The forests of the Philippines - dangerously under siege in the past 50 years - are set to expand as a result of a $4 million, 10-year project involving Australian and Filipino forestry scientists.

26 July 2000

The University of Queensland's Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay has welcomed the Beattie Government's decision to support a $20 million sustainable mining initiative as "visionary".

7 July 2000

University of Queensland researchers have developed a new surgical technique that may greatly improve the effectiveness of heart bypass operations.

6 July 2000

The University of Queensland has appointed a scientist with extensive international experience in academic management as the new Executive Dean of the Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science.

30 June 2000

The Queensland Premier, Peter Beattie and The University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay today opened a new world-class marine research station.

23 June 2000

Thousands of University of Queensland staff and students lined the streets in and around the St Lucia campus on June 14 to cheer on runners in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay.

15 June 2000

A University of Queensland economist believes that reversing the tide of globalisation is likely to be more difficult than ever, despite episodic pauses in the process due to occasional international financial crises.

4 May 2000

The University of Queensland's T.C. Beirne School of Law mooting team has been ranked first in the world for the third consecutive year at the prestigious Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

27 April 2000

The Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) today announced a $1 million grant to the University's Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research (CICR), which is pioneering the development of a vaccine for cervical cancer.

17 March 2000

A new postgraduate course for nurses which results from collaboration by two of Australia's leading universities will be launched in Brisbane this week.

1 February 2000

Brisbane, Australia, January 31 -- A dozen news men and women from East Timor will take part in a post-conflict journalism workshop in Brisbane this week in a project to encourage the growth of independent media in the emerging nation.

31 January 2000

Medical innovator Emeritus Professor Tess Cramond OBE, AO will address the last medicine graduates of the century at the University of Queensland's Health Sciences graduation ceremony at 5pm today.

3 December 1999

A major research facility capable of producing a microgravity environment is being established at the University of Queensland.

29 September 1999

Students at St John's College at the University of Queensland no longer have any excuse for being late for lectures.

5 August 1999

The University of Queensland has become the first Australian university to introduce awards recognising outstanding performance and leadership potential among research staff.

3 August 1999

The University of Queensland will launch its UQ Business School at Brisbane Customs House tonight at 6pm.

21 July 1999

University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay today opened four new state-of-the-art computer teaching laboratories at the University's St Lucia campus.

18 May 1999

The University of Queensland's T.C. Beirne School of Law mooting team has been ranked first in the world for the second consecutive year at the prestigious Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

27 April 1999

A Sino-Australian wool research project involving the University of Queensland has contributed to Chinese tariff changes and an extra $2.8 million a year for the Australian economy.

16 April 1999

Whether it is perusing previously top secret documents about John F Kennedy in Boston or using state-of-the-art isotope analysis equipment in China, the world is a postgraduate's oyster thanks to new University of Queensland travel awards.

31 March 1999