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.

A voracious predator that devours prey larger than itself has been found lurking beneath Queensland’s golden sandy beaches.

28 July 2011

A University of Queensland student is leading the way with her world-first research on maternal and newborn co-sleeping practices in maternity units.

27 July 2011
Margaret Olley, AC

The University of Queensland community is mourning the passing today of one of Australia’s most admired and respected artists and philanthropists Margaret Olley, AC.

26 July 2011

The University of Queensland is preparing for an increased uptake in post-graduate legal courses as lawyers, consultants and accountants prepare to implement the Government’s carbon tax scheme, due to take effect in July 2012.

26 July 2011

The University of Queensland has offered its sincere condolences to the Norwegian people for the terrible atrocity that was committed on Friday in Oslo and on the island of Utoya.

25 July 2011

The University of Queensland has received the equal highest number of Australian Awards for University Teaching in the final Australian Learning and Teaching Council round announced today.

22 July 2011
Family celebration: Naomi Smith shares her graduation day with her daughters, Chiara (5), and Allegra (2).

In an age where employers are increasingly looking for staff with postgraduate level professional qualifications, Naomi Smith, is giving herself the best chance for a successful career.

22 July 2011

Australia’s first tropical and subtropical agricultural research institute, the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), celebrated some early successes at its inaugural Annual Research Meeting on Brisbane’s Sunshine Coast...

22 July 2011

What started as Donna McDonald’s pursuit for personal knowledge became a desire to have people listen to her.

22 July 2011

When PhD student Caroline Hendry graduates from The University of Queensland (UQ) today (22 July) after spending three years researching kidney disease, it will be thanks to a generous donation from a historian with an eye on the future.

22 July 2011
Reefs are naturally highly diverse and resilient

Climate change and acidifying ocean water are likely to have a highly variable impact on the world’s coral reefs in space, time and diversity, according to an international team of coral scientists, including UQ researchers.

21 July 2011