Researchers from The University of Queensland have received more than $10.2 million through 6 Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) schemes to address gaps in health and medical research.

14 February 2024

Emerging researchers from The University of Queensland have secured more than $10 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award scheme.

29 August 2023
Colourful text on a black background that reads - 50+ Indigenous people changing the world.

Six University of Queensland staff members are featured on a national NAIDOC Week list of 52 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are changing the world.

4 July 2023
a man in a check shirt leans against a window in which he is reflected

Indigenous Elders, senior figures in Queensland law and leaders in education are among The University of Queensland’s seven 2022 Honorary Award recipients.

15 December 2022
cane toad

Australia may soon have the jump on cane toads after a Gold Coast not-for-profit was granted an exclusive licence to market a University of Queensland-designed bait for the invasive pests.

22 September 2021
Associate Professor Maree Toombs

The University of Queensland has appointed an Associate Dean (Indigenous Engagement) to lead reconciliation in the Faculty of Medicine.

18 December 2019
Dr Chris Hay for the UQ Drama: Building Pathways to Creative Careers team and right, Dr Kay Colthorpe

The University of Queensland celebrated excellence in teaching and learning at Brisbane’s Customs House last night.

30 October 2018

Fifty-eight upcoming researchers raced against the clock as they competed in the 2018 Asia-Pacific Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final at The University of Queensland this week.

28 September 2018
Tiny volcanic fragment from meteorite site in Canada

An ancient meteorite that struck Earth 1.85 billion years ago sparked long-lived volcanic eruptions bringing up material from the Earth’s depths, a new international study involving a University of Queensland researcher has revealed.

5 May 2017
Judy Burrows (left) and Dina Kamowa at the University of Malawi, where they had been invited to take part in an academic procession for graduating students.

When Judy Burrows first arrived in the African country of Malawi to help improve medication management at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, what she saw was often “appalling, jaw-dropping”.

3 March 2016
Kamil Wegrecki will attend the Universitas 21 Summer School in Mexico.

An aspiring young exercise physiologist and global entrepreneur is one of five undergraduate UQ students bound for Mexico for an international summer school to foster economic growth.

31 May 2012

People with a curious condition that causes them to apply make-up on only one side of their face, or ignore food on half of their plate, are playing a new role in understanding stroke recovery.

21 May 2012

The School of Political Science and International Studies has won funding for two separate research projects in the UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Awards.

28 October 2011
Dr Abhaya Kamalakanthan

Research conducted at The University of Queensland’s School of Economics has demonstrated the important role non-financial incentives play in attracting and retaining general practitioners (GPs) in the rural and remote areas of Australia.

9 May 2011
Pioneering educator Dr Chan

HELP University College in Malaysia has made a generous $100,000 donation to The University of Queensland's student welfare fund.

28 February 2011

UQ Ipswich Campus will hold two mid-year graduation ceremonies today (Monday, July 16) as part of UQ's mid-year graduation week.

13 July 2007

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has gifted an advanced rocket launcher to The University of Queensland this week for peaceful, scientific experiments.

20 March 2006

Pioneering educator Chan-Low Kam Yoke received an honorary doctorate from The University of Queensland in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday (September 14).

8 September 2005

Indigo Willing met her new family at the Sydney Airport in 1972, hours after being whisked away from a Vietnamese orphanage.

22 March 2005

The leading research behind one of Queensland’s brightest industry prospects will be on display when the Centre for Native Floriculture opens its doors on February 17.

1 February 2005