‘Cyborg’ beetles could revolutionise urban search and rescue

Common beetles equipped with microchip backpacks could one day be used to help search and rescue crews locate survivors within hours instead of days following disasters such as building and mine collapses.

1 July 2025
A black beetle with some electronics on its back against a white background.

Leadership as legacy: a Kiwi rugby team's secrets to success

Fresh from clinching the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific title, the Crusaders are proving they’re not only built for big moments but for lasting success.

27 June 2025
Hands holding a rugby ball on a kicking tee.

The University of Queensland’s Institute of Continuing & TESOL Education (ICTE-UQ) has been recognised as the state’s leading education and training exporter at the 2011 Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards.

25 October 2011
UQ Arts students and rising netball star Laura Clemesha (left) with fellow player Shannon Holmes. Image – Libby Best

UQ student Laura Clemesha will fly the maroon flag as the sole Queensland netballer selected to attend the World Youth Cup Training Camp in Canberra next month.

25 October 2011
ATSIS acting director Dr Col Dillon with Chair of the Australian Indigenous Education at the University of New South Wales, Professor Martin Nakata

Chair of the Australian Indigenous Education at the University of New South Wales, Professor Martin Nakata, visited UQ this month to share his experience and vision around Indigenous studies.

25 October 2011

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural Brain Awareness Video Contest is University of Queensland’s Shiree Heath, a graduate student in Dr David Copland’s Language Neuroscience Laboratory.

24 October 2011

The University of Queensland’s governing Senate recognised 26 long-serving professional and technical staff at a special function on October 20 at the University's St Lucia campus.

24 October 2011

A UQ start-up company, Coridon Pty Ltd, has successfully completed pre-clinical efficacy testing of its prototype Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (HSV-2) vaccine.

24 October 2011
Moreton Bay Research Station ... one of the new UQ-UWA research collaborations will examine the politics of climate change

Research projects at The University of Western Australia and The University of Queensland and have received a total of more than $425,000 in the second round of UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Awards funding.

24 October 2011

The future incidence and impact of fungal diseases on canola crops will be drastically reduced with scientists from The University of Queensland (UQ) helping to crack the genetic code of a close canola relative.

21 October 2011

Leading Australian university, The University of Queensland, will bring its Global Challenges Leadership series with seminars and networking events to China this month.

20 October 2011

Australia’s newest pipe organ will have completed a 16,000km journey when it’s played for the first time at UQ on Sunday.

20 October 2011

A UQ human trafficking awareness campaign launched in Australia has led two University of Queensland students to the United Nations in Vienna to present to a global forum on ways to combat this growing transnational crime.

20 October 2011