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

UQ students are being asked to rate how UQ is supporting students to engage in their learning via a survey.

6 August 2009

An upcoming University of Queensland public lecture will take you back to the drama of the early seventeenth century as it explores cultural geography in William Shakespeare’s and Ben Jonson’s theatres.

6 August 2009
Maarten Rothengatter

After experiencing the taxi-driving industry first-hand, recent PhD graduate Maarten Rothengatter was driven to explore the financial issues facing cabbies.

6 August 2009

Staff, students and visitors travelling by public transport to The University of Queensland UQ at St Lucia will be able to make the trip in record time, thanks to the opening of three new busway sections.

6 August 2009

Over 100 registrations were received in the first three days following the launch of an on-line student roster at the UQ Pro Bono Centre in July.

6 August 2009

Twelve judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka will take part in a program of educational and training seminars at the University of Queensland during August 11-17.

6 August 2009
Cross of the Order of Civil Merit

UQ Professor Alfredo Martínez Expósito has received recognition from the Spanish Crown for his work in promoting Spanish language and culture in Australia.

6 August 2009

Leading Australian scientists today released the following call for action to save the world’s coral reefs, at a scientific symposium in Brisbane:

5 August 2009
(from left) Johanna Elms, Hamish Grey, Lucas Castellani and Sandra de Freitas

If you want a job done properly give it to a busy person, preferably one dressed in a straight jacket or tutu

5 August 2009

Senior ABC News and AusAID representatives are amongst the members of an eminent jury panel which will meet in Brisbane on August 14 to judge UQ’s 2009 Communication and Social Change Award.

5 August 2009

Physicists from The University of Queensland have found the emerging field of quantum computing may be more stable than previously thought.

5 August 2009