The cave in the forest in Kenya with the excavation team working at the mouth

The remains of a child buried almost 80,000 years ago under an overhang at Panga ya Saidi cave in Kenya is providing important new details about the development of complex social behaviours.

6 May 2021
L-R: Nick Frazer, Martin Doyle, Naomi McCarthy and Cassia Bray. Credit: Gerard Lillis.

Teamwork, advocacy and sharp legal minds have guided three University of Queensland law students to victory at the fourth annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students’ Moot at the Federal Court of Australia in Brisbane.

17 August 2018

The biggest study of its kind has allowed researchers to identify genetic risk factors associated with major depression, providing new insights for prevention and treatment.

27 April 2018
Dr Claudia Vickers from UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology will talk about 'The science of beer' at the Queensland launch of National Science Week

The science behind beer and barbecues will be on show – and taste – when The University of Queensland launches National Science Week celebrations in Brisbane on Saturday 16 August.

11 August 2014
Global Voices WTO Delegates with Former Trade Minister Craig Emerson.

A University of Queensland student will experience international policymaking first-hand at the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Indonesia in December.

5 September 2013

World-leading health experts will converge for the Diamantina Health Partners 'Meeting of Minds' in Brisbane next Wednesday to discuss the latest in health care for Queenslanders.

24 April 2013
Polly Borland:  ‘Her Majesty, The Queen, Elizabeth II (gold)’ 2001.
Reproduced courtesy of the artist and Murray White Room, Melbourne

The first exhibition to survey the photographic work of Australian artist Polly Borland opens at The University of Queensland Art Museum on Saturday 1 September 2012.

28 August 2012

The University of Queensland has a new Senate for its new century, with a team that includes a global resources CEO, a former Queensland Treasurer and a senior judge.

25 February 2010

The work of leading Queensland photographers will be featured in the first UQ Art Museum exhibition of 2010.

28 January 2010

The eyes of Australia’s arts community will be on UQ this Friday when a unique portrait prize is decided.

24 November 2009

If you visit the UQ Art Museum in the coming months, beware of the tombstone out front.

17 July 2008

Businesses, investors and community organisations interested in innovations which aim to improve health outcomes for older Australians can learn more at a special UQ presentation next Monday.

17 June 2008

Two University of Queensland researchers have been acknowledged as being among the country’s top scientists after being elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science.

25 March 2008

With the help of an innovative new machine, University of Queensland researchers are gaining an important insight into the way babies grow and how certain factors affect their development.

26 November 2007

A University of Queensland academic has co-written the world's first book dealing with flying foxes, which has been released this week.

3 January 2001

An Australian research team is part of an international consortium awarded a prestigious Human Frontier Science Program grant to study the inheritance of mental abilities.

25 May 1998

Legend has it their tempers are on par with their hair - fiery. But University of Queensland researchers have found there may also be a real genetic link between red heads and melanoma.

18 February 1998