University of Queensland researchers have been awarded $1.13 million for cancer research next year - almost half of the Queensland Cancer Fund's 1998 allocation.

19 December 1997

Students from the University of Queensland's Gatton College will graduate at a ceremony at Gatton College's gymnasium on Friday, December 12.

9 December 1997

1997 University of Queensland Alumnus of the Year Dr H. Rodney Withers will receive his award and address graduates, at a University graduation ceremony for future doctors and other health professionals on Friday, December 5.

4 December 1997

The Federal Government has released comparative data showing the University of Queensland has received $3.05 million in competitive new grant allocations nationally for 1998 from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

27 November 1997

The University of Queensland has maintained its position as one of the nation's leading research universities by attracting the fourth highest number of new large project grants, in 1998 allocations from the Australian Research Council (ARC).

27 November 1997

The Federal Government has released comparative data showing the University of Queensland has received $3.05 million in competitive new grant allocations nationally for 1998 from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

26 November 1997

The Faculty of Business, Economics and Law plans to take its courses to prospective students with a new suite of programs to be offered from 1998.

10 November 1997

It's not every day you see an international best-seller on the history of economics.

29 October 1997

Globalisation makes international competitiveness the only important benchmark for universities, according to the University of Queensland's incoming Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Paul Greenfield.

29 October 1997

The Down Syndrome Research Program of the Schonell Special Education Research Centre at the University of Queensland will celebrate its 20th anniversary this weekend

19 September 1997

The 1997 Australian of the Year, Nobel Prize winner and University of Queensland graduate Professor Peter Doherty will return to his alma mater to deliver a free public lecture on How we deal with viral infections on Friday, September 12.

28 August 1997

Three hundred of the world's leading space engineers and medical researchers will attend the 21st International Symposium on Shock Waves from July 20 to July 25 at Great Keppel Island.

18 July 1997

Twenty-four bus and coach operators will graduate from a University of Queensland-organised accreditation course at a ceremony at the Tabletop Room, Picnic Point in the Park, Tourist Road, Toowoomba on Sunday, July 20 at 5.30pm.

17 July 1997

Most children with middle ear infections will not benefit from courses of antibiotic treatment, according to University of Queensland researchers.

11 July 1997

A University of Queensland expert on pastoral leases will give a free public lecture on issues surround the Wik debate at the University's St Lucia campus on Saturday.

15 May 1997

The University of Queensland will award 72 medals for outstanding scholarship at graduation ceremonies at Mayne Hall, St Lucia on May 12 and May 14.

9 May 1997

The University of Queensland will offer a poignant tribute to the women and men who have recently donated their bodies for teaching and research, by reading their names during the University's sixth ecumenical Thanksgiving Service.

14 April 1997

Two University of Queensland initiatives in Malaysia, both aimed at creating research, teaching and business links, are the latest achievements in the University's internationalisation program.

10 April 1997

The University of Queensland has established an office in Hanoi, Vietnam, to tap the country's fledgling education market.

10 March 1997

Breakthrough research linking the brain to lower back pain will revolutionise the treatment of back pain and understanding how the brain works, according to University of Queensland researchers.

17 January 1997