Twenty-six of Australia’s most daring contemporary artists will vie for the 2011 University of Queensland National Artists’ Self-Portrait Prize, which will be announced next Friday, September 23.

13 September 2011

Fifty two leading researchers from The University of Queensland were honoured on Sunday as leaders in their diverse fields of discovery at the inaugural Q-Index Awards.

17 May 2011

Wealthy entrepreneurs and business leaders who are less risk-averse and more nimble than governments will help solve the world’s biggest issues in coming decades, according to two philanthropy experts.

4 March 2011
Detail of Pumpkin chess (2003) by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama

Famous artists including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin will be among the players when two chess-themed exhibitions open at The University of Queensland tomorrow, February 26.

25 February 2011

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

Eleven University of Queensland researchers have been honoured as international leaders in their fields at a ceremony today.

13 April 2010

University of Queensland researchers are testing new materials to withstand the extreme heat experienced by hypersonic vehicles in flight so they can fly for substantially longer.

24 December 2009

Mock news feeds and on-camera television news reading and reporting will be some of the attractions when the School of Journalism and Communication showcases its new state-of-the-art facilities on UQ St Lucia’s Open Day.

30 June 2009
Image courtesy of NASA

A free public lecture about the exploration of Mars will be held at The University of Queensland on Thursday, May 28.

22 April 2009

The first comprehensive field guide to the Great Barrier Reef will be launched by UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield at Customs House today (10am, Thursday, November 27).

25 November 2008

UQ’s cervical cancer vaccine co-creator Professor Ian Frazer has won the 2008 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.

16 October 2008

Standing at a height of four storeys, Out of Mind, the contemporary artwork on display in UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute, is certainly not out of sight.

30 September 2008

Rowan Gollan considers himself fortunate to be the first person to go to NASA under the new memorandum of understanding (MOU) between The University of Queensland and NASA.

21 July 2008

Applications are now open for UQ staff and students to submit their entrepreneurial ideas or early stage research projects for UniQuest’s annual Trailblazer competition, which offers $40,000 in cash prizes to move innovative ideas forward.

3 June 2008

The University of Queensland has joined with the Defence, Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) to further advance Australia’s leadership in hypersonics research.

2 May 2008

The University of Queensland has signed a memorandum of understanding with NASA to continue close collaboration on hypersonic propulsion project

23 April 2008

The University of Queensland (UQ) will be at the forefront of a new $80 million centre aimed at giving Australian industry a leading edge in winning major national and international defence contracts.

20 December 2007

A who’s who of established and emerging Australian artists are in the running for the nation’s first self-portrait prize, which has been established by The University of Queensland and will be announced on October 20.

15 October 2007

A scramjet experiment involving The University of Queensland as a collaborative partner has safely launched today at the Woomera Test Facility, 500km north of Adelaide.

15 June 2007

The future profitability and security of Queensland’s multi-billion dollar animal industries has received a major boost with the awarding of a contract to develop the $33 million Centre for Advanced Animal Science (CAAS) at Gatton.

29 January 2007