• Flowers in the Atacama desert with water in the background

    Biodiversity thrives in rare events

    UQ research has shown unpredictable environmental events help maintain plant, animal and microbial populations, challenging the belief stability is the key to survival.

    17 June 2025
  • green bushes with small yellow flowers and clusters of seed pods

    Pioneer varieties of legume for Australian growers

    The University of Queensland has developed 5 new varieties of pigeonpea as a step towards the legume being grown more widely in Australia.

    17 June 2025
  • A bearded man with long blond hair wearing a black hat and shirt bends down to look at the long grass

    Reawakening ancient grains

    Returning locally extinct native grains to Queensland’s grasslands is the goal of Gamilaraay man and UQ PhD candidate Jacob Birch.

    16 June 2025
The QCE Achievement Award winners with the Hon Kate Jones (centre) and Brian Short, Chair of the QCAA Board (far left)

Future pharmacists, lawyers and scientists are among a group of 11 top performing school leavers in the State who started studies at The University of Queensland this week.

3 March 2016
Professor Naomi Wray, Professor Peter Visscher and Associate Professor Jian Yang ... analysing very large data sets.

A $7 million Australian Government grant will propel the advance of personalised medicine for common diseases, in a five-year research project at The University of Queensland.

3 March 2016
KIds get to challenge their critical thinking, problem-solving skills and creativity at Explorama.

A group of about 200 high-achieving students from years one to seven will attend day-long program of intellectually stimulating workshops at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia Campus on 13 March.

3 March 2016

A range of University of Queensland experts is available to comment on issues relating to the 19 March 2016 statewide local government elections.

3 March 2016

Today is World Wildlife Day. UQ experts available for comment for World Wildlife Day: Journalists are welcome to contact experts listed below directly for interviews and comment.

3 March 2016
Judy Burrows (left) and Dina Kamowa at the University of Malawi, where they had been invited to take part in an academic procession for graduating students.

When Judy Burrows first arrived in the African country of Malawi to help improve medication management at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, what she saw was often “appalling, jaw-dropping”.

3 March 2016
Professor Maher Gandhi will go bald for the World's Greatest Shave.

UQ’s Professor Maher Gandhi is used to giving up time and energy for blood cancer, but this year he plans to take it to a whole new level.

3 March 2016

Two University of Queensland law students have been putting their skills to the test in the Malaysian state of Sabah, in Borneo, through pro bono legal work.

2 March 2016
Coral bleaching, Heron Island, February 2016

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) has released a statement on low level coral bleaching, prompting marine researchers to respond.

2 March 2016

Australia’s first university-led course on ‘offshoring’ is being offered by The University of Queensland Business School as part of a suite of professional development courses.

2 March 2016

Sea birds, dolphins, crabs and sharks are among the species that could suffer if commercial fishers abruptly stopped discarding their unwanted catches, research shows.

1 March 2016
Volunteers planting trees on the Lockyer Creek banks

An army of volunteers will descend on The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus on Friday 11 March to continue restoring the banks of Lockyer Creek.

1 March 2016
The  ‘Phoenix Jessup Mooters’ ... will be competing in Washington DC

University of Queensland law students will travel to Washington DC to compete in the international finals of the world’s largest mooting competition, after a judging error was discovered in the Australian finals.

1 March 2016
The cellar's thick sandstone walls provide an ideally stable, dark and humid environment for growing mushrooms.

The University of Queensland’s historic Customs House in central Brisbane is renowned for its elegant architecture, fine dining and magnificent views to the Story Bridge – and now a delicious secret is lurking in the cellar.

1 March 2016

The total number of regular methamphetamine users in Australia is 270,000 - greater than the populations of either Hobart or Townsville.

29 February 2016