University of Queensland researchers have secured almost $31 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to tackle health and medical challenges in Australia and around the world.

21 March 2023
Emeritus Professor Maree Smith

A respected chronic pain researcher and a leading neuroscientist are among the roll call of University of Queensland community members recognised in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

10 June 2019
UQ's Excellence awardees 2016

Staff who have contributed to The University of Queensland’s vision of excellence have been celebrated and awarded at the 2016 UQ Awards for Excellence.

10 June 2016
An image from One Hundred Days at 7pm 2015.

Victorian artist Fiona McMonagle has been awarded one of Australia’s most prestigious art prizes, The University of Queensland’s National Self-Portrait Prize 2015.

13 November 2015
Nell, SUMMER 2012, Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Winner of 'The University of Queensland National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize 2013

Thirty Australian artists will put their best selves forward in The University of Queensland’s biennial 2015 National Artist’s Self-Portrait Prize.

11 June 2015

60 University of Queensland (UQ) professional staff members have been recognised as “Miracle Workers” at a special ceremony today, August 27.

27 August 2012

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
Michael Bradshaw at work. Photograph taken by Mark Crocker.

University of Queensland Emmanuel College Music Scholar Michael Bradshaw began playing piano at the tender age of seven while living with his family in Japan. His parents played instruments and filled the house with music, creating an environment...

25 January 2012

UQ was named among as one of the 10 most GLBT-friendly employers of 2010 in Australia at the Pride in Diversity Awards and Luncheon on Tuesday.

19 May 2011

The University of Queensland has topped the nation in the number of Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citations for outstanding contributions to student learning.

7 July 2010

A new treatment for epilepsies, resilience training for adults, more efficient nickel and cobalt processing, and a breakthrough in the fight against obesity and diabetes were the Open winners in the 2010 Trailblazer competition run by The University...

25 June 2010
Heather Stewart and Michael Williams, joint winners of the Vice-Chancellor’s Equity and Diversity Award

A project which has attracted international University interest in advancing appropriate representation of Indigenous peoples and issues through the student learning experience is this year’s main prize winner in the 2010 UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Equity...

27 May 2010

Students from Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Education in the Northern Territory have made history participating in a broadcast technical training workshop at The University of Queensland’s School of Journalism and Communication.

4 May 2010

SBS News Head Paul Cutler will provide a keynote address at the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day Indigenous Voice Closing the Gap Forum on May 1 at The University of Queensland in Brisbane.

13 April 2010

CBC News executive Heaton Dyer will provide a keynote address at the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day Indigenous Voice Closing the Gap Forum on May 1 at The University of Queensland in Brisbane.

11 April 2010

An award-winning journalism professor from the United States will share two decades of knowledge about informing the next generation of journalists to cover Indigenous Issues on May 1 at The University of Queensland.

11 April 2010

Strategies being adopted in Canada to inform journalists about how to improve coverage of Indigenous Issues will be covered at World Press Freedom Day at UQ in Brisbane next month.

11 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

The University of Queensland has honoured its outstanding teachers and education programs at its 9th UQ Excellence in Teaching & Learning Awards at Customs House tonight.

2 November 2009
Professor Michael Drinkwater and Forest Lake College entry Captain Stewart Wright

What began as a nationwide contest to encourage an interest in astronomy has ended with a tour of one of the world’s largest telescopes in Hawaii – all without leaving Brisbane.

28 August 2009