Leaving school early, a bout of polio and a foreign background spurred former Queensland Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen to succeed, according to a University of Queensland study.
4 June 1999The University of Queensland will host a series of special events in the lead-up to the official opening of the award-winning UQ Ipswich campus on June 22 by the Premier of Queensland, Peter Beattie.
3 June 1999The State Government today pledged $77.5 million funding over the next 10 years to support the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland.
20 May 1999Goats living in feedlot pens at the University of Queensland's Gatton College are being given "toys" to help them beat stress and boredom - and to stop them beating up each other.
30 April 1999Sir Gerard Brennan, former Chief Justice of Australia's High Court, will be honoured by the University of Queensland with a new chair in law to be established in his name.
25 March 1999The University of Queensland and CSIRO today announced Daryl Jackson Pty Ltd Architects as the preferred architects to develop what will be Australia?s largest molecular-biological research facility when completed in 2002.
24 March 1999A University of Queensland graduation ceremony for Nutrition, Tropical Health, and Public Health programs today, Friday March 19, will have a strong international flavour.
19 March 1999More than 400 scientists from around the world will converge on Brisbane in late March to hear a progress report on the Human Genome Project, an effort aimed at mapping the estimated 80,000 genes that determine each human being.
18 March 1999Multi-task agency centres comprising groups such as police, medical personnel, armed forces, environmentalists and immigration specialists should be formed to counter national security threats, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
15 March 1999The University of Queensland is the primary sponsor of a new public issues forum which will give Brisbane and Queensland a national centre for independent, non-partisan discussion of public issues.
2 March 1999Professor Peter Botsman has returned to Queensland to lead a new community forum which is expected to establish Brisbane at the forefront of public debate in Australia.
2 March 1999A $1.9 million research collaboration based at the University of Queensland's Gatton College may add up to five new species to Australia's lucrative native plant export market.
1 March 1999The University of Queensland's Centre for Drug Design and Development has launched three spin-off biotechnology companies to further develop intellectual property and commercialise the results of its research.
26 February 1999The University of Queensland's Centre for Drug Design and Development (3D Centre) and CSIRO are jointly supporting a $350,000 refurbishment of levels seven and eight of the Gehrmann Laboratories at St Lucia.
24 February 1999The University of Queensland's governing Senate has re-elected Sir Llew Edwards, AC as Chancellor and elected Mr Robert Wensley, QC as Deputy-Chancellor.
12 February 1999University of Queensland researchers have discovered a group of blood parasites with potential as biological control agents for a snake plague on Guam.
10 February 1999Two University of Queensland researchers have helped develop the first known detection test for growth hormone abuse in athletes.
5 February 1999Pesticide spraying guidelines developed by University of Queensland Gatton College researchers are part of new best practice management principles for Australia's cotton growers.
22 January 1999February 5 is the closing date for people wishing to enrol in first semester subjects through the University of Queensland's Single Subject Study program.
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