Team Maunder gets ready to "be brave and shave" in front of crowds at Regatta Hotel to raise funds for the World’s Greatest Shave campaign. (Left in orange, Kane Boucaut, back in blue, Louis Stephen, middle in blue John Maunder and right in orange Mac Alison.) Photo by Kate Bishop.

A University of Queensland medical student suffering from a rare, incurable blood cancer is leading a team with a $60,000 fundraising goal in the World’s Greatest Shave campaign.

14 March 2013
Like humans, giraffes choose who they want to hang out with. Photo taken by UQ's Kerryn Carter of giraffes at Etosha National Park.

Studying social relationships among female giraffes may provide essential information for the management and conservation of the species, a study by The University of Queensland (UQ) has found.

23 January 2013

UQ Professor of Psychology Jolanda Jetten says the quality of a person’s social life could have an even greater impact than diet and exercise on their health and well-being.

9 September 2009
Dolphin in Moreton Bay

A UQ Science student’s research on the bottlenose dolphin population of Moreton Bay is so important, a German TV documentary crew has flown half way round the world to film it.

18 May 2009
An orange fangblenny

Scientists from The University of Queensland have revealed a coral reef fish has been successfully living incognito by using its colour-changing ability.

26 February 2009

A wet and dry fusion of science and art will enchant Brisbane when The University of Queensland’s School of Integrative Biology launches its inaugural Artist-in-Residence exhibition at Waterfront Place in Brisbane city in May.

14 April 2008

Andrea Marshall put everything on the line to follow her African dream to research and save one of the world’s largest manta ray populations.

5 December 2007

People travelling by CityCat between West End and The University of Queensland St Lucia campus on Saturday, December 2 will witness an unusual artwork involving local Indigenous people.

24 November 2006

A UQ PhD student has battled unforgiving mountainous terrain in Vietnam to conduct the world’s first in-depth study of the ecology of an endangered species of monkey.

10 October 2006

Former Legislative Council member and business leader Eric Li was guest speaker at The University of Queensland’s Hong Kong graduation ceremony.

8 September 2005

The University of Queensland’s original art collection will be reassembled for public display for the first time in 60 years for a Brisbane exhibition opening next week.

8 April 2005

Isolation is now a thing of the past for distance students at The University of Queensland's Gatton campus, thanks to a project that links these students to their academic community.

5 October 2004

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

Sydney poet Judith Beveridge was presented with one of Australia’s most prestigious poetry awards at a gala ceremony last night (Tuesday, February 25).

26 February 2003

UQ’s Centre for Magnetic Resonance has beaten international competitors to win a $A1 million contract to develop magnetic resonance imaging monitoring equipment for one of the world’s leading manufacturers.

7 February 2002

Big Brother has been running in over 15 countries with some countries giving it a second or third run. Cultural differences have meant that some countries' audiences have taken to the show more than others'.

7 June 2001

The Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Chief Justice of Queensland, will receive an honorary doctorate at a University of Queensland graduation ceremony on Monday, December 18.

15 December 2000

Young University of Queensland scientist Dr Peter Cassidy has invested six years of his life in building frameworks for new drugs.

25 October 2000

Join a journey through the bizarre and beautiful ?Nanoworld' and discover the hidden universe of microbes in a free public lecture at The University of Queensland on Tuesday, April 4 at 7pm.

30 March 2000

Ronald Ryan, the last man to be hanged in Australia, was executed behind a green tarpaulin on February 3, 1967. Not even the witnesses saw his body drop.

10 March 2000