Address by Bob Bishop (Chairman and CEO of Silicon Graphics, Inc.) following his receipt of his Doctor of Science Honoris Causa at the UQ Centre, St Lucia today at 10am.
15 December 2004A venom compound from the world’s deadliest snake, the Taipan, is being developed by Brisbane biotechnology company ElaCor, as a new drug to treat heart failure.
29 November 2004The University of Queensland recognised some of its best teachers last night at the 2004 awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research Higher Degree Supervision and Enhancement of Student Learning.
16 November 2004University of Queensland researchers have been awarded more than $15 million as part of the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant funding announced this week.
12 November 2004Researchers from The University of Queensland will collaborate with Dr Craig Venter, the US scientist who helped crack the human genetic code, during his six-month visit to Queensland as part of his quest to define the origins and diversity of life.
8 November 2004Rotary World Peace Scholars studying at The University of Queensland have recounted their experiences in war-torn countries such as Bosnia and Sierra Leone.
26 October 2004The University of Queensland and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will further develop scramjet technology in a new experiment to fly at Woomera, South Australia, in August, 2005.
28 July 2004Multi-million dollar funding is allowing University of Queensland scientists, in conjunction with the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, to broaden their search for therapeutic drugs based on the deadly venom of Australia’s snakes.
19 July 2004The University of Queensland has again topped the nation’s universities in funding for Round 2 of the Australian Research Council’s 2004 Linkage Projects announced today (June 28).
28 June 2004The world’s fastest air-breathing engine will fly in Australia in 2005 in a collaborative two-nation experiment that is expected to provide a major boost to the fledgling scramjet technology.
17 May 2004The University of Queensland Senate tonight approved an increase in Student Contribution Charges for most Commonwealth-supported undergraduate degree place students who comence their studies in 2005.
25 March 2004The Mongolian gazelle - at risk from poachers with semi-automatic weapons - has a new set of allies in the form of Australian kangaroo researchers.
3 March 2004University of Queensland research into reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could add $25 billion to Queensland’s economy.
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