UQ honours global leaders in July graduations

A physicist, a world-renowned geneticist, and an education advocate and international funds manager have been recognised with The University of Queensland’s highest honour.

14 July 2025
The University of Queensland's great court

Friday essay: ‘An oasis in the desert’

Jackie Huggins reflects on her deep history with Carnarvorn Gorge.

11 July 2025
Landscape pic of a gorge

Traffic lights installed on The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus early last year are improving safety for people travelling to the University by foot, bike or bus.

12 May 2014

The Science of Learning Research Centre (SLRC), led by The University of Queensland, has appointed a new director, Professor Pankaj Sah.

9 May 2014
ParkingMaestro co-founder Mark Schroder said he developed the app with Patrick Acheampong to solve a significant issue he faced while living in Sydney and then in Brisbane.

A smartphone app developed with support from The University of Queensland’s ilab start-up accelerator is set to help motorists avoid parking fines.

8 May 2014
Study finds that personality traits influence activity in punishment-related brain areas.

In a neuroimaging study, a UQ psychologist has examined whether having allegiances with someone can affect feelings of empathy when punishing and rewarding others.

8 May 2014
Medical undergraduate Charles Baker has developed a mathematical model to improve liver imaging methods. Inset: An image of a liver with five lesions.

A medical student from The University of Queensland has applied his background in mathematics to the field of nuclear medicine to improve liver imaging methods, which may improve diagnosis time and save patients undergoing unnecessary surgery.

8 May 2014

A major energy efficiency project at The University of Queensland is preventing the release of two tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions every day.

7 May 2014
Acute myeloid leukaemia cells as appeared in haematology journal Blood

A molecular ‘target’ that could lead to a drug to fight leukaemia is in the sights of a team of University of Queensland researchers.

7 May 2014
New musky rat-kangaroo fossils have been discovered, with the three new fossil species, represented by their upper jaws. Photo courtesy of PanBK.

The discovery of musky rat-kangaroo fossils has prompted experts to call for better protection of tropical rainforests after new links show the tiny marsupial cannot survive outside that environment.

5 May 2014
A UQ study has shown the captive elephant population in Laos is declining as the elephants are not allowed to breed at a rate sufficient to sustain the population.  Photo courtesy of ElefantAsia.

The captive elephant population in Laos will be extinct in just over a century if current management practices do not change, a University of Queensland study has found.

5 May 2014

One of the Asia Pacific’s leading university-owned development groups has found a new home at The University of Queensland.

2 May 2014
The University of Queensland's Dr Ben Hogan with the zebrafish that carries the Pkd1 mutation.

University of Queensland researchers have discovered that a gene that causes kidney disease also controls growth of the lymphatic system, a key route through which cancer spreads.

2 May 2014