Full circle: Former Premier and UQ alum appointed Adjunct Professor

Former Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s long association with UQ – including as a distinguished alum – has extended with her appointment as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Political Science and International Studies.

16 May 2025
A woman in a pink blazer leans against a sandstone pillar, smiling at the camera.

Language a barrier in biodiversity work

A UQ study has shown scientific knowledge on the conservation of endangered species is often overlooked when not presented in English.

16 May 2025
two black and white birds fly in a blue sky

A new Lancet paper co-authored by a UQ researcher states that Australians are the highest cannabis users in the world, only matched by USA and New Zealand.

20 October 2009

Positive results from consumer testing and nutritional analysis indicate a bright future for a new exotic fruit variety developed by The University of Queensland.

19 October 2009

The majority of classes, research projects and services at The University of Queensland (UQ) will run to schedule tomorrow Tuesday (October 20), despite a strike tactic backed by less than four percent of staff.

19 October 2009

Against tough competition, GRW Industries has won UQ Business School's Enterprize competition to commercialise their revolutionary personal cooling vest for emergency workers and miners.

19 October 2009

A UQ pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of an innovative traditional Chinese exercise program on depression and obesity has produced very promising results.

19 October 2009

A joint University of Queensland and Bana Yarralji Bubu Inc. film that celebrates the heritage of the Kuku Nyungkal people from Shipton’s Flat (near Cooktown) will be launched at Home Rule, Rossville on Thursday, October 22.

16 October 2009
Premier Anna Bligh makes the announcement live via video link from Moscow State University

Premier Anna Bligh has announced that the Queensland Government and The University of Queensland (UQ) will renew the state’s first scholarship program for university-level Russian language study.

16 October 2009

Help for those with type 2 diabetes is only a phone call away, thanks to a research team from UQ’s Centre for Online Health.

16 October 2009
Dr Chris Lukey, Chief Technical Officer ToughSkin

A second skin for mining tunnels and water pipes could see ToughSkin take top position in the 2009 UQ Business School Enterprize competition, to be decided this afternoon at The University of Queensland's St Lucia campus.

16 October 2009

Providing shelter this fire season might soon be a reality for Encase, when the team compete for $100,000 in the UQBS Enterprize competition this afternoon at the UQ campus at St Lucia.

16 October 2009

Two UQ physicists have taken to the big screen to explain how the weird and wonderful world of quantum principles is being tamed to advance our future technologies.

15 October 2009