UQ honours global leaders in July graduations

A physicist, a world-renowned geneticist, and an education advocate and international funds manager have been recognised with The University of Queensland’s highest honour.

14 July 2025
The University of Queensland's great court

Staying physically active cuts risk of early death by 40 per cent

Adults who stay consistently active throughout their life can lower their risk of early death by up to 40 per cent, a global study led by The University of Queensland has found.

11 July 2025
Four cyclists getting outside for sunrise at the Trapiche in Pelotas, Brazil
Kate Shaw's Ecology (2008) - part of the New Psychedelia exhibition

Visitors are invited to take a trip through hallucinogenic patterns, optical illusions and cosmic landscapes when the latest exhibition at The University of Queensland opens this weekend.

5 May 2011

The University of Queensland supports the Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering (ATSE) Clunies Ross Awards and Extreme Science Experience in Brisbane in May

5 May 2011

A world-first cattle vaccine based on nanotechnology could provide protection from the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV), which costs the Australian cattle industry tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue each year.

5 May 2011
The long-term outlook for koalas is grim according to extensive research by the Koala Research Network.

A delegation of scientists from The Koala Research Network (KRN) presented sombre evidence on the fate of the Koala to a senate inquiry in Brisbane this week.

5 May 2011

University of Queensland student Lina Preuss has impressed international tourism leaders at the World Tourism Forum Lucerne resulting in a second place win in the Young Talents Awards.

5 May 2011

Australian ecologists have developed a set of simple rules that will not only help protect endangered native species and eradicate introduced pests in Australia and overseas, but also manage biosecurity and disease outbreaks.

4 May 2011

The University of Queensland has been ranked one of the world’s top universities in psychology (world rank 26), biological sciences (world rank 38), and medicine (ranked 33rd) in prestigious new international rankings released today.

4 May 2011

Infant feeding was an unseen casualty of the recent Queensland natural disasters and researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) want mothers to help them find out about the challenges they faced to help improve disaster planning.

4 May 2011
Shrinking habitat: Christine Adams-Hosking has found current koala distributions will likely shift to eastern and southern regions where koala populations are already under threat due to high human population densities and ongoing pressures from habitat loss, dog attacks and vehicle collisions.

Koala habitats likely to be restricted to the highly urbanised areas of eastern and southern Australia under a hotter and drier climate, according to a UQ koala researcher.

4 May 2011

The Human Genetics team at The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute have successfully used a new gene-mapping approach for patients affected by severe skeletal abnormalities.

4 May 2011