On New Year’s Day in 1974, Wiradjuri woman Evonne Goolagong delighted spectators at Melbourne’s Kooyong Tennis Club by defeating American Chris Evert to win the women’s singles Australian Open championship.
2 January 2024The Australian Research Council (ARC) has announced $25 million funding for 51 University of Queensland research teams to support a diverse range of fundamental research projects.
28 November 2022
At a time when Aboriginal people’s lives were controlled – including what language they spoke, where they could go and who they could marry – Aunty Lesley Williams was marching outside these restrictions.
3 August 2022
UQ experts are available to comment on various issues relating to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
29 March 2018The University of Queensland has a list of experts available for comment on issues relating to the Olympic Games Rio 2016.
3 August 2016
They may be graduating from The University of Queensland next week, but five valedictorians are already proving themselves to be change-makers off-campus.
17 July 2015
One chapter closes and another begins for University of Queensland’s Dr Gary Osmond – currently in the news for two of his books.
21 May 2015Using social media to tell the history of the Paralympic movement in Australia is the focus of a new research project at The University of Queensland.
25 September 2013
As football fans gear up for the AFL's Indigenous Round, this year marks the 20th anniversary of one footballer's courageous stance in the face of racial abuse.
23 May 2013The electric pace of Twenty20 cricket has been all about innovation and at Allan Border Field in Brisbane, Australia, the Indian IPL cricket stars, the Kolkata Knightriders, recently discovered just how fast it really is.
3 November 2008
