Order of Australia medals on a purple background

An international leader in audiology and an Indigenous author and poet are among an extensive list of University of Queensland representatives who have been named on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List this year.

13 June 2022
Thumbtack stuck on Afghanistan on world map.

UQ has a range of experts available to comment on the situation unfolding in Afghanistan.

17 August 2021

A champion for professional sportswomen and a pioneer for healthcare reform are among members of The University of Queensland community recognised with Queen’s Birthday Honours.

14 June 2021
Picture of Deborah Riley sitting right of screen with black curtain behind her

An international business leader, an entrepreneur and an Emmy award winner are among those recognised in The University of Queensland 2020 Alumni Awards.

24 September 2020
Professor Blake McKimmie and Professor Barbara Masser at last night's awards ceremony in Canberra

Three University of Queensland lecturers who made a compelling crime film to engage students in their psychology course have been named the Australian University Teachers of the Year.

26 February 2020

Australian and Queensland athletes will contest the 35th edition of The University of Queensland’s Great Court Race on Wednesday 22 May.

15 May 2019

Women lead the way in 57 University of Queensland Sporting Scholarships awarded to 55 student-athletes, including Olympic, Paralympic and Australian representatives.

15 March 2019

UQ experts are available to comment on various issues relating to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

29 March 2018
L-R: Cristina Sheehan (Synchronised Swimming), Liam Adcock (Athletics), Con Foley (Rugby Union), Lakeisha Patterson (Swimming)

Australian Commonwealth Games athletes are among a group of 58 University of Queensland students awarded UQ 2018 Sporting Scholarships.

16 March 2018

Eight UQ student athletes have joined the ranks of the sporting elite after receiving a UQ Blue – The University of Queensland’s highest sporting honour – at the 2017 UQ Blues Awards Dinner.

6 November 2017
Dinosaur tracks in the Walmadany area. Credit: Damian Kelly

An unprecedented 21 different types of dinosaur tracks have been identified on a 25-kilometre stretch of the Dampier Peninsula coastline dubbed “Australia’s Jurassic Park”.

27 March 2017

As controversy continues to unfold at the White House, experts from The University of Queensland are available to comment on various aspects of Donald Trump’s presidency.

24 February 2017
US flag.

Experts from The University of Queensland are available to comment on various aspects of the United States Presidential Election.

7 November 2016
Celebrity chef Ben Milbourne to be awarded Distinguished Young Alumni Award.

​The head of Uniting Care Queensland and a Reserve Bank of Australia board member are among a distinguished line-up celebrated in The University of Queensland’s 2016 Alumni Awards.

15 August 2016
From left: Shona Wood, Emy Huntsman, Dominique Fraser, Mikaya Ivanov, Declan Scott.

They may be graduating from The University of Queensland next week, but five valedictorians are already proving themselves to be change-makers off-campus.

17 July 2015
University of Queensland academics have weighed in on the topic of bullying in school sport.

A new ‎Australian anti-bullying documentary takes the battle to the school-yard, with two University of Queensland academics weighing in on the topic of bullying in school sport.

31 March 2015
The University of Queensland has a range of experts available for media comment on G20 issues.

The University of Queensland has a range of experts available to comment on issues being discussed by worldwide leaders at Brisbane’s upcoming G20 summit.

13 November 2014

A leading Australian university will collaborate with one of Indonesia’s largest national universities to examine the way laws and informal processes deal with community conflict in Indonesia.

7 March 2013

Countries intervening in each others’ conflicts, and the problems of delivering aid programs amid domestic crises, are some of the issues explored in a special edition of a leading international relations journal.

24 January 2013

Professor Luiz Costa Lima, of Pontifícia Universidade Católica in Rio de Janeiro, will present a public lecture and feature in a one-day symposium at UQ this week.

10 November 2011