Forget medals, ancient Games athletes battled for olive oil

The Olympics were only one aspect of sport in ancient Greece - often overlooked is that these Games were part of a circuit of 4 international sporting festivals.

9 May 2025
A stone carving featuring a chariot being pulled by four horses.

Researchers to take healthy oats beyond breakfast

Expanding consumption of oats beyond the usual breakfast bowl of porridge is the aim of a $5.6 million project at the Food and Beverage Accelerator.

9 May 2025
a bowl of porridge sits next to a wooden spoon and a jar of uncooked oats

More than 250 first-year students at The University of Queensland (UQ) Gatton got a head start on their studies this week by taking part in the Jump Start Academic Preparation Program (JSAPP) held during Orientation Week.

18 February 2013

Snorkelling, kayaking and beach cricket were just some of the team building activities residential staff at The University of Queensland’s Gatton Campus took part in during a six-day training program.

18 February 2013
UQ School of Music graduate Tim Munro is a two-time Grammy Award winner.

A self-confessed “music nerd” who dreamed big while studying at The University of Queensland has gone on to achieve one of the industry’s biggest accolades - a Grammy Award.

18 February 2013
St Lucia's Sook Kuan Sin has received a UQ School of Economics Centenary Scholarship

With O-Week celebrations kicking off this week, Sook Kuan Sin has started her first days as an economics student at The University of Queensland with a School of Economics Centenary Scholarship under her belt.

18 February 2013
Former UQ Young Achievers Kyle Cumner, Kylie Cochrane and Tim Seng are now mentors for the Program

The valuable guidance she gained from being part of The University of Queensland’s Young Achievers Program has inspired second-year student Kylie Cochrane to help others reach their goals.

14 February 2013

Celebrations are in full swing across The University of Queensland’s (UQ) campuses this week (18-22 February) with first year students taking part in Orientation Week (O-Week) festivities.

14 February 2013

University of Queensland researchers are trialling a new treatment to help solve a major pain in the neck.

14 February 2013
Avu Avu locals helped carry the shipment of books up to the school.

A shipment of nearly 2000 books (84 boxes) has arrived at an isolated high school in the Solomon Islands after a four-month journey from The University of Queensland.

14 February 2013

People with Parkinson’s disease who receive Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) therapy in the early stages of the condition will benefit from a significant increase in quality of life, a revolutionary study from The New England Journal of Medicine has...

13 February 2013
A 2400-year old Egyptian mummy mask remains one of the RD Milns Antiquities Museum's most popular attractions.

Over 50 years, what began as a cluster of artefacts in a professor's room has grown into Queensland's greatest collection of classical Mediterranean antiquities.

11 February 2013
Workshop participants visit a farm to learn about the challenges faced by growers in producing vegetables for market

In a first for Fiji and the South Pacific, a new vegetable research project has been launched to identify strategies to strengthen food production and manufacture in the region.

11 February 2013