Queensland Art Gallery director Doug Hall will be presented with an honorary Doctor of Philosophy at a 4pm graduation ceremony at The University of Queensland today (Tuesday, December 21).

21 December 1999

The University of Queensland and CSIRO will implement a series of Environmental Management Plans designed to minimise disruption to the local community as a result of an Environmental Assessment Report from consultants, Dames & Moore.

6 December 1999

Almost one-third of people in Australia's metropolitan cities live in communities that are vulnerable according to a new book from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI).

29 November 1999

A University of Queensland researcher who pioneered work into the cell biology of insulin action has been awarded the 1999 Glaxo Wellcome Australia Medal for breakthrough research applicable to human health.

9 November 1999

There are plenty of transport options for visitors to the University of Queensland's Courses and Careers Day at the St Lucia campus on August 1.

22 July 1999

The number of international undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Queensland has surged to a record high.

22 July 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

Multi-task agency centres comprising groups such as police, medical personnel, armed forces, environmentalists and immigration specialists should be formed to counter national security threats, according to a University of Queensland researcher.

15 March 1999

Professor Peter Botsman has returned to Queensland to lead a new community forum which is expected to establish Brisbane at the forefront of public debate in Australia.

2 March 1999

Anthropologist Garrick Hitchcock's links with a remote village in the swampy lowlands of south-western Papua New Guinea (PNG) are likely to last much longer than his PhD research.

17 November 1998

A new book, due out late next year, aims to fill a gap in performance theory by looking at women's intercultural theatre.

25 September 1998

University of Queensland senior scientific officer Lyn Beard knew she had mastered her job as an aerial observer when she stopped counting kangaroos in her sleep.

3 September 1998

Techniques now being developed at the University of Queensland could bring pain relief to millions of people worldwide.

3 August 1998

A University of Queensland academic has authored what is believed to be the most comprehensive survey of women ever conducted in Australia.

19 May 1998

The clear and consistent message from the Federal Government's Mortimer, West and Stocker Reports is that universities need to attract significant external funding, according to a new senior academic manager at the University of Queensland.

27 April 1998

Middle-aged unemployed people are a forgotten group in society who feel 'thrown on the scrap-heap', according to a University of Queensland study.

27 April 1998

The University of Queensland will hold a convocation event on Sunday March 15 at the Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur at 3pm to acknowledge achievements of new graduates in the presence of alumni, family and friends.

11 March 1998

The Rural Extension Centre at the University of Queensland's Gatton College will mark another milestone on March 3.

27 February 1998

University of Queensland researchers are tackling a novel project to minimise chronic stress in fish held in captivity.

13 February 1998

Research at Heron Island on the world's fastest growing abalone is likely to spawn new employment opportunities in another tropical region - at Broome in Western Australia.

5 February 1998