Professor Cindy Shannon ... a leader in Indigenous health

A health and nursing academic who has devoted her life to improving the health of Indigenous Australians and a neuroscience pioneer who was founding director of the Queensland Brain Institute – both University of Queensland professors – have...

7 June 2017
Tarwine, a fish commonly found in South East Queensland estuaries and rocky or sandy coastal areas.

Keen anglers heading out this long weekend should seek a quiet spot or prepare themselves for disappointment, new University of Queensland research shows.

21 April 2016
L to R: Joseph Powell, Penelope Sanderson, Ian Hesketh, Linda Worrall, Elizabeth Worrall on behalf of Alice Hayward, Danielle Shanahan on behalf of Richard Fuller, Zhongfan Jia, Bing-Jie Ni, Eve McDonald-Madden

Research into areas as diverse as avocados, batteries and climate change has shared in a $515,182 total pool in The University of Queensland’s Research Week awards.

16 September 2015
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
Back row L-R: Professor Graham Schaffer, Professor Gordon Dunlop, Steve Healy. Front row L-R:
Professor Peter Hayes, Dr Denis Audet, Francois Tremblay

Queensland’s future in bauxite and alumina processing has been strengthened thanks to a partnership between The University of Queensland (UQ) and Rio Tinto Alcan, one of the world’s leading bauxite and alumina producers.

12 November 2012

60 University of Queensland (UQ) professional staff members have been recognised as “Miracle Workers” at a special ceremony today, August 27.

27 August 2012

Australian life sciences researchers will translate their discoveries into commercial products faster thanks to a newly established Queensland Node of the Therapeutic Innovation Australia (TIA – Qld Node).

25 July 2012

Three figures associated with The University of Queensland have received the highest award in today’s Queen’s Birthday honours list.

11 June 2012

Three alumni associated with The University of Queensland were named 2012 Queensland Greats at a ceremony yesterday as part of Queensland Week celebrations.

8 June 2012

UQ staff members and teams who have made an exceptional contribution to the University were recognised this month at the annual UQ Staff Recognition Awards.

23 February 2012

UQ health researchers have joined with the directors of Queensland’s leading medical research institutes to speak out against significant funding cuts to medical research foreshadowed in the upcoming Federal Budget.

12 April 2011
Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield . . . UQ will always be the people's university

The University of Queensland scooped the pool when Premier Anna Bligh announced the prestigious Queensland Greats Awards today.

3 June 2010

A University of Queensland researcher whose practical advice about children has helped millions of families is a classic choice as 2007 Queenslander of the Year, UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay, AC, said today.

4 June 2007

A major medical research base to test and produce new drugs and vaccines in Brisbane has received Federal Government backing.

9 May 2007

The University of Queensland professor behind the world’s first cervical cancer vaccine will receive one of Australia’s most prestigious medical awards tonight.

6 March 2007

University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Hay, AC, has welcomed the Australian Government’s decision to fund the delivery of a UQ-invented cancer vaccine to Australian school girls.

29 November 2006

UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay, AC, is disappointed by a decision which means many Australian girls will continue waiting for a revolutionary cancer vaccine developed at UQ.

9 November 2006

UQ academics have excelled in winning three from a total of 11 prestigious new Carrick Fellowships 2006 — including one of only three Senior Fellowships.

28 September 2006

The University of Queensland and the Australian of Year, Professor Ian Frazer, said today $100 million towards new science infrastructure would pave the way for Queensland to have one of the world’s most advanced medical research facilities.

31 August 2006

The University of Queensland has today been recognised once again as the top teaching institution in the country, winning a staggering one third of all the 2005 Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT).

29 November 2005