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

The University of Queensland is forging closer links with the private sector through the establishment of the Kratzmann Chair in Psychiatry at Toowong Private Hospital.

4 December 1997

Australian persimmon growers have developed a $2 million export opportunity with Singapore thanks largely to a marketing strategy devised at the University of Queensland's Gatton College.

19 November 1997

More than 300 Australian school children will sing, dance and even rap their way through 'mind-bending problems' when the University of Queensland hosts the national final of the Tournament of Minds this weekend.

23 October 1997

Fifty-four of the state's brightest science students exercised their minds at the recent Junior Physics Olympiad Training School - the first camp of its type to be held at the University of Queensland.

21 October 1997

More than 300 Australian school children will sing, dance and even rap their way through 'mind-bending problems' when the University hosts the national final of the Tournament of Minds in October.

29 September 1997

Australia's first female Rhodes Scholar Beth Woods has returned to her alma mater, the University of Queensland, as the Queensland Industry Development Corporation (QIDC) foundation professor of agribusiness.

24 July 1997

A University of Queensland researcher has received a prestigious international award for his studies of bimanual co-ordination - movements involving the co-operation of both hands.

20 June 1997

A University of Queensland researcher has written the first known comprehensive study of the teaching of English and Australian literature in Australian universities in the 19th and 20th centuries.

10 June 1997

The University of Queensland Senate on June 5 accepted the recommendation of Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay not to introduce full-fee places for Australian students at this time.

6 June 1997

University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay will open newly-refurbished biological laboratories for one of the University's flagship research centres on June 23.

5 June 1997

A dedicated parallel supercomputer facility for earthquake simulation at the Queensland University Advanced Centre for Earthquake Studies (QUAKES), could lead to a reduction in Australia's earthquake risk.

30 May 1997

One hundred years of teaching and research will be celebrated at the University of Queensland Gatton College from Thursday, July 17 to Sunday, July 20.

23 May 1997

Research on schizophrenia, the socio-economic determinants of junior sport participation and managing headaches are among seven projects to be funded in 1997 by the University of Queensland Foundation Ltd.

20 May 1997

Law students set to graduate from the University of Queensland at 6pm on Monday, May 12 have rewritten the record books on academic excellence.

12 May 1997

Nineteen bus and coach operators will graduate from a University of Queensland-organised accreditation course at a ceremony at the Cairns Holiday Inn on Sunday, May 11 at 5.30pm.

7 May 1997

The University of Queensland will offer a limited number of places in the mid-year offer round.

24 April 1997

A University of Queensland company and a Brisbane gold explorer have joined forces to commercialise a new material which soaks up toxic metal pollutants from acid mine wastewater.

17 April 1997

r University of Queensland researchers have guided the United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) development of international standards on the health effects of copper.

9 April 1997

Ten University of Queensland students who combine studies with sport at a national level have received sporting scholarships for 1997.

5 March 1997