Jim White

A retired Sunshine Coast academic has his wife to thank for prompting him to get his second University of Queensland PhD, in a totally different field to the first, at the age of 81.

20 July 2017
Equipment in the laboratory can be used for many functions, including dating ancient human and animal remains

One of the most advanced analytical research laboratories of its kind will be opened to the public on Thursday, 13 July at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus.

12 July 2017
New UQ Press CEO Jill Eddington

A commitment to unearthing and publishing great Australian writers is a driving force for new University of Queensland Press Chief Executive Officer, Jill Eddington.

16 January 2017
Photo of coral growth bands

University of Queensland researchers have found physical evidence in Great Barrier Reef corals of a little-known, long-term climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation – discovered and named only in the 1990s – describes...

13 January 2014

About 300 South East Queensland primary school students will take part in activities ranging from crime scene investigations, dancing, and robotics at The University of Queensland St Lucia campus on 15 September.

27 August 2013
Stuart Kininmonth . . . has "a dream job" in tropical Queensland

STUART Kininmonth’s life on a north Queensland tropical island is a world away from his childhood on a farm in Gippsland, Victoria.

17 March 2011

The University of Queensland today received more than $360,000 in Government funding to further strengthen research linkages with China.

18 December 2009

The University of Queensland today (Friday, October 2) – one day after the 60th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China – formalised arrangements to establish a Confucius Institute in partnership with Tianjin University.

2 October 2009

UQ research aimed at better diagnosing breast cancer is just one of 16 projects to be awarded prestigious fellowships by the Australian Government this week.

10 September 2009
Thomas Keneally

A free public lecture by Australian literary legend Thomas Keneally headlines a page-turning program of UQ events at this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival.

4 September 2009

The University of Queensland has again received multiple five star ratings in an independent ranking of Australian universities released tonight.

10 August 2009

A top Australian General will share his knowledge about war and the military when UQ’s School of Political Science and International Studies hosts the public lecture “What we can learn from Iraq” this month.

17 July 2009

Queensland’s top 150 Icons have been released and The University of Queensland’s structures, people and research milestones have made the list.

30 June 2009
Professor John Pearn

Staff and alumni associated with The University of Queensland have been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday awards.

8 June 2009
Self portrait dead 2007. Ben Quilty

Art lovers and novices alike will be thunderstruck by a new exhibition opening at the UQ Art Museum next month.

24 April 2009

From moulding clay taken from the banks of the Brisbane River at a very young age, to more than 300 carved artworks around the sandstone cloisters of The University of Queensland's Great Court, UQ sculptor Dr Rhyl Hinwood has had a dynamic career.

26 November 2008

Ancient Greek and alternative pop music might seem an odd match, but they’ve proved a perfect pairing for UQ graduate and staff member John Meyer, who releases his debut album next month.

22 October 2008

UQ’s School of Social Work and Human Services and Queensland Health today announced a joint Chair in Mental Health at a ceremony at the University's St Lucia campus.

30 September 2008

Leximancer Pty Ltd, a software innovations company established to develop the text analytics research of UQ’s Dr Andrew Smith, has graduated from its university base and opened its own office in Jindalee’s business precinct.

3 September 2008

The University of Queensland has again received five star rankings as one of Australia’s best research universities in an independent ranking of Australian universities released today.

4 August 2008