Dishwashing containers a source of microplastic pollution

Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, UQ researchers have found.

20 May 2025
Fingers holding microplastics shown through a magnifying glass

The UQ law students helping the vulnerable and disadvantaged

UQ's pro bono team will take to the streets today to raise funds so vulnerable and disadvantaged people can access legal help.

20 May 2025
Professor Tamara Walsh at The University of Queensland

University staff, students and people from the wider community filled the Women's College Playhouse to hear her Excellency Lyndall Sachs reflect on her diplomatic career for the 2012 Annual Lecture in Politics and International Affairs.

6 December 2012
Noosa’s Elle Henson will graduate with a Bachelor of Social Work from UQ next week.

Noosa’s Elle Henson will be one step closer to achieving her dream of helping disadvantaged people reach their potential when she graduates from The University of Queensland on Monday.

6 December 2012

More than 7000 students from The University of Queensland will achieve a significant milestone this month when they celebrate the completion of their studies.

6 December 2012

The University of Queensland has announced a closing date of January 2014 for its St Lucia Small Animal Clinic as the final phase of relocating the School of Veterinary Science to UQ’s Gatton campus.

5 December 2012

Researchers at The University of Queensland have been documenting the lives of mothers and their children over 30 years to uncover what role genetic and environmental factors have on mental illness, substance abuse and heart disease.

5 December 2012

Women want more, but men want more than others, a study by economists at The University of Queensland has found.

5 December 2012

Three University of Queensland academics specialising in cultural studies, theatre history and music were among 22 leading scholars elected this month as Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

5 December 2012
Students Amy Yuchen Li, Joanne Fang, Crystal Ip and Cici Chan talk to a local business operator. Photo by Brent Randall

Students from The University of Queensland have applied their tourism knowledge to projects in regional Queensland, assisting local councils, tourism organisations and operators with planning and data collection to help boost tourism.

5 December 2012
Maca Kinilovo, production manager for Joe's Farm in the Nausori Highlands, Fiji.

Australian horticultural researchers are helping Fijians to produce a regular source of high quality vegetables to boost supplies in the community as well as in tourist and international markets.

5 December 2012

The University of Queensland has planted almost 2000 trees at the Gatton campus in a project that will help to protect a critically endangered ecosystem and offset UQ’s carbon footprint.

5 December 2012
Sofitel Broadbeach General Manager Amery Burleigh with UQ students Stephanie MacKinnon

University of Queensland student Ms Stephanie MacKinnon won the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to step into the shoes of a General Manager at one of Queensland’s premier hotels, a position many graduates dream of achieving.

5 December 2012