The magnitude of habitat loss/fragmentation effects were greatest in regions 
with high maximum temperatures

In a world first, University of Queensland and CSIRO scientists have measured the relationship between current climate, climate change and habitat loss on plants and animals on a global scale.

5 January 2012
The first group of RWH Hawken Scholar graduates

The Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT) at The University of Queensland (UQ) bid farewell to its first group of RWH Hawken Scholar students when they graduated last Thursday.

16 December 2011

An Australia-first research program exploring how common childhood diseases such as ADHD, asthma and obesity could be linked to household chemicals and air-borne particles will be based in Brisbane.

3 August 2011
Associate Professor Stephen Mahler

Australian researchers aim to use a newly-funded collaboration to develop a new generation of cancer treatment, “supercharging” antibodies with a drug delivery vehicle for targeting tumours.

10 July 2011
Graduate Hans Pearson, Mayor Steve Jones, Senior Vice President of UQGPSA Don Oxenham with Junior Vice President Peter Douglas.

Past University of Queensland (UQ) students have proven their ties to the Lockyer Valley remain strong by digging deep to support the flood appeal.

1 March 2011

The Director of UQ's Global Change Institute, Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, has been selected as the Coordinating Lead Author of Chapter 30, “Open Oceans”, to the Working Group II (WGII) contribution of the Fifth Assessment Report of the...

24 June 2010
Jonathan Wei's winning entry

UQ Mechanical and Aerospace engineering student Jonathan Wei has put his design skills to good purpose to win the UQ 2010 Diversity Week Design Competition.

27 May 2010

The University of Queensland Art Museum is celebrating the generosity of one of the state’s most remarkable philanthropists with its latest exhibition.

12 May 2010

University of Queensland researchers are undertaking a world leading study into the prediction and subsequent modelling of urban fires.

27 April 2010

Researchers from The University of Queensland are recruiting participants from central Queensland to trial a new technology aimed at helping patients manage Type 2 Diabetes.

27 April 2010

Queensland will host some of the world’s elite scientists later this year at the 24th International Conference on Statistical Physics sponsored by The University of Queensland.

19 January 2010

UQ research ranging from better pearls to better plastics was given a $3.5 million boost today with the latest round of Australian Research Council funding.

29 May 2009

The protection of Australia's freshwater ecosystems has been discussed at the Australian Protected Area Congress finishing today at the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

27 November 2008

Researchers from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute are set to conduct a world-first clinical trial into the link between prenatal vitamin D levels and schizophrenia prevalence.

31 July 2008

A new Australia-US alliance of research, government and industry leaders is tackling the future of clean coal at a conference hosted by UQ.

9 April 2008

At an exciting point in its evolution as one of the nation's leading trainers of future veterinarians, UQ has appointed a new Professor and Head of School with an impressive record of academic and research achievement as well as strong links with...

23 October 2007

Seven promising University of Queensland researchers have been honoured with awards totalling $505,000 at the 2007 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards held at Brisbane Customs House.

18 September 2007

Friday and Saturday between 9pm and 1am are the most common days and times for hoax fire calls, according to a University of Queensland study modelling the State’s urban fires, the first of its kind in Australia.

20 November 2006

A University of Queensland researcher is working to halt the progress of chronic liver disease, which affects a quarter of million Australians.

22 September 2004