Madison Johansen, Claudia Nothdurft and Isabella Jacobsen enjoy the activities at UQ's Gatton campus for the Toowoomba Regional Final of Opti-MINDS Creative Sustainability Challenge.

Hundreds of bright young minds converged at The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus on August 28 for the Toowoomba Regional Final Opti-MINDS Creative Sustainability Challenge.

30 August 2011
Professor Robin Burgess-Limerick

Human factors research is about to take centre stage with Professor Robin Burgess-Limerick joining the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre (MISHC) at The University of Queensland.

29 August 2011
Some of the scholarship recipients at the UQ Industry Scholarship Awards night

Over $1 million dollars in scholarships was awarded to 58 students from The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT) at the Industry Scholarship Awards, held on August 24.

29 August 2011
Professor Roland Bleiker is leading UQ research into "visual" politics

UQ political science experts are exploring the ways in which images shape our views and understanding of humanitarian crises.

29 August 2011
This year's UQ Work in Progress conference is themed around the seven deadly sins

The next generation of academics from the School of English, Media Studies and Art History (EMSAH) will present their research at the annual Work in Progress Conference at St Lucia next month.

25 August 2011

Indigenous health issues will be the focus of this year’s National HealthFusion Team Challenge (HFTC), which will be hosted by The University of Queensland tomorrow.

25 August 2011
Dr Aaron Micallef has designed new compounds that mimic the activity of antioxidants found in wine and chocolate

Red wine and chocolate are part of the working week for Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology researcher Dr Aaron Micallef.

25 August 2011
2011 Eureka Prize nominee and GCI research fellow John Cook

University of Queensland alumnus Mr John Cook, the creator of SkepticalScience.com and a new appointment to UQ’s Global Change Institute (GCI), has been named as a finalist in the 2011 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

24 August 2011
The 2010 winning entry "Children in Ghanzi" taken by Stephen McLoughlin in western Botswana

Entries are now being received for the annual World in Focus photography competition hosted by UQ's School of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS).

24 August 2011
Convenor of the Virtual Bodies conference Dr Elizabeth Stephens

Experts will gather at UQ next week to look at the human body in a new light for the Virtual Anatomies: The Cultural Impact of New Medical Imaging Technologies conference.

24 August 2011

UQ/CSIRO researcher Dr Eve McDonald-Madden is one of three winners of L'Oreal Australia for Women in Science Fellowships for 2011 announced this evening.

23 August 2011

Three scientists and a research team from The University of Queensland are finalists in the prestigious Australian Museum’s Eureka Prizes, which offers more than $240,000 in prize money.

23 August 2011
UQ occupational therapy student, Kirsty Bailey, with a group of children from The Murri School

Students from the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences have completed their first semester of an inter-professional service with Indigenous children.

23 August 2011
Dr Emma Collier-Baker working with orangutans in Sumatra in 2010

A UQ researcher will spend part of the next three years working in Indonesia to better understand the comparative psychology of orangutans and children.

23 August 2011
From left: Sarah Kaye, Erin Pearl, Jesper Hardt, Elise Godwin, Bianca Pavier and Asbjorn Hardt (front) enjoying UQ Gatton Open Day

Potential students interested in studying Agriculture, Agribusiness, Animals and Veterinary Science headed to The University of Queensland’s Gatton Open Day last week despite the early morning rain.

23 August 2011