Forget medals, ancient Games athletes battled for olive oil

The Olympics were only one aspect of sport in ancient Greece - often overlooked is that these Games were part of a circuit of 4 international sporting festivals.

9 May 2025
A stone carving featuring a chariot being pulled by four horses.

Researchers to take healthy oats beyond breakfast

Expanding consumption of oats beyond the usual breakfast bowl of porridge is the aim of a $5.6 million project at the Food and Beverage Accelerator.

9 May 2025
a bowl of porridge sits next to a wooden spoon and a jar of uncooked oats

This September, 76 University of Queensland students will contend for the title of best undergraduate research presenter at the Undergraduate Research Conference (URC).

30 August 2012

A new treatment from a University of Queensland start-up company, Spinifex Pharmaceuticals, could bring hope to shingles sufferers experiencing nerve pain.

29 August 2012

Visits from a best-selling author, a Nobel prize-winning science writer and more have been made possible by The University of Queensland at this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival.

29 August 2012
Ironside State School students showcasing their informative game on tooth decay.

Queensland’s youngest and brightest technological minds showcased their innovative projects at The University on Queensland (UQ) this month, wowing judges with their technical ability.

29 August 2012
Associate Professor Peer Schenk

Nexgen, a cutting edge anti-viral technology for plants developed at The University of Queensland, has attracted a $50,000 Skills and Knowledge grant from Commercialisation Australia (CA).

29 August 2012

A University of Queensland animal welfare researcher tonight won the 2012 Australian Museum Voiceless Eureka Prize for Scientific Research that contributes to Animal Protection.

28 August 2012

The University of Queensland has added to its remarkable mooting record in 2012 by winning the Shine Lawyers Torts Moot Competition.

28 August 2012
Polly Borland:  ‘Her Majesty, The Queen, Elizabeth II (gold)’ 2001.
Reproduced courtesy of the artist and Murray White Room, Melbourne

The first exhibition to survey the photographic work of Australian artist Polly Borland opens at The University of Queensland Art Museum on Saturday 1 September 2012.

28 August 2012
Students from Highfields State School took part in the Opti-MINDS competition.

More than 350 students descended on The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus last Sunday for a day of thinking outside the box as part of the Opti-MINDS Toowoomba Regional Final.

28 August 2012

The University of Queensland’s annual Postgraduate Advice Night will showcase a world of career-changing options.

28 August 2012
A male crocodile at Koorana

The world’s first artificial insemination of crocodiles is one step closer thanks to a novel project between The University of Queensland (UQ) and a central Queensland farmer.

28 August 2012