Professor Max Lu AO, former UQ Provost. Photo courtesy of the University of Surrey.

Eminent members of the University of Queensland community were recognised in the Australia Day 2017 Honours List.

27 January 2017

Future students at The University of Queensland will have access to a bright new living space that will nurture academic success and career prospects.

31 May 2016
Professor Aidan Byrne will take up the position of UQ Provost later this year. Image: Norman Plant Photography and the ARC.

The University of Queensland has appointed Australian Research Council (ARC) Chief Executive Officer Professor Aidan Byrne as its new Provost.

24 May 2016
Dane Bird-Smith and Gabrielle Simpson

University of Queensland students Dane Bird-Smith and Gabrielle Simpson have been named Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year at the UQ Sport 2016 Club and Sports Awards.

18 April 2016
The St John's Anglican College NASA team with Professor David Mee (far right).

For most high school students, competing at an international competition at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre is an idea that is simply out of this world.

15 April 2016
The Veefil DC fast charger.

The University of Queensland is embracing the future of sustainable transport, installing four solar-powered electric vehicle chargers at its St Lucia and Gatton campuses.

7 April 2016
The 2015 Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Learning winners at Customs House.

University teachers have been recognised at The University of Queensland’s 2015 Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Learning ceremony held last night (2 November).

3 November 2015
Max von Laue.

The University of Queensland will celebrate the International Year of Crystallography with a free public lecture on Max von Laue, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 for his pioneering work on X-ray crystallography.

13 March 2014
Professor Janeen Baxter will head up the new centre. The successful bid was led by the UQ’s Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR).

The University of Queensland (UQ) will lead a new, multi-million dollar Centre of Excellence aiming to break the cycle of social disadvantage felt across generations within families.

17 December 2013
University of Queensland President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj and Hanban Director-General Madam Xu Lin in China this week.

A key global organisation for Chinese scholarship and culture has added The University of Queensland’s President and Vice-Chancellor to its senior consultancy board.

14 November 2013
President of UQ Skeptics, Nonie Finlayson

Scepticism is alive and well at The University of Queensland.

9 April 2013

UQ staff members and teams who have made an exceptional contribution to the University were recognised this month at the annual UQ Staff Recognition Awards.

23 February 2012
Attending the 2012 Yalari Horizons Leadership Camp were, from left, Michael Noah from Townsville Grammar, Christine Anu and Denzil Tighe from St Ignatius Riverview.

Indigenous students, celebrities and business leaders came together at UQ Business School for the 2012 Yalari Horizons Leadership Camp last week.

10 February 2012
The Courting the Greats event celebrated UQ's alumni community and paid tribute to exceptional alumni who have achieved distinction in their chosen fields and recognition among their peers.

A distinguished Japanese academic from the tsunami-affected region of Fukushima and a Singaporean CEO who has pioneered clean and renewable energy in South East Asia have been announced as joint winners of The University of Queensland 2011...

27 September 2011

Law professionals will get the opportunity to share their expertise and engage with some of the world’s leading legal academics at two law conferences being hosted by The University of Queensland’s TC Beirne School of Law this month.

19 July 2011

Fancy taking a peek inside the classroom of the future? Australia’s first Science of Learning Symposium, to be hosted by UQ's Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) next week, will shine a spotlight on how the latest advances in neuroscience can inform...

14 July 2011

The race is on for innovative Australians with a great start-up idea to win 100,000 dollars by entering the nation’s richest business competition.

2 June 2011
University of Queensland Business School student Joshua Hammond

In a short space of time, University of Queensland Business School student Joshua Hammond has established a successful filmmaking business and has his mission all mapped out.

28 May 2011

The University of Queensland leads an Australian research team that will help usher in the age of personalised medicine, following announcement of $40.2 million by the Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, today.

12 June 2010
Jordan Pierce and Kristyn Mackrell won the Women's and Men's Great Course race finals

Athletic greatness, both past and present, was on show at the 26th annual Great Court Race on May 12.

24 May 2010