Emeritus Professor Bob Milns and Professor Donald Kyle from the University of Texas

According to University of Texas Professor Donald Kyle, an expert in the field of ancient sport, the original Olympic Games were the ancient Greek version of Woodstock.

10 June 2009

Six scientists from The University of Queensland have received Smart Future Fellowships to help further their research into areas such as disease detection and clean energy.

5 June 2009

UQ scientists and academics are available for expert comment on the emerging swine flu pandemic. Expertise ranges from the science of virus, to the medical implications, to the tourism and economic implications.

30 April 2009
Karin Maritz

When it comes to sex, sea sponges are certainly not monogamous.

31 March 2009

University of Queensland research has gone backstage to some of Australia’s biggest music festivals to discover what makes them tick.

16 February 2009

UQ research is uncovering the true cost of how baby turtles make their dash from hatching in the dunes to the relative safety of the ocean.

15 December 2008

A University of Queensland graduate has won the Australian equivalent of a Rhodes or Fulbright Scholarship.

10 December 2008

A group of PhD students from UQ’s School of Physical Sciences have sparked a new network of young researchers interested in optical and laser sciences.

2 December 2008

Dr Andrew Phillips from the School of Political Science and International Studies was recently awarded with the Janice N. and Milton J. Esman Graduate Prize, the highest honour that can be conferred on a graduating student from Cornell University's...

5 August 2008

The School of Political Science and International Studies at UQ will host two of Australia’s most important conferences for political scientists in July.

25 June 2008

University of Queensland research is turning conventional wisdom on its head when it comes to grumpy old men and women.

16 June 2008

Australia's links to South America have just gotten a bit closer, but not due to economic forces, rather fossil forces.

11 June 2008

Wotif.com co-founder, philanthropist and University of Queensland alumnus, Graeme Wood, has been named the 2008 Queenslander of the Year.

3 June 2008

UQ zoologist, bush adventurer and mentor to generations of students, Professor Gordon Grigg, retires today

31 August 2007

CEO of The Dow Chemical Company and UQ graduate Dr Andrew Liveris spoke on the benefits of smart science when he visited the University yesterday.

10 August 2007

The University of Queensland has received the largest share of funding in the country for Australian Research Council Linkage project grants.

22 May 2007

UQ Business School PhD student Simone Carr-Cornish will use her climate change studies to benefit the State when she joins the Queensland Youth Environmental Council.

21 May 2007

To be an Olympic speed skater would usually involve many hours at the track doing lap after lap.

14 December 2006

Eight up-and-coming University of Queensland researchers have been honoured with awards totalling $552,000 at the 2006 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards held at Brisbane Customs House.

20 September 2006

A project to help people with significant physical, cognitive and behavioural disabilities stay physically active is one of the winners of this year’s University of Queensland`s Vice-Chancellor’s Equity and Diversity Awards.

19 May 2006