North Stradbroke Island is the scene of the third ever recorded sighting of the Japanese Devil Ray (Mobula japanica) in Australian waters, a species more commonly found in Indonesia, Mexico and Japan.

18 October 2007

Prominent Australian intellectual and Nobel Prize winner Professor Peter Doherty will present a public lecture at The University of Queensland on July 27.

18 July 2005

While many corporations still had the Greed is Good mentality, increasingly people were not buying the message, according to a UQ academic.

13 July 2004

Leading environmentalist and the main campaigner behind Fraser Island receiving World Heritage listing, John Sinclair, will receive the Gatton College Gold Medal at a University of Queensland graduation ceremony at Gatton College on December 11.

9 December 1998

Finalists from 78 schools will attend the State finals of the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Minds at the University of Queensland in Brisbane on Sunday, September 13.

9 September 1998

Nine bus and coach operators will graduate from a University of Queensland-organised accreditation course at a ceremony at the Mooloolaba Yacht Club on Sunday, July 13 at 5.30pm.

11 July 1997

The University of Queensland has been named one of the 'top 100 overseas universities' by the South China Morning Post.

9 May 1997