Dr Ryan Taft

A University of Queensland researcher who sees treasure in ‘junk’ DNA has been nominated for an Australian Museum Eureka Prize People’s Choice Award.

28 July 2010
The UQ premier grade rugby XV in action

Expectations are running high for UQ’s rugby players to go all the way to claim the 2010 Brisbane Club Championship.

27 July 2010
The Queensland Premier, Dr Anna Bligh, speaking at the graduation ceremony on Wednesday night

GRADUATION ceremonies this week have brought classic scholarly scenes to The University of Queensland, with academic gowns and mortarboards aplenty being worn with pride around the Great Court and other hallowed halls.

22 July 2010
Three generations of UQ graduates: Joshua Keyes-Liley, who received his BA yesterday, with his parents Mary Keyes and William Liley, and grandmothers Lynette Keyes (left) and Margaret Liley.

WHEN Joshua Keyes-Liley received his Bachelor of Arts this week, he was the fourth generation of his family to receive a degree from The University of Queensland.

22 July 2010

Three University of Queensland researchers/research teams have been announced as finalists in the 2010 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

21 July 2010
Mr Jorgensen with UN Under-Secretary-General for Public Affairs and Communication Mr Kiyo Akasaka

A University of Queensland student has combined his twin passions of international relations and journalism to land the dream job - blogging for the United Nations in advance of a major youth summit.

20 July 2010

The University of Queensland will next week award honorary doctorates to the Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh, and a former High Court judge, Justice Ian Callinan AC, QC.

16 July 2010

The University of Queensland will lead two new Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence which have been awarded $36.4 million today to position Australia internationally in quantum technologies and to help solve environmental management...

16 July 2010

BRISBANE - Former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie will be back at the cradle of Australia’s ‘Smart State’ in an honorary capacity at two University of Queensland institutes that he helped found.

14 July 2010

The University of Queensland has topped the nation in the number of Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citations for outstanding contributions to student learning.

7 July 2010

Readers of The Scientist magazine have ranked The University of Queensland, Australia as the top international academic institution outside the USA in the magazine’s annual Best Places to Work in Academia 2010 survey.

6 July 2010

A University of Queensland researcher has received a prestigious Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship to conduct a series of field experiments testing the effectiveness of Third Party policing.

6 July 2010
One-time classmates and longtime friends Sir Llew Edwards and Nat Yuen were reunited at UQ on the weekend. (Pic Lyle Radford)

TWO friends who studied medicine together almost half a century ago were honoured at a University of Queensland gala dinner on Saturday night.

5 July 2010
Robert Dann at the “Courting the Greats” gala dinner at UQ on Saturday night.

A United Nations peace negotiator who has worked on high-level mediations in some of the world's most sensitive trouble spots was named The University of Queensland's Young Alumnus of 2010 at a gala dinner on Saturday night.

5 July 2010
UQ Sports Achievement Scholarship recipient Caitlin Sargent

Applications are now officially open for the 2011 sporting scholarship program at UQ.

1 July 2010