The importance of volunteering work for lawyers will be stressed by a student valedictorian at a University of Queensland graduation ceremony tonight.

28 May 2002

Ignorance of herbal medicine should not blind modern medicine to its benefits, according to the Director of the new Australian Centre for Complementary Medicine Education and Research (ACCMER), a joint venture of the University of Queensland (UQ)...

6 March 2002

A genetic breakthrough that promises big benefits to the sunflower industry has won a distinguished award for University of Queensland Gatton Campus student Joanne Elsden.

13 December 2001

New research has shown use of heroin in Queensland is decreasing, but more people are turning instead to amphetamines and other drug substances such as cocaine and injected Valium.

29 November 2001

Australia, like the rest of the developed world, is in the grip of 'Dollar Darwinism'-survival of the most economically efficient without regard for the social consequences, according to a University of Queensland study.

25 September 2001

The University of Queensland will share in more than $30 million in Federal Government funding for major national research facilities.

21 August 2001

A recent "train-the-trainer" short course in biodiversity involving activities in the Philippines and Queensland could be the first of many similar ventures, according to convenors Dr Peter Dart and Dr Sharon Brown of the University of Queensland

9 August 2001

The importance of public-private partnerships in financing infrastructure will be discussed at a public seminar in Brisbane on July 25 this year.

11 July 2001

UQ Gatton is set to become the coaching development and educational centre for the horse industry with the Equestrian Federation of Australia Queensland Branch relocating its headquarters to The University of Queensland campus.

7 June 2001

Use of human growth hormone to enhance the performance of athletes has placed it at the top of the 'most wanted' list for sport drug agencies around the world.

11 April 2001

The home countries of backpackers visiting Australia greatly influence the areas and experiences they seek while on holiday, according to a University of Queensland study.

7 March 2001

While the gambling industry is booming, the racing product has stalled, according to a new study by Queensland and Western Australian researchers.

13 February 2001

Teaching at UQ Gatton went bush last year - and overseas to exotic places such as Africa and Asia.

22 January 2001

Twenty UQ Gatton students will graduate at 11am on Friday, December 15 with a 100 percent strike rate for jobs - and their first international work projects already under their belts.

13 December 2000

The Queensland racing industry is in need of dramatic change to regain prosperity and the traditional structure of racing must be seriously questioned, according to a University of Queensland researcher.

20 October 2000

A University of Queensland academic has written what is believed to be the first book in English examining the Japanese media's representation of male homosexuality.

16 October 2000

Adventurer Henri Gilbert may soon become as well known to Australian school children as explorers Burke and Wills, Charles Sturt, Blaxland, and Matthew Flinders.

10 October 2000

The economic implications of Australia's immigration policy will be discussed at a forum for 1000 staff and students of the UQ Business School on August 23.

18 August 2000

A Brisbane nursery will this week take delivery of the world's first fungus-resistant waxflowers.

5 April 2000

Next time you scratch a lottery ticket, something else could be rubbing off- copycat behaviour by your children, according to a University researcher.

23 March 2000