Corals on a subtropical reef off eastern Australia. Credit: Brigitte Sommer.

The vulnerability and conservation value of sub-tropical reefs south of the Great Barrier Reef - regarded as climate change refuges – has been highlighted in a new study.

23 August 2017

The University of Queensland has recognised staff members and teams in the 2017 UQ Awards for Excellence.

7 June 2017
Go on a virtual dinosaur hunt with the School of Biological Sciences Senior Lecturer Dr Steve Salisbury’s twitter feed.  Photo: Josie Fraser

The University of Queensland attracts top academic minds from across the globe, but how does their genius translate to 140 characters or less? To celebrate @UQ_News reaching 13,000 twitter followers, UQ is sharing a list of some of its most engaging...

30 April 2015
Both staff and student alumni will be celebrated during UQ's Centenary year.
Photo courtesy UQ Archives.

The University of Queensland will celebrate the achievements and successes of its students and staff throughout the past 100 years with reunion celebrations planned in 2010.

10 December 2009

The University of Queensland’s annual Great Court race celebrated a quarter of a century this year with a strong field of athletes and plenty of competition.

2 July 2009
Professor Hoegh-Guldberg

UQ’s Heron Island Research Station in the Great Barrier Reef reopens today (Friday, February 20), following a $9 million upgrade.

20 February 2009

A distinguished, Malaysia-based independent publisher and expert in participatory information and communication processes, Mr Chin Saik Yoon, has won the UQ School of Journalism and Communication’s 2008 Communication and Social Change Award.

29 September 2008

UQ Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science (NRAVS) students, Robyn Cave and Lee Hickey, have reaped rewards for academic excellence in agricultural studies, receiving the Bryan Memorial and Bell medals respectively.

11 December 2007

A fitting tribute has been made to Emeritus Professor Bob Milns, AM, with the University of Queensland’s Antiquities Museum recently renamed in his honour.

28 February 2007

350 international delegates will discuss injury management and prevention and employment of people with disabilities in Brisbane next week.

4 October 2006

South Australia doesn’t want one. The New South Wales one saved it from additional road tolls. Why doesn’t Queensland have one?

13 April 2006

Former Governor-General the Honourable Bill Hayden, AC, KSJ, will be guest speaker at a Brisbane conference which will consider whether Queensland should have an upper house of parliament.

14 February 2006

A world-renowned “bird flu” researcher and University of Hong Kong (HKU) Emeritus Professor will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Science at one of The University of Queensland’s three overseas graduations ceremonies this month (September).

8 September 2004

Rising track star Werner Botha ran to an impressive win in the University of Queensland’s 20th annual Great Court Race on Wednesday, May 26.

27 May 2004

World record holder Geoff Trappett will headline a celebrity wheelchair race at this year’s University of Queensland Great Court Race on Wednesday, May 26 to support Australia’s Paralympic athletes.

25 May 2004

The Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) has praised The University of Queensland for outstanding leadership and excellent quality performance in an audit report released today (October 1, 2003).

1 October 2003

Singapore Cabinet minister Dr Lee Boon Yang received the International Alumnus of the Year award at a special University of Queensland graduation ceremony in Singapore on September 23.

19 September 2003

Sydney poet Judith Beveridge was presented with one of Australia’s most prestigious poetry awards at a gala ceremony last night (Tuesday, February 25).

26 February 2003

Human organ cloning, genetic profiles and biological weapons will be some of the issues addressed at a mock United Nations summit during a biomedical engineering forum being hosted by The University of Queensland next month.

29 June 2001

A University of Queensland researcher is using molecular analysis in an attempt to resolve a hotly debated issue in evolutionary theory, involving the relationship between turtles, crocodiles and other reptiles.

3 October 2000