• Backs of an audience in a dark conference room facing the stage.

    Queensland the home of Quantum

    Growing Australia’s quantum ecosystem will be the focus when hundreds of delegates from government, industry and research converge in Brisbane next year.

    19 November 2024
  • Career possibilities on show at UQ’s Gatton Open Day

    Prospective students can explore careers in agribusiness, agriculture and veterinary sciences at The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus Open Day on Sunday 20 August.

    11 August 2023
  • TEDxUQ celebrates a decade of inspiration

    TEDxUQ returns to The University of Queensland this month with a line-up of insightful speakers at its 2023 event, Small Ripples, Big Waves.

    8 August 2023
Associate Professor Mark Brown and Kristy Weir

The generous donation of human bodies is enabling a University of Queensland research team to investigate a novel method for tackling chronic back pain.

28 February 2011
Do the Right Thing, Use the Right Bin

A “zorb ball” filled with hundreds of plastic bottles got students thinking about recycling during The University of Queensland’s Market Day celebrations at the St Lucia campus on Wednesday.

25 February 2011

Despite the floods delaying his move to Brisbane, former Lockyer District State High School student Callum Mason is ready to start university after receiving The University of Queensland’s prestigious UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship.

18 February 2011
Last year’s team from Lockyer District High School placed third in the competition weighing in at 1.43kg.

As high schools across South-East Queensland compete to grow the heaviest sunflower in The University of Queensland’s annual Sunflower Competition the focus will also be on the diverse range of careers available in plant science.

16 February 2011
Students sign-up for activities at Orientation Week 2010

The University of Queensland is gearing up for the start of the 2011 academic year, with orientation running from February 21-25.

9 February 2011
The facade of the Customs House building

Customs House has hosted thousands of weddings over the years, but one taking place this weekend will be extra special.

20 January 2011

Virginia Woolf’s influence on the past 100 years of literary and visual culture will be discussed at a symposium that opens at The University of Queensland (UQ) today.

10 December 2010

Australian and international mining industry experts will discuss how to improve mine risk management practices in a forum at The University of Queensland (UQ) today (Tuesday, 30 November 2010).

30 November 2010
Dow Chair and CEO, Dr Andrew Liveris, and UQ Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Greenfield, take questions from the audience at the UQ Centenary Oration.

The Dow Chemical Company Chairman and CEO, Dr Andrew Liveris, has called on Australia to keep more of its natural gas at home to turn into high value, high margin products.

23 November 2010

Atmospheric pollution and religious rules on contraception are just some of the topics to be discussed at a World Philosophy Day oration at The University of Queensland (UQ) tomorrow (18 November).

17 November 2010

The next Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC is to be held at the end of this year in Cancun, Mexico.

17 November 2010

The Global Change Institute at The University of Queensland will host renowned scientist and author, Professor Naomi Oreskes, on November 16, for the Brisbane leg of her Australian tour.

10 November 2010
UQ’s top teachers were presented with their awards at Customs House this week

A DIVERSE group of academics united by a passion for teaching was last night recognised at the 2010 University of Queensland Excellence in Teaching & Learning Awards.

2 November 2010

ANALYSING techniques used in the theatre to keep audiences spellbound led a University of Queensland psychology lecturer to change his own teaching style, with amazing results.

1 November 2010

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences celebrated the outstanding achievements of some of its top teachers at its annual faculty Teaching and Learning Awards ceremony today.

1 November 2010