More than 170 technologically minded Queensland primary and secondary school students converged on The University of Queensland (UQ) campus recently to showcase their technological prowess.

22 August 2011
Director of the UQ Institute for Social Science Research Professor Mark Western

UQ will be the headquarters for a new world class research centre that will improve the social and economic wellbeing of Queensland communities.

19 August 2011
Detail of St Leo's College's new public artwork "Correlate" by Lincoln Austin

The Director of Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art was on hand to officiate an opening of a different kind at St Leo’s College recently.

15 August 2011

The University of Queensland has cracked the top 100 for the first time in the prestigious 2011 Academic Rankings of World Universities announced today.

15 August 2011

A new memorandum of understanding between UQ and the Mexican government will shed new light on the best ways to tackle obesity, including childhood obesity, and chronic disease.

12 August 2011
Professor Jason Mattingley and Professor Bernie Degnan

The University of Queensland has been awarded three prestigious Australian Research Council Australia Laureate Fellowships announced today by Federal Science Minister Kim Carr.

10 August 2011

One of Australia’s largest investments in a start-up biotechnology company – AUD15 million – has been made with the aim of developing a revolutionary new needle-free vaccine delivery system.

1 August 2011
Margaret Olley, AC

The University of Queensland community is mourning the passing today of one of Australia’s most admired and respected artists and philanthropists Margaret Olley, AC.

26 July 2011
Best view in Brisbane: During her time as traffic reporter for Channel 9's Today Show Sarah Greenhalgh enjoyed the best office view in Brisbane.

While most of Brisbane is either tucked up in bed or just starting their day, Sarah Greenhalgh, is flying high above the city surveying the roads to keep commuters informed of the best routes to work.

19 July 2011

The UQ Solar Array underpins a number of cutting-edge research projects, in diverse fields including physics, engineering, economics and sustainability.

15 July 2011

The University of Queensland has strengthened its academic, government and alumni links during a recent tour of Indonesia.

12 July 2011
Mitjili Napurrula's "Uwalki – Watiya Tjuta" (2005), part of the Painting Country exhibition. Image reproduced courtesy of the artist. Photo: Carl Warner

UQ’s evolving collection of Indigenous art will be on show from this Saturday as curtains close on NAIDOC Week 2011.

7 July 2011
2011 Churchill Fellow Associate Professor Andreas Schloenhardt

UQ academic Andreas Schloenhardt has been awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to help Australian law enforcement agencies fight the $15 billion problem of organised crime.

6 July 2011

Two of the world’s leading research universities, The University of Queensland (UQ) and Clemson University in the USA have signed a research agreement today that will result in invaluable collaboration in biofuels research and development.

27 June 2011

A strategic research partnership between The University of Queensland (UQ), Griffith University and SeqWater will provide long-term benefits for South East Queensland's water resources.

15 June 2011

Researchers at The University of Queensland have attracted $11.2 million in funding for 22 projects under the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects scheme, which supports joint research with industry and business partners.

1 June 2011
Members of the Asylum and Refugee Law Project including Marissa Dooris (front row, second from left) and Dr Peter Billings (centre)

A project that has helped year 12 high school students to develop a better understanding of Australia’s asylum and refugee policies is the main winner in the 2011 UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Equity and Diversity Awards, announced this evening.

26 May 2011

Fifty two leading researchers from The University of Queensland were honoured on Sunday as leaders in their diverse fields of discovery at the inaugural Q-Index Awards.

17 May 2011

UQ’s top nursing and midwifery staff and students have an extra reason to celebrate tomorrow’s International Nurses Day - they have just been recognised for their outstanding contributions to academic learning and teaching excellence

11 May 2011

University of Queensland final year physiotherapy student Kylie Dunn has received UQ’s first Artius Health Scholarship.

11 May 2011