Advanced prostate cancer drug a step closer to the clinic

A $1.25 million investment is driving the development of a new treatment for advanced and therapy-resistant prostate cancer at UQ.

13 May 2025
Three scientists in white lab coats looking at a computer screen.

New national guidelines to improve fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnosis

Health professionals will have access to national clinical practice guidelines to help assess and diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, after a 4-year research project led by UQ.

13 May 2025
Pregnant woman declining glass of red wine. Adobe
UQ first year pharmacy students Ms Ila Patel (accelerated student); Ms Natasha Kissoon and Ms Mandeep Kaur Rao (accelerated students) received their white coats at a recent welcoming ceremony.

The University of Queensland’s first year pharmacy students received their white coats at a recent welcoming ceremony.

20 March 2013
Speech Pathology Honours graduate Victoria Sandham receives award from Head of the Division of Speech Pathology, Professor Deborah Theodoros.

An acclaimed international award recognising excellence in the study of aphasia has been presented for the first time to a student at The University of Queensland.

20 March 2013

Men who become fathers at 50 or older are more likely to have grandchildren with autism compared to younger grandfathers, according to a joint international study.

20 March 2013

Queensland parents of children with a disability endure twice as much stress and worry as parents of typically developing children, according to the My Say survey.

20 March 2013

The University of Queensland is leading the way in meeting new national teaching standards aimed at boosting the quality of graduate teachers.

19 March 2013

A world-first scientific study has found that the world’s coral reefs are being weakened by microscopic borers and will erode more rapidly as the oceans warm and acidify.

19 March 2013
Did earthquakes cause this? New research demonstrates a link between seismic activity and the precipitation of gold.

An Australian authored research paper published today in the pre-eminent Nature Geoscience Journal is attracting international attention for its findings that demonstrate a link between seismic activity and the precipitation of gold and other trace...

19 March 2013
John Maunder (back row, third from left) with Team Maunder, comprising of friends and family members who braved the shave last Friday, at Brisbane's Regatta Hotel for the World's Greatest Shave.

A University of Queensland medical student suffering from a rare, incurable blood cancer and his friends have raised about $80,000 for the Leukaemia Foundation's World's Greatest Shave campaign.

18 March 2013
From switching lights off to responding to campus emergencies, UQ security works round-the-clock to keep the University safe.

An elderly Indooroopilly woman believes she is alive today because of the work of The University of Queensland's security staff.

18 March 2013

A University of Queensland researcher is applying human medical techniques to soil in a project likely to save sugar producers money and help protect the Great Barrier Reef.

18 March 2013

Gender Studies will continue to be available to students at The University of Queensland in a range of courses.

15 March 2013