Marine Billot and Maria Golubovskaya

University of Queensland student Ms Maria Golubovskaya has presented a winning paper at Switzerland’s World Tourism Forum Lucerne, taking out first place in the Young Talents Awards.

8 May 2013

Studies in four key disciplines at The University of Queensland rank in the international top 10 in the latest QS World University Subject Rankings.

8 May 2013

An online tool developed by The University of Queensland’s Centre for Mothers & Babies (QCMB) has been updated, allowing parents-to-be to view profiles of Queensland birth facilities in greater detail.

8 May 2013

Brisbane researchers are seeking local participants for a study to consider how people’s daily activity changes after retirement.

7 May 2013
Military missiles

Researchers from The University of Queensland are helping to establish the Middle East as a zone free from nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

7 May 2013

Students at The University of Queensland (UQ) will take their learning outside the classroom with a new Living Laboratories initiative.

7 May 2013
The Science of Learning Research Centre will help improve teaching across Australia and abroad.

The University of Queensland will lead a consortium, including the University of Melbourne and the Australian Council for Educational Research, which has been awarded $16 million to establish a Science of Learning Research Centre designed to improve...

7 May 2013
Co-authors UQ Law graduate Jarrod Jolly and Professor Andreas Schloenhardt have been shortlisted for the LexisNexis Centenary Book Award for their book Trafficking Persons in Australia: Myths and Realities.

Two University of Queensland Law School researchers have been shortlisted for the LexisNexis Centenary Book Award, Australia’s most prestigious prize for legal literature.

7 May 2013
Dr Paul Eliadis will establish an academic Chair in Classics and Ancient History at UQ.

A generous donation to The University of Queensland will cement the important role of the classics and ancient history in 21st Century education.

6 May 2013
Red knots are one of the species already under pressure. Photo: ROB CLEMENS

Millions of shorebirds and some species could be lost as sea levels rise in coming decades, say UQ scientists who are working as part of an international environmental team.

6 May 2013

Students from The University of Queensland Law Society are putting superhero Batman on trial to show the public how the Australian court system works.

6 May 2013
Dr Paul O'Shea hopes his research will be used to help consumers avoid overwhelming debt.

Consumer research from The University of Queensland could drive new laws to help Australians understand the “true cost” of credit contracts and avoid overwhelming debt.

6 May 2013

The Faculty of Health Sciences at UQ has established three pivotal clinical leadership roles to lead clinical education, research and academic activities within partner teaching hospitals.

3 May 2013
Professor Gerald Holtmann is the new Associate Dean (Clinical) of UQ's Faculty of Health Sciences.

By strengthening university links with hospital partners, we can better prepare for the future of healthcare, says the new Associate Dean (Clinical) of The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Health Sciences.

3 May 2013
Jonathan Homes. Image courtesy of Sam Mooy, The Australian.

The evolution of Australia’s media watchdog program Media Watch will be the focus of the annual Henry Mayer Lecture at The University of Queensland on 16 May.

3 May 2013
Dr Ryan Taft with an Illumina sequencer, on which the gene sequencing was performed.

A global team of researchers has identified the gene behind an Australian toddler’s paediatric brain disorder in a discovery that is paving the way for the diagnosis and treatment of other children with genetic diseases.

3 May 2013

Entrepreneur Mick Spencer has secured a spot alongside Sir Richard Branson at The University of Queensland’s Business School lunch event.

2 May 2013
Young Australian of the Year, Jack Manning Bancroft.

Former Australian Human Rights Medalist and NSW Young Australian of the Year Jack Manning Bancroft will visit The University of Queensland on Friday (3 May).

2 May 2013

The Earth's atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) is about to rise to 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in five million years, a scientist at The University of Queensland warned today.

2 May 2013

University of Queensland ecologists have released research that will result in better crocodiles management and intervention.

2 May 2013