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
IMB’s Professor Glenn King and ) Professor Zhi Ping (Gordon) Xu.

University of Queensland research projects into chronic pain and Alzheimer’s disease have received $125,000 each in funding under the Queensland-Chinese Academy of Science (Q-CAS) Collaborative Science Fund, announced today (31 October).

31 October 2018
From left, Michael Lucas; UQ Global Engagement Deputy Director Dr Jessica Gallagher, Caitlin Gordon-King, Sophie Ryan, Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop, Kate Goodfruit, Rachel Dodds, Elsie Schuster and Alexander Williams

Seven University of Queensland undergraduates will study in destinations around the Indo Pacific region after being named as 2017 Fellows and scholars under the New Colombo Plan.

2 December 2016
UQ's missing main fountain at the St Lucia Campus is set to make a return.

One of The University of Queensland’s best-known landmarks — the fountain in the main lake at its St Lucia campus — has been retired after 43 years faithful service.

4 October 2012

A labour law expert from The University of Queensland (UQ) is lending his expertise to a significant collective bargaining rights case in Canada.

24 November 2010
2009 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award winners

The University of Queensland has paid tribute to its emerging research leaders, awarding $685,000 at the annual UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards tonight (Tuesday, September 22).

22 September 2009

An innovative irrigation project will be installed at The University of Queensland Boyce Garden at 6 Range Street, Toowoomba, in time for the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers from September 19 to 28.

14 August 2008

Two University of Queensland Senators were awarded honorary doctorates at a ceremony for UQ’s Business, Economics and Law Faculty at the UQ Centre, St Lucia on Monday December 5.

2 December 2005

The recovery of the successful HyShot™ II experiment still hangs in the balance after an intensive University of Queensland ground search did not locate the payload in the South Australian desert this month.

1 May 2003

A University of Queensland team is gearing up for Tuesday`s historic attempt to flight test the supersonic combustion process used in a scramjet for the first time in the world.

27 July 2002

The University of Queensland is working towards the second flight in the international HyShot program to proceed at Woomera, possibly in late July or early August.

22 May 2002

The University of Queensland will hold a free public lecture next month to discuss the recent recovery of the HyShot debris from the remote South Australian desert.

19 April 2002

University of Queensland researchers have found the missing HyShot payload and rocket in the South Australian desert.

26 February 2002

Found: one rocket. Hardly used. Very big. Contact The University of Queensland for more details. UQ’s HyShot team, which is searching the South Australian desert for a missing scramjet and second stage rocket from last year’s Woomera tests, came...

26 February 2002

University of Queensland researchers from two entirely different disciplines — rocket science and zoology — are searching the South Australian desert this week in a bid to locate the payload and second stage rocket from the HyShot scramjet...

25 February 2002

Leaders in international space technology development will attend the 10th annual Australian Space Research Institute (ASRI) conference at The University of Queensland from December 1 to 3.

16 November 2000

The University of Queensland's Alumnus of the Year and Graduate of the Year will receive their awards at a Brisbane graduation ceremony next week.

25 August 2000

The University of Queensland has maintained its position as one of the nation's leading research universities by attracting the fourth highest number of new large project grants, in 1998 allocations from the Australian Research Council (ARC).

27 November 1997

University of Queensland honours student Sue McGrath doesn't mind doing the dirty work to learn more about insect diversity.

20 October 1997

University of Queensland and Department of Environment researchers and students have witnessed what is believed to be a record mass nesting of green turtles on Queensland's Barrier Reef.

21 February 1997