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

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

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

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

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

2 September 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

The University of Queensland’s annual Sunflower Competition hosted by the School of Land, Crop and Food Sciences (LCAFS) is once again looking to be a success with over 45 high schools having registered from as far north as Cooktown Qld to Griffith...

18 February 2010

A University of Queensland study has found that women who live with a partner gain more weight than those without a partner or child.

8 January 2010