mechanical sensors on a silicon chip

Quantum sensors being developed at The University of Queensland could revolutionise navigation and communications in unmanned and autonomous vehicles.

1 February 2019
Trevor and Judith St Baker.

A $1.5 million gift from the Trevor and Judith St Baker Family Foundation will help electrify green technology research at The University of Queensland.

7 November 2018
Celebrity chef Ben Milbourne to be awarded Distinguished Young Alumni Award.

​The head of Uniting Care Queensland and a Reserve Bank of Australia board member are among a distinguished line-up celebrated in The University of Queensland’s 2016 Alumni Awards.

15 August 2016
Dr Claudia Vickers ... limonene one day could be a renewable, clean aviation fuel.     Photo: David Sproule

A University of Queensland researcher hopes to use a chemical found in lemons and other citrus fruits to make clean, renewable jet fuel.

9 October 2013

Using music to engage with and educate young people about their emotions, and how to tolerate and regulate their strong emotional states, is the focus of a new intervention developed by University of Queensland clinical psychologist Dr Genevieve...

18 September 2012

Researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) are seeking first-time mothers to trial a new ‘Sing, Soothe, and Sleep’ instructional DVD that teaches mothers how to use music to settle babies.

7 December 2010

The University of Queensland topped the nation in the prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowships announced today, being awarded 31 fellowships worth a total of more than $22 million.

17 November 2010
L to R: Professor Hugh Possingham, Mr Brian Sherman AM (Sherman Foundation), Her Excellency Quentin Bryce AC, Governor-General, Dr Ian Ball and Mr Matt Watts

The designers of conservation planning software that helped rezone the Great Barrier Reef have been recognised with the prestigious Sherman Eureka Prize for Environmental Research.

21 August 2009

The University of Queensland has paid tribute to its emerging research leaders, awarding more than $800,000 at the annual UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards.

23 September 2008

Some of the world’s leading primate experts will meet at UQ from March 9-11 for the 25th annual conference of the Australasian Primate Society.

1 March 2007

A UQ researcher will have daily access to a large group of apes thanks to a $30,000 fellowship with a world-renowned scientific institute.

1 November 2006

The University of Queensland has recognised some of its most innovative, dedicated and exceptional teachers at its annual teaching awards tonight (Monday, October 30).

30 October 2006

Twenty-nine students from The University of Queensland, Gatton Campus will fly to six different Asian destinations in the coming weeks as part of their Bachelor of Agribusiness degrees.

12 September 2006

Chimpanzees and two-year-old children are as clever as each other but dogs are not as smart as previously thought, according to a University of Queensland study.

22 August 2006

A recent UQ PhD graduate has spent the past three years looking at how to prevent kidney failure in Aboriginals.

22 July 2003

The food that diners leave behind on their plates might soon be recycled to earn profits, create jobs and further develop Australia's burgeoning aquaculture industry.

5 March 2001

Chief Scientist for the Queensland Department of Primary Industries Dr Joe Baker will be guest speaker at one of two University of Queensland graduation ceremonies tomorrow, Wednesday, December 15.

15 December 1999

Julie Webb has not let blindness prevent her from becoming one of the top achieving medallists of the 63 students awarded University of Queensland medals for outstanding scholarship at graduation ceremonies at Mayne Hall, St Lucia on May 18 and May...

15 May 1998