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The University of Queensland will play a crucial role in a multi-million-dollar four-year project which will see universities and industry working together to build commercialisation in Australia’s critical mineral supply chain that will create 1300...

19 April 2022
Lot 6 - Austen’s Novels. Vols. I-VI for sale at UQ's Rare Book Auction.

A rare Jane Austen collection from the 1800s, antique motorboat designs and a first edition copy of To Kill a Mockingbird are some of the items going under the auctioneer’s hammer at Brisbane’s only major book fair for 2021.

26 April 2021

Scientists recently confirmed the Great Barrier Reef suffered another serious bleaching event last summer - the third in five years. Dramatic intervention to save the natural wonder is clearly needed.

24 April 2020
Emma Sievwright. Photo credit: Nick Wilson / Foxtel

The ovens are preheated and a fresh batch of Australia’s best amateur bakers is ready to knead the dough – with one of The University of Queensland’s own rising to the heat in The Great Australian Bake Off.

23 January 2018
Great Barrier Reef turtle with lesion on its eye

Cobalt, a naturally occurring mineral that can also be an environmental pollutant, has been recorded in the blood of Queensland turtles at potentially harmful levels

13 February 2017
New research provides some hope that all will not be lost for future coral reefs.

Coral reefs are the poster child for the damage people are doing to the world’s oceans. Overfishing, pollution and declining water quality have all taken their toll on reefs around the world. Perhaps the most famous example is Australia’s Great...

15 January 2015
Professor Mike Levy prepares for take-off.

A University of Queensland Professor will fly in to 42 rural and remote areas of Queensland next month on a 17-day mission to support.

7 August 2013

New approaches to cancer treatment and improved nickel mining output were the winning ideas from the grand final of UniQuest’s annual Trailblazer competition held at The University of Queensland on September 4.

10 September 2012

There is still time to save the world’s ailing coral reefs, if prompt and decisive action can be taken to improve their overall health, according to a team of leading marine researchers.

8 October 2010

Leading international researcher Professor Murray Mitchell has been appointed the new head of The University of Queensland’s Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR).

29 January 2010

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

28 January 2010
Self portrait dead 2007. Ben Quilty

Art lovers and novices alike will be thunderstruck by a new exhibition opening at the UQ Art Museum next month.

24 April 2009

University of Queensland researchers have won the highest number and value of the Australian Research Council's Research Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities (RIEF) grants for 2000.

27 October 1999