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.
UQ researchers will study how sporting scandals affect sponsors after being awarded a major research fellowship

Two UQ researchers will explore the timely issue of how sports scandals affect sponsoring brands after winning The American Academy of Advertising (AAA) 2011 Research Fellowship.

1 August 2011

The Mill Road Car Park, next to the Hartley Teakle building, will be closed from 11pm Tuesday 16 August up and till 6pm Monday 22 August, 2011 for the Ride to Conquer Cancer event (August 20 and 21, 2011).

1 August 2011

Students who are committed to learning and developing beyond the classroom will benefit from a new award scheme being launched by The University of Queensland.

1 August 2011

Staff and students at The University of Queensland are being given the opportunity to have their say on 'openness', through the UQ Open Scholarship (OS) survey being launched this week.

1 August 2011

Some areas in Australia have more complementary medicine practitioners delivering primary care than general practitioners even though they are largely unregulated, according to a University of Queensland study published this week in the Australian...

1 August 2011

UQ undergraduate Sean Murphy has experienced first-hand how exciting scientific discoveries are often made by accident.

29 July 2011
From left to right, Dr Phil Orchard, Professor Tim Dunne, His Excellency Mr Peter Woolcott and Dr Marianne Hanson from School of Political Science and International Studies.

Australia’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) and Committee for Disarmament, His Excellency Mr Peter Woolcott, recently visited The University of Queensland’s (UQ) School of Political Science and International Studies.

29 July 2011

A University of Queensland PhD scholar is examining the health effects of chewing wild tobacco plants by Central Australian Aboriginal women during pregnancy.

29 July 2011

Students from The University of Queensland (UQ) swapped the classroom for the canals of Venice to get a real-world lesson in tourism authenticity and sustainability.

28 July 2011

On the day that Australia undertakes its national census The University of Queensland (UQ) will be performing its own head count.

28 July 2011
UQ PhD student Justus Deikumah measure the bill-skull length of a Grey-Headed Bristlebill in South-West Ghana as part of his study of the health of birds post rainforest clearing.

The first ever study of the impact of habitat loss on the health and condition of birds in South-West Ghana will be conducted by a PhD student from The University of Queensland’s (UQ) School of Geography Planning and Environmental Management.

28 July 2011