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.
Madison Johansen, Claudia Nothdurft and Isabella Jacobsen enjoy the activities at UQ's Gatton campus for the Toowoomba Regional Final of Opti-MINDS Creative Sustainability Challenge.

Hundreds of bright young minds converged at The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus on August 28 for the Toowoomba Regional Final Opti-MINDS Creative Sustainability Challenge.

30 August 2011
Professor Robin Burgess-Limerick

Human factors research is about to take centre stage with Professor Robin Burgess-Limerick joining the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre (MISHC) at The University of Queensland.

29 August 2011
Understanding the physics of magnetic resonance imaging will be a core subject of the new Master of Molecular Imaging

In an Australian first, The University of Queensland will collaborate with the University of Sydney and the National University of Singapore to offer a new Master of Molecular Imaging in 2012.

29 August 2011
Some of the scholarship recipients at the UQ Industry Scholarship Awards night

Over $1 million dollars in scholarships was awarded to 58 students from The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT) at the Industry Scholarship Awards, held on August 24.

29 August 2011
UQ Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Deborah Terry (left), and UCSF Chancellor, Professor Susan Demond-Hellmann, touring UQ research facilities this week.

A vision to more rapidly translate health research into breakthrough medicines for patients is the driving force behind talks held this week between Queensland’s ‘Smart State’ medical research institutes and one of the world’s top medical research...

29 August 2011
Professor Roland Bleiker is leading UQ research into "visual" politics

UQ political science experts are exploring the ways in which images shape our views and understanding of humanitarian crises.

29 August 2011

Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) researchers have discovered a genetic mechanism that may explain why the children of older fathers are more likely to develop schizophrenia or autism.

29 August 2011

The University of Queensland's research into high-speed space transportation will have flow-on benefits for future industries, according to Queensland Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Minister Jan Jarratt.

28 August 2011

When researcher Dr Yan Liu from The University of Queensland recently relocated back to Brisbane, she faced a common problem – where to find an affordable home.

26 August 2011

Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll will be the focus of a public talk at The University of Queensland next month.

26 August 2011
This year's UQ Work in Progress conference is themed around the seven deadly sins

The next generation of academics from the School of English, Media Studies and Art History (EMSAH) will present their research at the annual Work in Progress Conference at St Lucia next month.

25 August 2011