UQ Materials Engineering academic Professor Arne Dahle is to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) from Jönköping University in Sweden.

4 June 2010
Professor Chris Moran, Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield, Emeritus Professor Alban Lynch, Treasurer Andrew Fraser and Dr Geoff Gault at the opening

A new University of Queensland research facility will prove that greener mining operations can be more productive.

4 June 2010

The chairman for the Queensland Geothermal Energy Centre of Excellence (QGECE) has been announced.

4 June 2010
Green office representative Bridget Waugh and school manager Heather Dixon from the School of Social Science, which won the 2010 Most Improved Award

Staff at The University of Queensland are embracing the green office culture, with 87 volunteers promoting environmental practices and awareness across all four campuses.

4 June 2010
Geoff Dennis, Deputy Director, Property and Facilities

The University of Queensland is celebrating World Environment Day – June 5 – with the launch of a new sustainability website.

4 June 2010
Young Queenslander of the Year Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Giving deaf children an opportunity to be heard has earned UQ graduate and current PhD candidate Dimity Dornan the Queenslander of the Year Award.

3 June 2010
Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield . . . UQ will always be the people's university

The University of Queensland scooped the pool when Premier Anna Bligh announced the prestigious Queensland Greats Awards today.

3 June 2010
"Dream job" winner Niquel Rhoden experiences the beauty of New Zealand up close

Nicquel Rhoden may have returned to Australia, but part of her mind is still in New Zealand, where she climbed through caves, overcame her fear of bungy jumping and even swam with sharks.

2 June 2010
UQ students travelling to Peru as part of the UQ Centenary International Volunteer Project

Seven UQ students will spend three weeks encouraging learning and being role models to local children when they travel to Villa El Salvador, Peru, in July this year.

1 June 2010

Two UQ postgraduates have been recognised by The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) for their outstanding work in the area of biodiversity

28 May 2010
Master of Business students Anthony Siddle and Sharon Ford

Queensland’s key industries may face significant barriers in adapting to climate change but it is essential they undertake early action, UQ student research has concluded.

28 May 2010
Students Jocelyn Farebrothere, Joel Wright and Tess Millerick participate in group work with lecturer Dr Katelyn Barney

By setting group work and encouraging deep thinking, UQ’s Dr Liz Mackinlay and Dr Katelyn Barney hope to implement reconciliation in a practical way.

28 May 2010
Jonathan Wei's winning entry

UQ Mechanical and Aerospace engineering student Jonathan Wei has put his design skills to good purpose to win the UQ 2010 Diversity Week Design Competition.

27 May 2010
Heather Stewart and Michael Williams, joint winners of the Vice-Chancellor’s Equity and Diversity Award

A project which has attracted international University interest in advancing appropriate representation of Indigenous peoples and issues through the student learning experience is this year’s main prize winner in the 2010 UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Equity...

27 May 2010

Farming kangaroos is an issue most Australians would rather hop away from, but an upcoming UQ seminar will explore why it might be time to revisit the debate.

27 May 2010