Forget medals, ancient Games athletes battled for olive oil

The Olympics were only one aspect of sport in ancient Greece - often overlooked is that these Games were part of a circuit of 4 international sporting festivals.

9 May 2025
A stone carving featuring a chariot being pulled by four horses.

Researchers to take healthy oats beyond breakfast

Expanding consumption of oats beyond the usual breakfast bowl of porridge is the aim of a $5.6 million project at the Food and Beverage Accelerator.

9 May 2025
a bowl of porridge sits next to a wooden spoon and a jar of uncooked oats

Greek Cafes were once the social hubs of western Queensland towns and next week (August 18) UQ PhD student Toni Risson will board the Q150 train to embark on a journey of multicultural discovery.

11 August 2009

Academics from around the world will talk at a symposium which will put the trade relationship between Australia and the US under the microscope.

11 August 2009

Romance fiction will ignite discussion at The University of Queensland this week as part of Australia’s first annual conference on popular romance studies.

11 August 2009

A new UQ seminar series designed to bring together insights from judges, practitioners and legal academics on current legal issues has proved to be highly successful.

10 August 2009

The University of Queensland has again received multiple five star ratings in an independent ranking of Australian universities released tonight.

10 August 2009

Research by UQ’s Human Trafficking Working Group, led by a law academic, has found that after 10 years of brothel licensing in Queensland, most of the state’s prostitution industry remains unregulated or illegal.

10 August 2009
Performers Emily Tomlins and Angus Grant

Of all the productions on show at the 2009 Brisbane Festival, only one suggests that the less you know about it, the better.

10 August 2009

A researcher from The University of Queensland has been awarded the Astronomical Society of Australia‘s 2009 Louise Webster Prize.

10 August 2009

A marketing lecturer at The University of Queensland has made it as a legit filmmaker, with listing on the website IMDb.

7 August 2009

Talking scientists, animals being born and helping us celebrate our 100th birthday are just some of the things being showcased by UQ at this year’s Ekka.

7 August 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