn in 2015.

21 June 2017
Left to right: Breanna Koenen (AFL), Callum Breetzke (Surf Life Saving), Meg Gemmell (Rugby Sevens), and Leo Lark (Weightlifting)

A record 56 University of Queensland students – including five Olympic and Paralympic representatives – have received 2017 UQ Sporting Scholarships.

23 March 2017
The Euastacus kershawi crayfish.

Climate change could be affecting Australian spiny mountain crayfish and the animals that live on them, according to an international study that includes University of Queensland research.

25 May 2016
The 3.275 megawatt array is built on a 10ha former airstrip

Sunshine is being turned into energy and knowledge at The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus, where the state’s largest solar array was switched on today.

27 March 2015
Professor Carolyn Mountford will be the new TRI CEO from February 2015.

A leading expert in the areas of cancer, chronic pain and head injuries will be the new CEO and Director of Research for the Translational Research Institute (TRI).

23 September 2014
Elisa Jane Carmichael’s ‘Sandstone rocks and tree trunks’ 2013, ink on paper.  Reproduced courtesy of the artist.

The untouched beauty of Queensland’s Idalia National Park has inspired a series of works by emerging artist Elisa Jane Carmichael, currently on display at The University of Queensland.

17 September 2014
An artist's impression of the solar research facility at UQ Gatton on completion. Image: Wilson Architects

The University of Queensland and First Solar have begun construction on a 3.275 megawatt solar photovoltaic research facility at UQ’s Gatton campus.

6 August 2014
UQ's Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation's Antony van der Ent says researchers have identified dozens of new plant species that contain high concentrations of nickel in Mount Kinabalu in Borneo.

Mount Kinabalu is well known to climbers and adventurers all over the world – now a University of Queensland researcher is putting the Borneo mountain region on the map for trees that contain some of the world's highest concentrations of nickel.

11 November 2013
Professor Paul Meredith ... "a game-changing project forAustralia"

The University of Queensland has signed a contract with First Solar (Australia) Pty Ltd for the construction of a solar photovoltaic research facility at Gatton.

23 October 2013

Visits from a best-selling author, a Nobel prize-winning science writer and more have been made possible by The University of Queensland at this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival.

29 August 2012

The relevance of the modern Olympic Games – from war truces to the celebration of athletes - will come under scrutiny at a meeting of Olympic scholars that starts today.

6 July 2012

Fish and other sea creatures will have to travel large distances to survive climate change, international marine scientists have warned.

4 November 2011
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

University of Queensland students have taken the concept of moving furniture around to a new technological level.

27 June 2011
New results from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Anglo-Australian Telescope atop Siding Spring Mountain in Australia confirm that dark energy (represented by purple grid) is a smooth, uniform force that now dominates over the effects of gravity (green grid). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

An Australian-based astronomy team, co-led by Professor Michael Drinkwater from the School of Mathematics and Physics (SMP) at The University of Queensland (UQ), has shown that the mysterious ‘dark energy’ is indeed real and not a mistake in...

19 May 2011

A University of Queensland (UQ) mechanical engineering lecturer is one of two Australian academics to join astronomers from NASA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and other organisations who will get a front row seat and a rare...

11 June 2010

UQ Architecture students have lent their skills to assist community rebuilding efforts in tsunami-ravaged areas of the Solomon Islands.

16 September 2009
Ortelia creators Darren Pack, Joanne Tompkins, Sean Ivermee and Laz Kastanis at the UQ Art Museum

An arts innovation enterprise originating from University of Queensland research will be launched tomorrow.

24 March 2009
Dr Hinwood

UQ sculptor Dr Rhyl Hinwood is at it again, putting the final touches to her most recent university sculpture for St Leo's College.

12 January 2009

The University of Queensland today received $31 million in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grants, confirming its position as the state’s top research institution.

16 October 2008