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.

The University of Queensland (UQ) is seeking volunteers to investigate the effect of a virtual reality device for neck pain.

26 June 2012

Internationally renowned conductors from Brisbane and the UK will converge at the Winter Choral School which starts today at The University of Queensland.

25 June 2012

Postgraduate engineering students were provided with the opportunity to present their work to potential employers and research partners at UQ's Engineering Postgraduate Conference recently.

25 June 2012
The 2012 Rotary World Peace Fellows will graduate on July 17.

A soccer coach pursuing peace education through sport, a coffee fanatic from Kansas, and a cowboy with a passion for humanitarian work are among the peace graduates from UQ this July.

25 June 2012

The discovery that a cancer drug is hiding in sunflower seeds has won a UQ plant scientist a national award.

25 June 2012

The Queensland Government has injected $1.5 million into a $9 million UQ co-ordinated research program that will deliver state-wide returns for northern beef producers.

25 June 2012

Opening ceremony of the 2012 AMSI/ANU/UQ Winter School on Geometric Partial Differential Equations (July 2-13, 2012)

25 June 2012
Professor Elizabeth Blackburn with students.

Even the most driven scientists can balance their personal lives with a fascinating and inquisitive career, says Australia’s first female Nobel Laureate.

22 June 2012
The Head of the UQ School of Medicine and Dean of Medicine, Professor David Wilkinson, was awarded a $250,000 Fellowship for a nationwide collaborative assessment of Australian medical students.

The education of health professionals, science undergraduate education and assessment of medical students are among University of Queensland projects and a fellowship funded this week by the Federal Government.

22 June 2012
Sustainable Minerals Institute Director, Professor Chris Moran will be sleeping rough to raise awareness of homelessness in Brisbane.

UQ bosses are facing a cold night sleeping under the stars at South Bank tonight to help raise awareness of homelessness in Brisbane.

21 June 2012

Parents could soon have new tools to soothe the tummies and ease the cries of colicky infants, thanks to a new study at the Children’s Nutrition Research Centre, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland.

20 June 2012