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

A journey that started with a bad back and the threat of a major operation is about to culminate in a study tour to a leading American medical facility for a researcher at The University of Queensland.

4 September 2009

The University of Queensland will use almost $1 million in new Queensland Government funding to speed the flow of research inventions to the community.

3 September 2009

Life has returned to some kind of normality for UQ students Hugh Jorgensen and Jo Sampford, who organised this year’s Asia-Pacific Model UN Conference.

2 September 2009

When the first cases of H1N1 Influenza (swine flu) were reported in Mexico in April, UQ researchers got to work developing a test to diagnose the virus.

2 September 2009
Ryan Bayldon-lumsden accepting his Qld Young Volunteer Award from Minister for Community Services and Housing Karen Struthers.Photo courtesy of the Office for Volunteering, Strategic Partnerships, Department of Communities

First year Pharmacy student Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden has been awarded a Queensland Young Volunteer Award for 2009, in the Community Volunteers, 12-17 years division.

1 September 2009

A struggle for equality and freedom from oppression is coming to The University of Queensland.

1 September 2009
Workshop participants and UQ Metallurgical Engineering staff.

Science teachers and pre-service science teachers from across Brisbane and Ipswich are now better equipped to teach minerals-related subjects thanks to a joint initiative between UQ and the Queensland Resources Council (QRC).

31 August 2009
Professor Fiona Rohde

Resilience is the theme of a business summit at The University of Queensland, featuring Ausenco’s Zimi Meka and former investment banker John R. Talbott.

31 August 2009

A University of Queensland ecologist has won a prestigious award for her work in designing more effective control strategies to combat the spread of invasive weeds.

31 August 2009
David Solnet

Savvy tourism operators are using the economic downturn to rise above their competitors.

28 August 2009
Professor Michael Drinkwater and Forest Lake College entry Captain Stewart Wright

What began as a nationwide contest to encourage an interest in astronomy has ended with a tour of one of the world’s largest telescopes in Hawaii – all without leaving Brisbane.

28 August 2009