Summer holidays always throw up the same dilemma – so many books and not enough summer holiday hours to read them all.

23 December 2015
Marikki Watego.

Marikki Watego has been a star on the touch football field while studying at The University of Queensland, and she’s now looking forward to shining while working in a city law firm.

18 December 2015

The director of a University of Queensland institute has been appointed as Interim President of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, replacing outgoing President Dr Alan Finkel.

18 December 2015
Max, with his parents Professor Peter Koopman and Associate Professor Carol Wicking.

Engineering graduate Max Koopman will soon leave the sandstone walls of The University of Queensland for the technological hub of Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California.

16 December 2015

International postgraduate student Fulya Çalık Toker has had quite a year. The Master of Business (Advanced) student will graduate from The University of Queensland this week as a valedictorian, after recently starting full-time work at a Brisbane...

16 December 2015
Robbie Wilson’s research will enhance understanding of how native species cope with changing natural environments

The Australian Research Council has awarded five new Future Fellows at The University of Queensland, from a total of only 50 awarded across the nation.

16 December 2015
Sean Nicolson.

Sean Nicolson has graduated from The University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts and a glowing reference from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).

16 December 2015

Breakthrough Alzheimer’s research from The University of Queensland has been named among the world’s most talked-about research of 2015.

15 December 2015
Alice Edwards, pictured at Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, is considering health architecture after her graduation.

At first Alice Edwards thought her fatigue was caused by her first-year university studies, not a form of cancer she would have to battle on top of her degree.

15 December 2015
Paul Sattler

A man who has dedicated his career to conservation in Queensland has been honoured with The University of Queensland 2015 Gatton Gold Medal.

14 December 2015
 L to R: Professor Frank Gannon, the Hon Leeanne Enoch MP, Dr Paul Alexander AO, the Hon Annastacia Palaszczuk Premier of Queensland, Professor Peter Høj, the Hon Cameron Dick MP, Grace Grace MP, Christopher Coyne

The diagnosis and treatment of cancers, mental health disorders and conditions such as dementia is set to reach new heights in Brisbane with the launch of a $24 million facility that combines state-of-the-art equipment with world-class research and...

14 December 2015
Sally McGrouther

Sally McGrouther has every reason – in fact 25,000 of them – to feel special at her Science graduation ceremony at The University of Queensland on Saturday at 10am.

11 December 2015
Graduates throwing trencher caps.

Formal academic headwear will be flung high during the coming week of graduations at The University of Queensland.

10 December 2015
Artist's impression of the Forgan Smith refurbishment

Queensland judicial leaders tried their hands as graffiti artists at The University of Queensland’s landmark Forgan Smith building this morning to mark the beginning of a new chapter in the building’s history.

27 November 2015
Mr Peter Varghese AO, will join The University of Queensland in July 2016 as UQ’s new Chancellor.

The current Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Peter Varghese AO, will join The University of Queensland in July 2016 as UQ’s new Chancellor, following an election by the University’s Senate yesterday.

24 November 2015
Aedes vigilax. Credit Stephen Doggett (NSW Health Pathology)

Australian scientists have discovered a new virus carried by one of the country’s most common pest mosquitoes.

18 November 2015
UQ becomes home to a new Centre of Research Excellence focusing on the study of skin cancers, in collaboration with Cancer Council Queensland, QUT, QIMR and the University of Sydney.

The National Health and Medical Research Council has awarded a total of almost $54 million to 84 projects, fellowships and centres at The University of Queensland.

9 November 2015
Caption (back, from left): Professor Nicholas Fisk, Mr Stephen Bennett MP, Dr Vanessa Greig, Mr Keith Pitt MP, (front, from left) Councillor Mal Forman, Professor Peter Høj, Ms Leanne Donaldson MP, Mr John Story AO, Professor Darrell Crawford Associate Professor Riitta Partanen. Full titles in body of article.

The University of Queensland has opened medical training centres at Bundaberg and Hervey Bay to boost the stream of ‘home-grown’ doctors to rural communities.

22 October 2015
Professor Zhiguo Yuan.

Transforming the way societies manage water has led The University of Queensland’s Professor Zhiguo Yuan to be named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).

16 October 2015
UQ’s Symphony Orchestra practising at QPAC.

Students from The University of Queensland’s School of Music will take to the stage at QPAC this weekend for a special concert featuring works by Vaughan Williams, Edward Elgar and a performance of Peter Sculthorpe’s most famous work — Kakadu .

14 October 2015