Lakeisha Patterson standing in front of a white backdrop, wearing an Australian uniform

Six-time Paralympic Swimming medallist Lakeisha Patterson OAM’s preparations for the Tokyo Paralympic Games have been boosted by a University of Queensland Sporting Scholarship.

22 March 2021
UQ's Excellence awardees 2016

Staff who have contributed to The University of Queensland’s vision of excellence have been celebrated and awarded at the 2016 UQ Awards for Excellence.

10 June 2016

Australia’s long-running literary flagship program – Poetica on Radio National (RN) – is slated for axing in 2015. It’s one more casualty of the cuts to the ABC budget, announced last week. For the first time since 1946, ABC Radio will be without a...

1 December 2014

Something strange is happening within the world-famous pitch drop experiment with the latest drop forming much faster than the last couple of drops. There have been nine drops so far and all attention is now on trying to observe the tenth,...

10 November 2014
Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out in the Rain is published by University of Queensland Press.

Award-winning University of Queensland alumnus Steven Herrick has released his much-anticipated children’s fiction book, Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out in the Rain, published by the University of Queensland Press.

30 April 2014

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
The Courting the Greats event celebrated UQ's alumni community and paid tribute to exceptional alumni who have achieved distinction in their chosen fields and recognition among their peers.

A distinguished Japanese academic from the tsunami-affected region of Fukushima and a Singaporean CEO who has pioneered clean and renewable energy in South East Asia have been announced as joint winners of The University of Queensland 2011...

27 September 2011
Dr Andrew Liveris

A Brisbane-educated boy who is now the CEO of a $45 billion global company will deliver a free public talk as part of The University of Queensland’s Centenary Oration Series on Monday, 22 November 2010.

3 November 2010
Professor Joseph Stiglitz

Inadequate taxes on mining means the people of Australia are being cheated and the economy is getting poorer, a Nobel Prize-winning economist told a crowd of 1400 people at The University of Queensland last night.

27 July 2010

Two of The University of Queensland’s (UQ’s) brightest agricultural minds have been awarded the prestigious Bell and Bryan medals for their research on the Buffalo fly in cattle and on leaf miner pests.

24 January 2006

Australian and World experts in reef ecosystems have declared Australia will run the risk of losing its Iconic Great Barrier Reef unless measures are taken now. In an article to appear in the internationally regarded Science magazine, a group of...

14 August 2003

A number of members of The University of Queensland community were honoured with Centenary Medals, announced by Prime Minister John Howard last month.

20 May 2003