A wind turbine in a dry field with a power plant emitting steam in the background

All eyes will be on Dubai this week as 70,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries meet at the United Nations backed climate summit, known as COP28. The University of Queensland has a range of researchers available to offer expert analysis.

29 November 2023

Four University of Queensland educators have received 2023 Awards for Teaching Excellence for their leadership and innovation.

2 November 2023
Parliament House, Canberra under a cloudy sky. Adobe

The Federal election campaign has officially kicked off, and Australians are heading to the polls on May 21.

11 April 2022
Burning fossil fuels

All eyes will be on Glasgow over the first two weeks of November as world leaders meet at the most important international climate summit in the past decade.

2 November 2021

Human activities have destroyed more than 7.7 million hectares of threatened species habitat, revealing critical failures with Australia’s federal environmental protection laws.

9 September 2019
The Far Eastern Curlew are suffering rapid declines from loss of habitat along their flight path between Siberia and Australia. Photo: Dirk Hovorka.

University of Queensland scientists are calling for greater international collaboration to save the world’s migratory birds, with research finding more than 90 per cent of species are inadequately protected due to poorly coordinated conservation...

4 December 2015
Ben Quilty Self Portrait Dead (Over The Hills And Far Away) 2007. Collection of The University of Queensland. Gift of the Margaret Hannah Olley Foundation, 2007. Reproduced courtesy of the artist and Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane.

Five University of Queensland students will debut as curators in a series of exhibitions opening at the UQ Art Museum on Friday, 17 April.

10 April 2015
David Lavell: New Associate Director, Investigations at UQ

The University of Queensland has appointed a former government senior manager with a substantial ethics education background to its senior role in investigations.

15 October 2012

Internationally renowned experts in international relations, political science and security studies will come together at UQ to mark the 10th anniversary of the Al Qaeda attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.

23 August 2011

The world-renowned co-inventor of the cervical cancer vaccine, Professor Ian Frazer, has been appointed chief executive of the new $345 million Translational Research Institute.

24 February 2011

UQ journalism students today participated in a national radio broadcast from Musgrave Park in Brisbane as part of NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week celebrations.

10 July 2009
Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) Professor Max Lu (left) and The Honourable Tim Mulherin, Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and Rural and Regional Queensland

A new partnership announced today between the Queensland Government and The University of Queensland is set to deliver more powerful research outcomes for Queensland agriculture.

22 April 2009

Providing food for thought at this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival is Canadian journalist Carol Off, whose new book Bitter Chocolate delves into the dark side of the confectionary trade.

10 September 2008

A team of UQ mining and minerals processing students have won the 2007 National Mining Games.

22 May 2007

Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is to reveal details of his life, leadership and politics at a free public event presented by The University of Queensland this week.

27 September 2005

The University of Queensland has received an important national award recognising its commitment to equity.

25 November 2002

The University of Queensland`s governing Senate last night (February 7) re-elected Sir Llew Edwards, AC as Chancellor and Robert Wensley, QC as Deputy-Chancellor.

8 February 2002

The University of Queensland's governing Senate has re-elected Sir Llew Edwards, AC as Chancellor and elected Mr Robert Wensley, QC as Deputy-Chancellor.

12 February 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