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

A University of Queensland public seminar in August will focus on a popular science comic strip of the 1960s and 1970s.

29 July 2009

Almost 700 students and their teachers from high schools across south-east Queensland attended the UQ School of Economics Schools Day on Thursday last week.

29 July 2009

Researchers at The University of Queensland have helped identify genes that could hold the key to treating a common and deadly type of breast cancer.

29 July 2009

Teenagers whose mothers have mental health impairments are likely to suffer behavioural problems, UQ research has found.

29 July 2009

What started as a challenging way to raise awareness and funds for two charities looks set to become an annual run from Brisbane to Longreach for a student from The University of Queensland.

28 July 2009

UQ’s new concurrent Diplomas in music and languages are set to strike a chord with students looking to further their qualifications while studying a bachelor degree.

28 July 2009

The Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General will share his insights on the global effort to prevent genocide and mass atrocities at a public lecture hosted by the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect at UQ next week.

28 July 2009

A ``once in a lifetime opportunity’’ is how former Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile describes the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement he helped broker about five years a

27 July 2009
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh

Australia will have a stronger role in global efforts to address major diseases like cancer and diabetes following a $50 million gift, the biggest donation of its kind in the nation’s history.

27 July 2009
Professor Bernie Degnan

Despite its seemingly simple appearance, the humble sea sponge could have the ability to advance stem cell research, according to scientists working at UQ’s Heron Island Research Station and the St Lucia Campus.

27 July 2009

Dog breeders have travelled from all over eastern Australia to bring their dogs to be treated for deafness at The University of Queensland’s Small Animal Clinic at St Lucia.

27 July 2009