Avu Avu locals helped carry the shipment of books up to the school.

A shipment of nearly 2000 books (84 boxes) has arrived at an isolated high school in the Solomon Islands after a four-month journey from The University of Queensland.

14 February 2013
UQ develops the sitting pad to tackle the 'chair disease'.

To prevent the risk of ‘chair disease’, The University of Queensland researchers have developed a ‘sitting pad’ device that uses an alarm to alert workers to stand up more regularly.

4 December 2012

Visionary philanthropist Mr Andrew Brice and a mainstay of quality current affairs journalism on Australian television screens for more than 40 years Mr Kerry O’Brien will each receive honorary doctorates during UQ's December 7–16 graduation period.

5 December 2011

Fifty two leading researchers from The University of Queensland were honoured on Sunday as leaders in their diverse fields of discovery at the inaugural Q-Index Awards.

17 May 2011
Merle Thornton being interviewed for the project in January

When activist and former University of Queensland academic Merle Thornton chained herself to the bar at the Regatta Hotel in the mid-60s, it was a landmark moment for women’s rights in Australia.

1 March 2011
UQ’s top teachers were presented with their awards at Customs House this week

A DIVERSE group of academics united by a passion for teaching was last night recognised at the 2010 University of Queensland Excellence in Teaching & Learning Awards.

2 November 2010

One of the world’s most popular historical authors and biographers will appear at UQ this week as part of a rich program taking place during the Brisbane Writers Festival.

30 August 2010
Katee Dean, Ryan Taddeucci and Meg White, new undergraduate interns at the Antiquities Museum

Students at The University of Queensland are exploring ancient Rome without having to leave the St Lucia campus.

16 August 2010

Couples where one member has dementia and the other is the primary care-giver are sought for a UQ–University of Melbourne research study.

5 August 2010
Three generations of UQ graduates: Joshua Keyes-Liley, who received his BA yesterday, with his parents Mary Keyes and William Liley, and grandmothers Lynette Keyes (left) and Margaret Liley.

WHEN Joshua Keyes-Liley received his Bachelor of Arts this week, he was the fourth generation of his family to receive a degree from The University of Queensland.

22 July 2010

The University of Queensland has honoured its outstanding teachers and education programs at its 9th UQ Excellence in Teaching & Learning Awards at Customs House tonight.

2 November 2009
2010 Queensland Rhodes Scholar Jessica Howley

International law is where UQ graduate and 2010 Queensland Rhodes Scholar Jessica Howley's academic interests lie.

20 October 2009
Professor Bille Brown at the opening ceremony of the VIII World
Shakespeare Congress, hosted by UQ in 2006

When Bille Brown was honoured at the 2009 Helpmann Awards at the Sydney Opera House recently, he was in fine company.

6 August 2009

The Institute of Modern Languages (IML) at UQ is celebrating its 75th anniversary and the education of thousands of students in a second language.

29 May 2009
Kathleen Parker

Music lovers are in for a treat this weekend at Customs House when UQ music graduate and rising opera star Kathleen Parker presents a free program of Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven.

27 March 2009
Ortelia creators Darren Pack, Joanne Tompkins, Sean Ivermee and Laz Kastanis at the UQ Art Museum

An arts innovation enterprise originating from University of Queensland research will be launched tomorrow.

24 March 2009
Ms Oyama and her daughter Akane

Not many mothers can say they share university classes with their daughter, but UQ postgraduate Victoria Oyama is one of them.

17 March 2009
UQ medical student Sean Mitchell working with high school students in Rwanda

UQ postgraduate Sean Mitchell tested both sides of his brain recently in Africa as part of his medical studies.

6 February 2009