LanguageMAP (LMAP), a quick and accurate online English language test developed at The University of Queensland, will soon be available as a mobile device app.

14 August 2012

The Australian Research Council has awarded Australian Laureate Fellowships to two of The University of Queensland’s brightest stars – marine biologist Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and economist Professor John Quiggin.

30 July 2012

More than 200 economic theorists across the world will attend next week’s major economic conference in Australia.

27 June 2012

Queensland’s blossoming arts sector may have impressed a visiting British arts scholar, but she says the state government needs to protect it.

13 April 2012

The Dow and UQ today unveiled a strategic partnership that will result in the establishment of the Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation.

29 March 2012

The environmentally sustainable design of The University of Queensland’s new engineering facility has been given the national green star tick of approval.

29 March 2012
Professor Matt Brown (Director of the UQ Diamantina Institute) talks with Professor Ian Frazer (CEO of the TRI) and Premier Anna Bligh about UQDI’s state-of-the-art genomics facilities

The vision of a specialised centre to better understand and treat head and neck cancers will come to fruition — thanks to $15 million funding from Atlantic Philanthropies, the Queensland Government and the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

9 March 2012

The Chief Justice of Queensland, The Hon. Paul de Jersey AC, was among the distinguished guests who attended an official welcome for UQ's new Dean of Law, Professor Gerard Carney, at Customs House on 29 February.

6 March 2012

Professor Ian Frazer has been named as one of seven of Australia's new National Living Treasures in Sydney yesterday.

5 March 2012
Philanthropist, Dr Graeme Wood, was awarded a Member (AM) in the General Division, for service to business, particularly the tourism industry, and through philanthropic support for young people and tertiary education institutions in Queensland. Dr Wood is the Founder and Chairman, University of Queensland Endowment Fund (UQef).

University of Queensland staff, students and alumni have been honoured in the Australia Day awards, featured as Australia Day Ambassadors or became new Australian citizens at ceremonies across the State.

26 January 2012
Professor Robert Parton, from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, is leading a $7.1 million research project to study the mechanisms behind healthy cells transforming into cancerous cells.

Cutting-edge research that aims to stop the transformation of healthy cells into cancerous cells is one of nine prestigious grants and scholarships awarded to health and medical researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ).

15 December 2011

Pearl farmers in Fiji are set to benefit from the expertise of UQ Business School students. Five MBA students from the school have spent a week in Savusavu, Fiji working with a small group of pearl farmers to help them improve their livelihood.

28 November 2011

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers and industry partner International Education Services (IES) have globally launched the latest version of LanguageMAPTM: a quick and accurate online English language test.

14 November 2011

The University of Queensland’s governing Senate recognised 26 long-serving professional and technical staff at a special function on October 20 at the University's St Lucia campus.

24 October 2011
(From left) Emmanuel College Council Deputy Chair John Fenwick, The Hon Ian Mcfarlane MP, the Governor of Queensland Her Excellency Penelope Wensley AC, The Reverend Professor James Haire AM, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer The Hon Wayne Swan MP and Emmanuel College Principal Stewart Gill

The University of Queensland’s Emmanuel College installed three high-profile Honorary Fellows in the presence of Queensland Governor Her Excellency Ms Penelope Wensley AC during its Centenary Year Founders’ Day service recently.

26 September 2011

Adelaide-based artist Domenico de Clario has won The University of Queensland’s biennial National Artists’ Self-Portrait Prize 2011.

23 September 2011

Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) researchers have discovered a genetic mechanism that may explain why the children of older fathers are more likely to develop schizophrenia or autism.

29 August 2011

Three scientists and a research team from The University of Queensland are finalists in the prestigious Australian Museum’s Eureka Prizes, which offers more than $240,000 in prize money.

23 August 2011

Wine lovers already appreciate the differences that occur between brands, grape varieties variety and regions and now a world-first project is taking this concept and trying to unlock the signature flavours for some of Australia’s most iconic...

3 August 2011

The UQ Solar Array underpins a number of cutting-edge research projects, in diverse fields including physics, engineering, economics and sustainability.

15 July 2011