Honorary Doctorate acceptance address, Conferral of Doctor of Laws honoris causa, UQ Centre, St Lucia campus

14 December 2006

UQ researchers are examining a possible link between a history of depression and anxiety and the likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, later in life.

8 December 2006

UQ nanotechnologist Professor Max Lu is the only Australian to make a list of the top 50 most influential Chinese in the world.

8 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

The latest addition to a cluster of research institutes at The University of Queensland, the $70 million Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) opens today at the University’s St Lucia campus.

23 October 2006

Researchers at UQ’s AIBN are developing an artificial meniscus to replace damaged knee cartilage.

18 October 2006

Eight up-and-coming University of Queensland researchers have been honoured with awards totalling $552,000 at the 2006 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards held at Brisbane Customs House.

20 September 2006

University of Queensland researchers are working on a process that could make the theory of clean coal a reality.

20 September 2006

The next generation of solar cells made out of plastics and microscopic crystals instead of silicon is taking shape at UQ.

4 September 2006

University of Queensland teachers have a 100 percent success rate in a new awards scheme that recognises teaching excellence in higher education.

10 July 2006

An Honorary Professorship will help forge stronger links between UQ and Chinese scientists.

6 July 2006

Queensland’s emergence as a leading centre for bio and nanotechnology has received a boost with $6.5 million from the Smart State Innovation Building Fund to establish the Bionano-products Development Facility (BnDF) at UQ’s Australian Institute for...

23 June 2006

Researchers from The University of Queensland will transform the future of the mining industry with the establishment of a $16 million minerals research facility.

16 June 2006

Nanotechnology to help extract more petrol from oil fields has been developed by researchers from The University of Queensland’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN).

13 June 2006

University of Queensland researcher Dr Paul Meredith has been awarded a Smart State Senior Fellowship to develop new technologies to combat the world’s looming energy crisis.

11 May 2006

The quality and depth of research at The University of Queensland and the quality of UQ’s research environment has been recognised with the award of six prestigious Australian Research Council Federation Fellowships.

11 May 2006

UQ student Lilian Barajas has returned from a two-month scholarship in Brazil where she studied nanotechnology and learned to dance the samba.

11 May 2006

Microscopic sieves will be tested for use in next generation power plants which will cut greenhouse gas emissions.

26 April 2006

A University of Queensland scientist will lead an International Biomaterials Research Alliance which has attracted $1.2 million funding announced today by the Queensland Government.

11 April 2006

People who fear needles may one day have no need to fear the doctor, with the help of a funding injection for The University of Queensland`s Professor Mark Kendall.

11 April 2006