The first Resident Commissioner, Charles Woodford in the 1880s.

The first comprehensive online history of the Solomon Islands will be launched on 25 July, thanks to the painstaking research of a University of Queensland academic.

23 July 2013

An exhibition showcasing the diverse, quirky and often surprising nature of contemporary art opens at The University of Queensland Art Museum on Friday, 7 December.

23 November 2012

Staff in UQ’s School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics are using the lure of foreign countries to make the past come alive.

9 November 2012

Students studying anywhere in Australia or overseas will have online access to details of artworks in The University of Queensland's Art Collection from February 15.

10 February 2012

UQ's performance in the highly competitive Australian Research Council (ARC) funding arena has gone from strength to strength with the announcement of successful Future Fellowships and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) yesterday (...

15 November 2011
"Face (with yellow background)" c.1947 by Joy Hester

An intriguing National Portrait Gallery travelling exhibition will provide a window into the subconscious when it opens at UQ next week.

3 August 2011

Australia’s first science and technology focused Confucius Institute will be officially opened at The University of Queensland (UQ) today (Friday, 19 November 2010).

19 November 2010
James Hudson in the UQ Antiquities Museum with the 2400-year-old Egyptian mummy mask he voted for in the Treasures competition

A 2400-YEAR-OLD Egyptian mummy mask has brought good luck to an eight-year-old Brisbane boy, who is now the proud owner of a valuable contemporary artwork.

21 May 2010
Elizabeth Rosner. Photo: Julia McNeal

When UQ Master of Literature graduate Elizabeth Rosner got the call to say her second novel would soon be re-released in paperback, she had two reasons to be hopeful.

8 April 2010

Lecturer in Art History at UQ Dr Prue Ahrens says she intends to use an international fellowship to forge stronger links between the University and the Smithsonian American Art Musuem (SAAM).

30 March 2010