Why we cheer louder for homegrown heroes

Recognising outstanding performance with sports awards is a question of identity, not just ability, UQ researchers have found.

3 July 2025
A gold trophy being help un in a stadium.

Rewriting the rulebook on schizophrenia meds: why it’s time to rethink clozapine protocols

The most effective antipsychotic drug for people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia is clozapine. Yet, across the world, it remains underused – largely due to fears about serious side effects and burdensome monitoring requirements.

3 July 2025
Stethoscope and stylised human head and brain on pink background.
Perspective of UQ aquatic centre (courtesy m3architecture)

The University of Queensland aquatic centre, which suffered major damage in the Brisbane January floods, is set to reopen to patrons in time for Christmas.

15 September 2011

The University of Queensland's TC Beirne School of Law has celebrated its 75th anniversary with a gala “Town and Gown” debate at Customs House.

14 September 2011
A parasitic wasp attacks the larva of a diamondback moth

New UQ research may assist in controlling one of the world's most destructive crop pests.

14 September 2011

In the first program of its kind in Queensland, two University of Queensland (UQ) students will travel to Canada as part of the Queensland Indigenous Student Ambassadors (QISA) program.

13 September 2011

LIFE in the suburbs hinges on a delicate, unwritten code of conduct between neighbours, according to a UQ sociology researcher who last night won a prestigious award for her work on neighbourly relations.

13 September 2011

THE work of 15 researchers and supervisors has been honoured at a special ceremony to mark Research Week at The University of Queensland.

13 September 2011

The University of Queensland has announced a new direction for research degrees, consolidating its reputation as an international leader in research training.

13 September 2011

New University of Queensland (UQ) research on optimising antibiotic dosages for intensive care patients aims to address the current 50 percent death rate associated with common infections.

13 September 2011

Twenty-six of Australia’s most daring contemporary artists will vie for the 2011 University of Queensland National Artists’ Self-Portrait Prize, which will be announced next Friday, September 23.

13 September 2011

A University of Queensland researcher has found that 20 babies die needlessly each year in Australia from child abuse head injuries.

12 September 2011

The University of Queensland has won five of the nine categories at the 14th annual 2011 Women in Technology awards held in Brisbane last Friday.

12 September 2011