Professor Craig Franklin measuring pH in a tributary of the Wenlock River, on the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve in northern Queensland.

Scientists have been startled to discover unique ecosystems of fauna and flora thriving around highly acidic springs in far north Queensland.

21 December 2010

Browsing the news, checking emails and eating breakfast are early morning priorities for many people. But not Professor Craig Franklin. The first thing he does at home in Brisbane each day is check on the whereabouts of 13 estuarine crocodiles,...

17 December 2010
Jonathan Wei

UQ’s bike racks are soon-to-become the most sought after parking spots on campus, thanks to a design competition run through UQ’s Property and Facilities Division (P&F) recently.

16 December 2010

Citation – Award of Doctor of Engineering honoris causa to Dr Xiong Weiping

13 December 2010

The University of Queensland will award honorary doctorates to six recipients during its upcoming December graduation period.

7 December 2010

Balancing study and training commitments is a trick many elite athletes learn to perfect, but Danielle Prince has it down to a fine art.

30 November 2010

A study to identify why prolonged sitting could be fatal is one of 16 prestigious national awards and fellowships granted to health and medical researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ).

18 November 2010

The first awards have been announced under a new bilateral research collaboration agreement between The University of Western Australia and The University of Queensland.

18 October 2010

The Confucius Institute Headquarters has awarded a CI Fellowship in Chinese Studies to Dr Leong Ko from the UQ School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies.

4 October 2010

Overweight Australian adolescents aged 14 to 17 years are needed for a University of Queensland and Wesley Research Institute study that aims to achieve more accurate body measurement for this group.

17 September 2010

The UQ Business School MBA has ranked in the prestigious list of the world’s top 100 by The Economist for the first time.

17 September 2010

University of Queensland and Deakin University researchers have today released a report with dozens of recommendations that strongly support more spending on prevention, but also warn that not all prevention measures are wise investments.

7 September 2010

Sixteen UQ students recently travelled to China for a month as part of a research internship study tour.

6 September 2010

A student at UQ has been awarded a prestigious Confucius Institute scholarship, for a semester of study in China with all tuition fees, accommodation and living costs paid.

6 September 2010

The UQ Confucius Institute (CI) has awarded three Visiting Fellowships to researchers at UQ and Tianjin University in China for work during second semester, 2010.

6 September 2010

UQ Business School students have proved that business can cross cultural and even geographical lines.

2 September 2010

The UQ Powerlifting and Weightlifting Club (UQPWC) enjoyed a successful campaign at last month’s National Open Powerlifting Championships in Melbourne.

23 August 2010

A UQ study is seeking at-risk volunteers to help aid early detection and treatment of lung cancer.

23 August 2010

Readers of The Scientist magazine have ranked The University of Queensland, Australia as the top international academic institution outside the USA in the magazine’s annual Best Places to Work in Academia 2010 survey.

6 July 2010
A plant in which the naturally hyperactive variant of the ACD6 gene has 
been inactivated: leaves grow more quickly, become larger and the leaves 
stay green longer. However, the plant is now susceptible to pathogens. 
(Image: Marco Todesco / Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology)

UQ scientists have helped uncover an evolutionary dilemma where plants that develop disease resistance pay a high price for this trait.

8 June 2010