A philanthropist, world-leading orchestra conductor and an acclaimed author are among the recipients of UQ’s 2021 Alumni Awards.

15 September 2021

A champion for professional sportswomen and a pioneer for healthcare reform are among members of The University of Queensland community recognised with Queen’s Birthday Honours.

14 June 2021

The estimated 140,000 diagnostic errors made in Australia every year could be prevented by implementing key strategies, according to a perspective paper by a University of Queensland researcher.

21 September 2020
Personal preferences or beliefs can steer clinicians towards continuing to deliver care that robust evidence has shown to confer little or no benefit.

Doctors have been warned to be aware that psychological factors could lead them to suggest medical interventions of little or no value to patients, despite campaigns aimed at eliminating unnecessary tests and procedures.

8 May 2017
Nancy Frates

Queenslanders will have the opportunity to meet the woman behind last year’s internet sensation, the Ice Bucket Challenge, when she visits The University of Queensland this week.

19 October 2015
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman being interviewed by the media. Credit: Wikipedia.

If Queensland’s Liberal National Party reclaims government at this Saturday’s election, you can be sure the politicians will be quick to take the credit. But behind the scenes, much of the credit for the LNP’s political revival belongs to the...

27 January 2015
Exotic lies and sacred ties (the heart that conceals, the tongue that never reveals) 2008installation: pastel, pencil, glitter, Swarovski crystal and wash on paper, framed, with mosaic china, taxidermy and painted wood 325 x 325 x 130 cm variableCollection of The University of Queensland, purchased 2009

A decade of artwork by leading contemporary artist Danie Mellor is the focus of The University of Queensland Art Museum exhibition Danie Mellor: Exotic Lies Sacred Ties, opening on 31 January 2014.

3 October 2013
eX de Medici
‘Spy (Tehran/Qom)’ 2012
watercolour on paper
image/sheet 114 x 166 cm
Collection of The University of Queensland, purchased 2012
Photo: Carl Warner
Reproduced courtesy of the artist

UQ Art Museum will showcase selected artworks acquired for The University of Queensland Art Collection in the last two years.

2 August 2013
Sweeney Reed (1945–1979), ‘Telepoem’ 1975, screen print, edition 43/45
41 x 51 cm, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Gift of Pamela, Mishka and Danila McIntosh 1990. © Estate of Sweeney Reed.

The emergence of visual poetry in Australia in the mid-1960s and its ongoing development will be on display at the UQ Art Museum from 6 July.

26 June 2013

World-leading health experts will converge for the Diamantina Health Partners 'Meeting of Minds' in Brisbane next Wednesday to discuss the latest in health care for Queenslanders.

24 April 2013
Professor Andrew White, Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj, Professor Max Lu, Professor David Craik and Professor Matthew Brown

The University of Queensland’s place as a global research leader has been highlighted with today’s announcement that five UQ scientists are among 20 new Australian Academy of Science Fellows for 2013.

27 March 2013

The University of Queensland’s place as a global research leader has been highlighted with today’s announcement that five UQ scientists are among 20 new Australian Academy of Science Fellows for 2013.

27 March 2013
UQ Chancellor John Story congratulates Chancellor's Award winner Melissa Glendenning, Operations Manager at Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation.

Professional staff play a vital role in supporting teaching, research and engagement at The University of Queensland, a contribution that today was recognised through the prestigious Chancellor’s Awards.

21 February 2013
UQ’s Professor Len Gray consults with a patient using telehealth.

The University of Queensland researchers are investigating ways to improve access to health services for people in residential aged care facilities with the use of telehealth.

30 October 2012
The winning act at Gatton's Got Talent.

An 80s rock duo topped the field of talent at the The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus recently.

4 May 2012

Amanda Rojek, a medical student from the The University of Queensland is ready to tackle global health when she embarks on her Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford next...

2 November 2011
The winners of the UQ Foundation Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision awards. From Left: Associate Professor Melissa Brown, Professor Ian Godwin, Professor Ottmar Lipp and Professor Zhiguo Yuan.

The University of Queensland has recognised seven of its most inspiring research higher degree supervisors.

27 September 2010
UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award winners.

Eleven young University of Queensland researchers have been honoured at the 2010 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards.

22 September 2010

The most comprehensive postgraduate mining law course in Queensland, presented by 20 of Australia’s leading mining lawyers, is being offered by UQ next month.

28 July 2010

The 2006 Australian of the Year, Professor Ian Frazer, will tonight receive a further honour, the Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research.

13 November 2008