Brisbane medical specialists will use patient images and information captured by a new $1.5 million mobile health screening service to diagnose and treat Indigenous children living hundreds of kilometres away.

7 December 2008

Cheaper energy sources and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions are among the key benefits of the Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE), which opens at The University of Queensland next week.

13 November 2008

In a commentary in The Lancet, The University of Queensland’s Professor Alan Lopez argues that the World Health Organization (WHO) must allocate more funds to non-communicable diseases and injury prevention.

31 October 2008

The University of Queensland has recruited a world expert in imaging to establish a centre that will use the latest scanning technology to work on cures for some of the most debilitating human diseases.

27 October 2008

UQ journalism lecturer Heather Stewart jumped at the chance to follow an Australian volunteer eye clinic team to East Timor earlier this year, and has recently published her first book about the experience.

21 October 2008

Standing at a height of four storeys, Out of Mind, the contemporary artwork on display in UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute, is certainly not out of sight.

30 September 2008

Australia and Canada's records in combating human trafficking were among the worst in the developed world, according to a University of Queensland researcher.

22 September 2008

UQ researchers will reveal the myths and realities of human trafficking in Australia at a public forum on September 22.

10 September 2008

The University of Queensland will be at the forefront of renewed global efforts to eliminate malaria, thanks to a new, AusAID-funded support centre at its School of Population Health.

5 September 2008

If crossing the Sahara Desert in a Kombi van, dodging civil war and interacting with great apes sounds like an adventure and a half you may want to read Annette Henderson’s memoir.

15 July 2008

The UQ Ipswich campus will affirm its commitment to the Ipswich community and the arts when it officially launches its sponsorship and naming rights of The University of Queensland Gallery on July 8.

4 July 2008

This year’s historic Great Court Race saw new champions earn a place as The University of Queensland’s fastest athletes.

16 June 2008

Global development and construction company Laing O’Rourke will work with experts from UQ Business School to further embed sustainable business practices throughout the organisation.

4 June 2008

UQ researcher Professor Thomas Marwick has generously donated 14 automatic external defibrillators recently used in a medical trial to the University.

22 May 2008

An agricultural manager who oversees international aid and development projects has won UQ’s inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Alumni Equity and Diversity Award.

14 May 2008

Projects providing free legal advice to the homeless and aiding farmers in the Asia-Pacific have won this year’s UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Equity and Diversity Awards.

14 May 2008

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has engaged the University of Queensland Social Research Centre (UQSRC) to evaluate its overseas policing operations.

10 April 2008

Former surf life saver Michelle Steele traded the sand for the snow when introduced to the winter sport of skeleton in 2004, and she hasn’t looked back.

13 March 2008