Triple Olympian Kieren Perkins OAM will receive an honorary degree, and be guest speaker at a University of Queensland graduation ceremony on Wednesday, December 20.

19 December 2000

The sunscreen of the future could employ techniques used by colourful corals to protect themselves from ultra-violet (UV) light. Corals convert damaging UV into safer and more useful forms of energy.

18 December 2000

Researchers from the Universities of Queensland and Texas have used a state-of-the-art analytic technique to determine for the first time how the pattern of gene expression in the human brain is affected by chronic alcoholism.

15 December 2000

The Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Chief Justice of Queensland, will receive an honorary doctorate at a University of Queensland graduation ceremony on Monday, December 18.

15 December 2000

The Honourable Desmond Derrington QC will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws and address a University of Queensland graduation ceremony on Friday, December 15.

15 December 2000

A multi-million dollar Queensland Government injection into an accident rehabilitation research centre will allow it to develop an international role, according to The University of Queensland's Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Hay.

15 December 2000

Two eminent Queenslanders who have achieved wide recognition and acclaim in their fields will address graduates at University of Queensland ceremonies on Wednesday, December 13.

13 December 2000

A study arguing for revised cultural heritage legislation to protect a wider range of indigenous place properties and cultural values has received the inaugural Ceridwen Indigenous Scholarship.

6 December 2000

A researcher whose team has developed a surgical technique to improve heart bypass operations will be guest speaker at a UQ graduation ceremony on December 6.

5 December 2000

From human heartbeats and biomolecular shapes to subatomic particles and cosmological dark matter, a parallel universe exists inside the world's computers. Almost every aspect of nature is being simulated on computer in an effort to better...

3 December 2000

Former Queensland Premier, the Honourable Mike Ahern, will address graduates at a University of Queensland ceremony on Monday, December 4.

1 December 2000

Former Queensland Premier, the Honourable Mike Ahern, will address graduates at a University of Queensland ceremony on Monday, December 4.

30 November 2000

The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience Co-director Professor Peter Andrews has called for the rebuilding of Australia's entrepreneurial culture to successfully drive new technologies and emulate the achievements of the...

22 November 2000

The University of Queensland has honoured seven of its academics for outstanding teaching and research supervision, with grants of $10, 000 each.

21 November 2000

The University of Queensland has consolidated its position as one of the nation's leading research universities by attracting the third highest number and amount of new grant allocations nationally for 2001 from the National Health and Medical...

21 November 2000

Integrating products, resources and waste is the key to creating sustainable solutions for food production and resource management. This is the main message being promoted at the "Sustainable Solutions" workshop on Integrated Food Production and...

8 November 2000

The 2001 Queensland Rhodes Scholar announced tonight will use his win to help landmine victims in Cambodia and patients recovering from knee operations.

31 October 2000

The Governor of Queensland, His Excellency Major General Peter Arnison, AO will announce the 2001 Queensland Rhodes Scholar at around 5.15-5.30pm on Tuesday, October 31 at The University of Queensland.

29 October 2000

Lord Robert Winston, well-known British broadcaster and presenter of documentaries The Human Body, The Secret Life of Twins, Making Babies and, most recently, Superhuman, will present the E.S. Meyers Memorial Lecture on November 3, 2000 in Mayne...

27 October 2000

Young University of Queensland scientist Dr Peter Cassidy has invested six years of his life in building frameworks for new drugs.

25 October 2000