University of Queensland academics have been recognised with 6 awards for their outstanding contribution to teaching and learning in the annual Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT).

27 February 2024

Four University of Queensland educators have received 2023 Awards for Teaching Excellence for their leadership and innovation.

2 November 2023
the silhouette of a person superimposed onto a graphic of a clock

University of Queensland research has revealed liver cells influence the body’s internal circadian clock, which was previously believed to be solely controlled by the brain.

18 May 2023
A grey aerodynamic submarine submerged in blue water

The issue of nuclear non-proliferation is back in the headlines, thanks to details announced yesterday at a US navy base of a deal involving Australia’s purchase of nuclear submarines.

15 March 2023
Order of Australia medals on a purple background

An international leader in audiology and an Indigenous author and poet are among an extensive list of University of Queensland representatives who have been named on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List this year.

13 June 2022
Floods inundating several homes with only the roof tiles visible of the one in the centre of the picture

As South-East Queensland and New South Wales wade through the devastation of storms and flooding that now threatens the greater Sydney region, residents and businesses will be turning to insurance as their only hope of recovery.

4 March 2022
A330 sampling: Qantas developed a sampling trap for collecting wastewater samples from planes to avoid cross contamination from flight to flight. Image: Qantas

Researchers from The University of Queensland and Australia’s national science agency CSIRO have found SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater samples from long haul flights of returning Aussies, proving they can detect it before passengers show symptoms.

18 October 2021
The cave in the forest in Kenya with the excavation team working at the mouth

The remains of a child buried almost 80,000 years ago under an overhang at Panga ya Saidi cave in Kenya is providing important new details about the development of complex social behaviours.

6 May 2021
Grass trees with pollen in the wind.

New research has revealed a potential link between pollen from certain grass species and respiratory health issues such as asthma and hay fever.

12 March 2021
Grey-green coloured sea sponge sitting in a bed of white and green-coloured coral

In a discovery spanning millions of years, scientists have found that humans, and most likely other animals, share important genetic mechanisms with a prehistoric Great Barrier Reef sea sponge.

5 November 2020
Close up of cellulose fibre network

The secret of how fibre shapes the structure of plant cell walls has been revealed, with potentially wide-ranging applications ranging from nutrition and health to agriculture.

17 September 2020
the words "fake news" spelled out in scrabble tiles

Can coronavirus spread through food? Can anti-inflammatories like ibuprofen make it worse?

18 March 2020
Beach mussels from Southport, Tasmania

One of the world’s most notorious invasive species has established itself on Australia’s coastlines, according to research from The University of Queensland.

2 December 2019

A potential therapy targeting difficult-to-treat immune system disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis will progress to clinical trials next year after securing $20 million in Series A funding.

1 November 2019

International research has shown that most people believe achieving environmental sustainability could hamper improvements to quality of life.

24 September 2019
Emeritus Professor Brian Wilson AO

The University of Queensland today pays tribute to the life and legacy of its longest-serving Vice-Chancellor, Emeritus Professor Brian Wilson AO.

11 September 2019

A knee injury set Carl Francia on the path that led to his graduation this week from the School of Health and Rehabilitation Services at The University of Queensland.

14 December 2018
Rainbow socks in running shoes

Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) Australians continue to experience significant disadvantage when it comes to health and wellbeing compared to their heterosexual peers, a University of Queensland study has found.

14 December 2018
ibis

A University of Queensland researcher has uncovered how a French scientist and ibis researcher conducted the first test of evolution more than 50 years before Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species.

28 September 2018
Emma Sievwright. Photo credit: Nick Wilson / Foxtel

The ovens are preheated and a fresh batch of Australia’s best amateur bakers is ready to knead the dough – with one of The University of Queensland’s own rising to the heat in The Great Australian Bake Off.

23 January 2018